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S8 Ep. 39: Ernesto Londoño on the Personal Cost of Minnesota’s Political Killings


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New York Times reporter Ernesto Londoño joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the recent murder of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman, which has made headlines as local politicians in the U.S. are rarely targeted for assassination. Londoño describes how a gunman posing as law enforcement went to the homes of several state politicians, killing Hortman and her husband Mark and gravely injuring Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. Londoño recounts how the No Kings Rally at the Minnesota capitol later that day honored the crime’s victims in addition to protesting President Trump. Londoño details the alleged attacker’s background and debunks conspiracy theories about possible motives. Comparing the current circumstances to his own childhood in Colombia, where political attacks on the local level were common, Londoño discusses how Trump “redrew the rules of acceptable political discourse,” and how increasing violence against lawmakers may impact who is willing to serve.

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This podcast is produced by V.V. Ganeshananthan, Whitney Terrell, Hunter Murray, and Janet Reed.

Selected Readings:

Ernesto Londoño

  • Suspect in Minnesota Attacks Was a Doomsday Prepper, Investigator Says 

  • Scenes From a Vigil for Victims of the Minnesota Shooting

  • What We Know About How the Minnesota Assassination Case May Unfold

  • Melissa Hortman, Minnesota Lawmaker Killed in Shooting, Is Remembered by Colleagues

  • Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics 

    Others


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