Minnesota, shootings and political violence
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Democrat US Rep. Debbie Dingell was at Dexter High School Monday and spoke of the Vance Boelter political violence.
By Nathan Layne BLAINE, Minnesota (Reuters) -From the pulpit on Sunday, Father Joe Whalen exhorted his parishioners to avoid the kind of extreme partisanship and hate that appeared to be behind the killing of one of the church's own,
Officials say Vance Luther Boelter 'stalked his victims like prey.' He faces multiple state and federal charges.
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.
The Utah Republican downplayed and joked about what authorities say were politically motivated shootings over the weekend of Minnesota Democratic lawmakers.
Political violence targeting elected officials demands immediate action and stronger preventive measures, according to a Texas Southern University expert analyzing the recent fatal shootings of Minnesota lawmakers.
In an essay in The New York Times on Monday, Robert Pape, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, who has researched political violence for the past 30 years, wrote that "acts of political violence in the United States have been occurring at an alarming rate."
Federal officials say the suspect in the Minnesota lawmaker shootings had notebooks with a list of over 45 state and federal officials to target. Rep. Kelly Morrison, who says she was on the list, joins Chris Jansing to discuss how “traumatic” the shootings have been on her community and why she fears the political violence will have a chilling effect on the country.