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Jilly_in_VA

(12,111 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 12:51 PM 11 hrs ago

MAGA Madman Also Shot Slain Democrat's Rescue Dog

The alleged MAGA assassin shot murder victim Melissa Hortman’s beloved pet dog so badly it could not be saved.

The horror was revealed as the suspect was caught by a senior Democratic official.

“The cruelty knows no bounds,” said Ken Martin, a Minnesotan who became chair of the Democratic National Committee earlier this year. He was a longtime friend of the Hortmans, who were brutally attacked in their home early on Saturday morning.

Melissa Hortman, 55, the former Speaker of the House in Minnesota, was shot and killed inside the family home in Brooklyn Park, a city outside Minneapolis. Late on Sunday night, suspect Vance Luther Boelter was apprehended by sheriffs in the Minnesota backwoods.

Hortman’s husband, Mark, 58, was also killed in the attack, which left their two adult children without any parents.

Erin Koegel, a member of the Minnesota House since 2017, said one of their first tasks had been to euthanize the golden retriever, which their mother had adored. “Her children had to put down him after learning their parents had been murdered,” she wrote on X.

Hortman had been a foster home trainer for a local dog shelter called Helping Paws, which is how she came to meet Gilbert.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-madman-also-shot-assassinated-democrat-melissa-hortmans-rescue-dog-gilbert/

Rest east, Gilbert. You have crossed the Rainbow Bridge and you're with your people now. And I hope that nasty man goes the OTHER way!

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MAGA Madman Also Shot Slain Democrat's Rescue Dog (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA 11 hrs ago OP
What the ever loving fuck is wrong with these people??? Initech 11 hrs ago #1
Jesus. I don't know. underpants 11 hrs ago #3
Kristi Noem understands how irritating a dog can be when interfering with someone on a mission from God. Ping Tung 11 hrs ago #2
I'll bet Kristi Noem liked hearing that. Aristus 11 hrs ago #4
I am not sure how I can despise these people more UpInArms 10 hrs ago #5
Evil man deserves no mercy. Dawson Leery 10 hrs ago #6
Dog-killing seems to be a growing trend among MAGAs/"Conservatives." Vogon_Glory 10 hrs ago #7

Ping Tung

(2,661 posts)
2. Kristi Noem understands how irritating a dog can be when interfering with someone on a mission from God.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:03 PM
11 hrs ago

UpInArms

(52,910 posts)
5. I am not sure how I can despise these people more
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:21 PM
10 hrs ago

They definitely make my heart harder

If the time comes, I shall have no mercy for any of them.

Vogon_Glory

(9,880 posts)
7. Dog-killing seems to be a growing trend among MAGAs/"Conservatives."
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:51 PM
10 hrs ago

And if they want to call us “baby-killers,” we ought to return the favor and call them “puppy-killers.”

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