Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) suggested “imbalanced” people are reading “hateful rhetoric” that is making them violent. Klobuchar appeared Monday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot.

Klobuchar saw the Minnesota House speaker just hours before she and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in what's been called a "politically motivated assassination" on June 14

Hours after Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in a “politically motivated” shooting Saturday morning, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is remembering the lawmaker as a friend and a “leader like no other.

"When you hear about statistics about political violence and threats, I just want people to know who we're talking about," Klobuchar says of slain Minnesota lawmakers.

Senator Amy Klobuchar said Sunday morning on “Meet the Press” that the large-scale manhunt for Vance Boulter has spread throughout the Midwest, including South Dakota.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said the deadly shooting of state Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband on Saturday was politically motivated, noting that there was some “throughline with abortion” after his list of targets was found to include abortion advocates and facilities.

Yvette Hoffman, the wife of Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman, has broken her silence after being shot during a “politically motivated assassination” attempt over the weekend. In a statement to Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar,

An Illinois lawmaker said she hopes the horrific tragedy will lead to increased safety measures for public officials and first responders.