• @floofloof@lemmy.caOP
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      62 days ago

      One possible motive is that the Minnesota legislature had a one-seat majority for the Democrats. Shooting two Democratic representatives might have been an attempt to change the math.

    • Maeve
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      42 days ago

      Terrorism, I would expect. Let’s see if a suspect is apprehended and charged under Minnesota law as such, since they have a terrorism law on the books.

      • Well, yeah, but what is the motive for the terrorism, I mean.

        Terrorism is violence with a political goal. So what is the political goal of this?

        • Maeve
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          32 days ago

          To discourage anyone slightly left of bat-guano insane evangelical right from running or legislating against bat-guano insane evangelical right agendas, I would imagine, but I can be wrong.