Klobuchar saw the Minnesota House speaker just hours before she and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in what's been called a "politically motivated assassination" on June 14

The Utah senator received national backlash following two posts on X that tied the alleged shooter to the Democratic Party.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said that authorities believe Vance Boelter, the suspect in a pair of "politically motivated" shootings, is still in the Midwest, noting that authorities have put out an alert in South Dakota.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar remembered Minnesota Democrat Rep. Melissa Hortman as a "true public servant" who was "loved by Democrats and Republicans." The massive manhunt for the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter,

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar dined with former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman shortly before before she was tragically gunned down in her home alongside her husband. Klobuchar (D-Minn.) was informed about the heartbreaking loss by Minnesota Gov.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) joins Meet the Press after two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were shot in politically motivated shootings, killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.

Sen. Mike Lee's unfounded claims on social media about the slaying of a Minnesota lawmaker have angered his U.S. Senate colleague from the state.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said the deadly shooting of former Minnesota state Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband on Saturday was politically motivated, noting that there was some “through line with abortion” after his list of targets was found to include abortion advocates and facilities.

Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark dead and Sen. John A. Hoffman and his wife Yvonne injured were "politically motivated" and "there clearly was some throughline [to] abortion," Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on "Meet the Press" Sunday.

In an interview with MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Klobuchar says Lee’s tweets make light of the fatal shooting.. including one calling the situation a “Nightmare on Waltz Street” she says she plans to confront him directly about the issue.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) suggested “imbalanced” people are reading “hateful rhetoric” that is making them violent. Klobuchar appeared Monday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe after Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot.