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.

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

The assassination of a Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife at their homes are just the latest addition to a long and unsettling roll call of political violence in the United States.

The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, two law enforcement officials said.

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

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

Walz condemned inflammatory rhetoric and suggested it was linked to political violence. However, he has a history of making incendiary comments himself.