Leaders responded to the politically motivated set of attacks on the homes of two Minnesota leaders, which killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.

"It is painful, it is frightening and it should never happen in a democracy," the Democratic Party of Illinois said in a Facebook post.

The cohosts reacted to the allegedly politically-motivated violence that took place over the weekend and the response by a key official.

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Iowa politicians disavowed political violence and offered condolences to the families of two Minnesota lawmakers after a pair of shootings on June 14.

Minnesota State Rep. and Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed Saturday in what officials are calling "targeted" attacks.

The suspect made his first appearance in federal court Monday following his arrest Sunday in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses Saturday.

Massachusetts political leaders are condemning political violence after 55-year-old Minnesota state Sen. Melissa Hortman, a Democratic lawmaker, was assassinated on Saturday. Hortman was an alumnae of Boston University and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Elected leaders described the shootings as an attack on democracy and called on Americans to reject political violence.

Minnesota officials said they are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, who was last seen in the Twin Cities area.