Donald Trump, Melissa Hortman
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The children of Melissa and Mark Hortman, who were assassinated in June of 2025, have responded to a social media post from President Donald Trump, asking him to take the post down and issue an apology.
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President Trump pushes false conspiracy on the Hortman killings, implicating Walz involvement
President Trump shared a video claiming that Tim Walz was responsible for the killing of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, a conspiracy theory that has been debunked several times since the fatal Minnesota lawmaker shootings in June 2025.
Several Minnesota Democratic lawmakers have condemned a social media post shared by President Donald Trump falsely suggesting that Gov. Tim Walz was behind the assassination House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, his friend and colleague.