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Letter: Sen. Lee’s response to the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker is sickening — and should be his downfall

(Minnesota House, left, and Minnesota Senate via The New York Times) In official government portraits, Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the House, and State Sen. John A. Hoffman, the two lawmakers attacked by a gunman disguised as a policeman on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their home in a politically motivated attack; Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, later wounded in an attack at their home.