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may we remember speaker hortman every time a kid in Minnesota eats their free lunch. every time a trans person moves to mn for safety. when an undocumented person gets their driver’s license or a returning citizen gets to vote. when we have clean energy and electric school buses and warm homes.

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One year ago today, Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were senselessly murdered in an act of political violence. In their memory, we recommit ourselves to the values that Melissa and Mark exemplified: building a kinder, more just, and loving world.

15/6/26, 1:08 am528 reposts2K likes

Leah Stokes

@leahstokes.bsky.social

15 June

Beautifully put and true! What a legacy.

ashley fairbanks

@ziibiing.com

15 June

when we ride the buses that are funded with new taxes and see low-income kids go to college for free. when we see solar panels on schools. when we know we can access abortion care and live in homes without lead pipes. her memory will be a blessing.

Brendon Slotterback

@bslotterback.bsky.social

What a tragic loss

Any one of these things would be quite a legacy. Her death was a terrible loss.

Stacey Burns

@wentrogue.bsky.social

15 June

I always think about her calmness and commitment: “If Republicans are conditioning their support for a bonding bill on denying civil rights to trans Minnesotans, then we won’t have a bonding bill.”

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