Questions and misinformation have spread on social media and other platforms about the political views of the man suspected of assassinating Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman, and any connections that alleged gunman had to Gov.

Several MAGA members have called out the state's Democratic leader over his previous appointment of the suspect to the governor's workforce development board.

The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.

Authorities are searching for a man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers. Authorities have identified him as 57-year-old Vance Boelter, of Green Isle.

Gov. Tim Walz said that Minnesota Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also each shot multiple times.

The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in