Killed ex-Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman lies in state alongside husband and dog | Minnesota
Melissa and Mark Hortman and their dogs lay in the state on Friday, the state of Minnesota Capitol Rotunda.
It was surrounded by wooden coffins and Gilbert’s Golden Urnu, Gilbert’s Golden Herbs on it, a enthusiastic gardener and the Green’s defender of the environment shook a head to Melissa, beloved in his personal life and governance.
The Hortmans were killed by a politically motivated assassin posing as a police officer and who came to their homes and their homes, who wounded another and wife. Murders and subsequent manhunt state unrest.
On Friday, the Minnesotans were lined up by hundreds of people, the state capital, and in the state capital to pay their respect. One by one, they moved towards Rotunda. Many of them wiped their tears. Others made the cross sign. Some put their hands in their hearts. The mourning included former president Joe Biden.
Some brought their children, waited patiently to say goodbye. He carried many flowers – daffodils, daisy, zinnias, rose. Golden Retriersers sat beyond the doors of Capitol, waited for people to domesticate and relieve those who came to mourn.
A second line waited to leave flowers and other commemorations in a monument near home rooms. There, thousands of flower table corridors decorated. Outside, there were dog treats, filled animals and hundreds of notes from people who told Hortans what he wanted for Minnesota.
A photo remaining in the monument shows Hortman behind a chair with a presidential seal, and said that he was one of the state deputies invited by President Barack Obama to Washington. The person who left the photo wrote, orum I don’t realize that he’s gone, but I realize how much I love him. “
“Remember your strong leadership for low -income minnesotans and your devotion to policies to make all people a home,” he said.
“Melissa is our hero,” the other wrote.
Melissa is the first woman to lie in the state in the history of Minnesota. He joins a large list of Minnesota – a list that his colleagues say he deserves to be for their achievements. Governor Tim Walz called him the Most Parliament Speaker in the History of State ”.
A man came to Capitol at 6.30 to wait for the doors to be opened at noon, he He told the Minnesota to the Folk Radio. Mike Starr said that he once hosted by Hortans at home and wanted to pay for his respect and thank Melissa for everything he did for the state.
Starr, “He stood up for people and did not turn the story, people did not mislead,” he said. “He told you who he was. And you know, when he said something, he meant it.”
Some came from outside the state to say goodbye. Debra Lehrmann came to Capitol, a friend of the Supreme Court of Texas and a friend of Hortans, According to Star Tribune. “Melissa is a kind of person you shoot,” he said.
Since his death, his friends and colleagues – and those who did not know him personally, but who felt the effect – shared what they meant. They expressed their ability to bring people together and find a common ground with a smart mind and a humorous sense of humor.
First of all, he cared about Minnesota and returned to Minnesota.
