{"id":2453329,"date":"2025-06-28T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-harris-and-walz-attend-funeral-for-melissa-hortman\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:17:50","slug":"biden-harris-and-walz-attend-funeral-for-melissa-hortman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-harris-and-walz-attend-funeral-for-melissa-hortman\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Harris, and Walz attend funeral for Melissa Hortman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-harris-and-walz-attend-funeral-for-melissa-hortman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2453329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman took place in Minneapolis, attended by over 1,000 mourners, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Hortman, who was shot and killed in June alongside her husband during an attack by a man impersonating a police officer, was remembered for her legislative achievements and dedication to public service. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz honored her as the &#8220;most consequential speaker in Minnesota history,&#8221; highlighting her efforts in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >enacting meaningful liberal initiatives<\/a> during her tenure.Biden and Harris did not speak but expressed their condolences. The funeral marked the first time a couple has been laid to rest at the Capitol, a ceremony that also included honors for their dog, Gilbert, who was injured in the attack. the alleged shooter, Vance Boelter, is facing serious charges, and his case is currently in the legal system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden, Harris, and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2160165\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; Democratic former <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Minnesota<\/a> House Speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral Saturday where former President&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&nbsp;and former Vice President&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&nbsp;joined the over 1,000 mourners.<\/p>\n<p>Hortman was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-197b8073b66449297986f8276e6dcfc9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shot to death in a pair of attacks<\/a>&nbsp;two weeks earlier by a man posing as a police officer that Minnesota&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about ... siege\">chief federal prosecutor<\/a> has called an assassination. The shootings also left her husband, Mark, dead and a state senator and his wife seriously wounded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3457234\/summer-heat-risk-child-deaths-hot-cars\/\">Rising summer heat increases risk of child deaths in hot cars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3457233\/jeff-bezos-wedding-lauren-sanchez-lavish-venice\/\">Bespoke bash for a billionaire: Jeff Bezos weds Lauren S&aacute;nchez in lavish Venice ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3457232\/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-ruling\/\">What&rsquo;s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Melissa Hortman will be remembered as the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history. I get to remember her as a close friend, a mentor, and the most talented legislator I have ever known,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tim-walz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gov. Tim Walz<\/a>&nbsp;said in his eulogy. &rdquo;For seven years, I have had the privilege of signing her agenda into law. I know millions of Minnesotans get to live their lives better because she and Mark chose public service and politics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Neither Biden nor Harris spoke, but they said in the front row with the governor. Biden also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-funeral-court-date-1558dffabc9bbf087a4e45f9cf868b09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">paid his respects Friday<\/a>&nbsp;as Hortman, her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert, lay in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda in St. Paul. Biden also visited the wounded senator in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Hortman was the first woman and one of fewer than 20 Minnesotans to lay in state&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-vigil-3ec7d63b0137dbfd59a008a259f49903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">at the Capitol<\/a>. It was the first time a couple has been accorded the honor, and the first for a dog. Gilbert&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-dog-gilbert-5d35054b723ef0e739d3490a252352ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">was seriously wounded<\/a>&nbsp;in the attack and had to be euthanized.<\/p>\n<p>Hortman,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-hortman-d5b1788f4ad91c00e5b5b1c24707f2ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">who was first elected<\/a>&nbsp;in 2004,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-governor-budget-ceremony-signing-walz-5eff134a29459d943c0c5863b72d20bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">helped pass an expansive agenda<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-legislature-taxes-marijuana-abortion-education-climate-guns-dfd84ed5958bfd37dee6cec1127a789f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">liberal initiatives<\/a>&nbsp;like free lunches for public school students during the momentous 2023 session&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-197b8073b66449297986f8276e6dcfc9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">as the chamber&rsquo;s speaker<\/a>, along with expanded protections for abortion and trans rights. With the House split 67-67 between Democrats and Republicans this year, she yielded the gavel to a Republican under a power-sharing deal, took the title speaker emerita, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-budget-deal-undocumented-immigrants-f2462480ac2dfb1b091567a7ff4527d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">helped break a budget impasse<\/a>&nbsp;that threatened to shut down state government.<\/p>\n<p>Walz said Hortman saw her mission as &ldquo;to get as much good done for as many people as possible.&rdquo; And he said her focus on people was what made her so effective.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She knew how to get her way, no doubt about it,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;But she never made anyone feel like they&rsquo;d gotten rolled at the negotiating table. That wasn&rsquo;t part of it for her. She didn&rsquo;t need someone else to lose to know she&rsquo;d won.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She certainly knew how to get her way. No doubt about that,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;But she never made anyone feel that they&rsquo;d gotten rolled at a negotiating table. That wasn&rsquo;t part of it for her, or a part of who she was. She didn&rsquo;t need somebody else to lose to win for her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The governor said the best way to honor the Hortmans would be by following their example.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maybe it is this moment where each of us can examine the way we work together, the way we talk about each other, the way we fight for things we care about,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;A moment when each of us can recommit to engaging in politics and life the way Mark and Melissa did &mdash; fiercely, enthusiastically, heartily, but without ever losing sight of our common humanity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of state legislators who served with Hortman attended. The Rev. Daniel Griffith, pastor and rector of the Basilica, led the service. Other clergy present included Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Saint Paul and Minneapolis Archdiocese.<\/p>\n<p>The man accused of killing the Hortmans at their home in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park on June 14, and wounding Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, at their home in nearby Champlin, made a brief court appearance Friday. He&rsquo;s due back in court Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Vance Boelter, 57, of Green Isle,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-8ce70a94c9eb90688baaa1a71faef6cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">surrendered near his home<\/a>&nbsp;the night of June 15 after what authorities called the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-shooting-lawmakers-timeline-boelter-08189f917904a9e5e79f5df948503a4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">largest search in Minnesota history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3442053\/two-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-by-suspect-impersonating-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TWO DEAD AS MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS AND SPOUSES SHOT BY MAN IMPERSONATING POLICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boelter has not entered a plea. Prosecutors need to secure a grand jury indictment first. His lawyers have declined to comment on the charges, which could carry the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-death-penalty-d77fbb1c1860872a52bc579870e85f98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">federal death penalty<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friends have described Boelter as an evangelical Christian with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-shootings-lawmakers-suspect-21b2165404bc66f77dd5e0e36efeb065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">politically conservative views<\/a>. 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