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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONDEMNING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND EXPRESSING SYMPATHY TO THE

FAMILIES OF THE HONORABLE SPEAKER EMERITA MELISSA HORTMAN AND THE

HONORABLE STATE SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN

     Introduced By: Senators Lawson, Ciccone, Tikoian, Gallo, DiPalma, Mack, Ujifusa,
Paolino, Euer, and Kallman

     Date Introduced: June 17, 2025

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, America was founded on the principles of political and religious freedom,

with the right to engage in debate a cornerstone of our democracy, and tolerance an essential

component; and

     WHEREAS, Americans are proud to live in a country where differences are addressed

through debate, not violence; and

     WHEREAS, Devastated and heartbroken, Minnesotans and all Americans learned of the

tragic violence on Saturday, June 14th, as the Hortman and Hoffman families, were violently

killed and wounded at their homes, in a horrific, targeted, and "politically motivated" shooting;

and

     WHEREAS, Getting shot for ones' beliefs is a sickening and cowardly act of violence, is

never a legitimate means of expressing dissent, and is unequivocally condemnable to all

Americans; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby expresses outrage and

condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the political violence that took the life of the

Honorable Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the attempted

assassination and wounding of the Honorable State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.

We, moreover, extend deepest sympathy to the Hortman and Hoffman children and families, and

the people of the State of Minnesota; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Tim Walz, Governor of the State

of Minnesota and the Honorable Lisa Demuth, Minnesota Speaker of the House.

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