Walz calls for 'decency' after Minnesota shootings: 'It's not about mean tweets' [View all]
Source: The Hill
06/16/25 8:14 AM ET
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) called for “decency” and denounced “mean tweets” late Sunday while announcing the arrest of a suspect in shootings that killed former Minnesota Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and injured Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman (D).
Walz said during a press conference that lawmakers in the state worked toward compromise “year after year” because of Hortman, who was slain along with her husband, Mark, at their home.
Hoffman’s wife, Yvette, was also injured in a shooting at their home. “That’s the embodiment of how things are supposed to work. It’s not about hatred. It’s not about mean tweets. It’s not about demeaning someone,” Walz said. “It’s leading with grace and compassion and vision and compromise and decency,” he added in remarks highlighted by Mediaite.
His remarks came after President Trump in a weekend interview called the shootings “a terrible thing.” In remarks with ABC’s Rachel Scott, Trump also referred to Walz as a “grossly incompetent person.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5352208-minnesota-gov-urges-decency-shootings/
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