Massachusetts Lawmakers Condemn Political Shootings In Minnesota As "Horrific"

By WBZ-News Staff, CBS Boston

Updated on: June 16, 2025

Governor Maura Healey led Massachusetts lawmakers in condemning the shootings of state politicians and their spouses in Minnesota on Saturday.

"I'm horrified to hear about the shootings in Minnesota. Lawmakers and their loved ones getting shot for their beliefs is yet another sickening act of political violence in a country where it's become all too common. I'm holding the family of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in my heart and praying for the full recovery of Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. This is not normal. It is not who we are as Americans, and we must all condemn political violence in the strongest possible terms," Healey said in a prepared statement.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings early Saturday morning.

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