Slain Minnesota state House member, husband mourned at funeral

June 28 (UPI) — About 1,500 people on Saturday attended the funeral of slain former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in Minneapolis.

The Catholic service was private but it was livestreamed on the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s YouTube page.

KMSP-TV reported an estimated 1,500 people attended the service at Basilica of St. Mary, including former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, who sat next to each other in the front row.

Walz was a pallbearer and gave an eulogy…

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