In June 2025, Democratic elected official Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, along with their dog, were assassinated by a Trump supporter
Trump did not lower the flags to half-mast
He did not attend their funeral
President Biden, on the other hand, knelt before their coffins
Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband have been killed at their home in what appears to be a “politically motivated assassination,” Gov. Tim Walz says.
Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot in their own home but remain in the hospital.