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Hortman's Children Urge Trump to Remove Misinformation Post

1/5/2026

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The children of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman urge U.S. President Donald Trump to remove a Truth Social post linking Governor Tim Walz to their mother's death.
Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in June.
The children call the video misinformation that dishonors their mother's memory.
The Hoffman family supports the Hortmans and asks Trump to delete the post, calling it harmful falsehoods.

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Story summary

The children of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman urge U.S. President Donald Trump to remove a Truth Social post linking Governor Tim Walz to their mother's death.
Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in June.
The children call the video misinformation that dishonors their mother's memory.
The Hoffman family supports the Hortmans and asks Trump to delete the post, calling it harmful falsehoods.