WASHINGTON – Former United States (US) president Joe Biden strongly condemned the deadly attack on a Democratic politician and her husband in the state of Minnesota on Saturday, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
“This heinous attack motivated by politics should never happen in America,” Biden said in a post on X.
“We must give hate and extremism no safe harbour and we must all unite against political violence as a nation.
“Jill and I are sending strength to everyone affected by this senseless tragedy during an unimaginable time,” he said.
In one of two attacks, Melissa Hortman, a member of the Minnesota State House of Representatives, and her husband Mark Hortman were killed in the early hours of the morning at their home in the city of Brooklyn Park.
In another attack in nearby Champlin, a Democratic state senator, John Hoffman, and his wife were shot and seriously injured. – June 15, 2025