Sen. Tina Smith directly confronted Sen. Mike Lee on Monday over the Utah Republican's posts about the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers. Why it matters: "I needed him to hear from me directly, what impact I think his cruel statement had on me,

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

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

Conspiracy theorists and senators alike are baselessly speculating about the brutal shooting spree that left two dead and two injured, Josh Marcus reports

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

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

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.