Elected officials in McLean County say the lawmaker shootings in Minnesota are frightening – and that they’ve been on the receiving end of violent rhetoric themselves.

Elected officials in McLean County say the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5433748/minnesota-shooting-suspect-vance-boelter-arrested-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman" data-cms-ai="0">lawmaker shootings in Minnesota</a>&nbsp;are frightening &ndash; and that they&rsquo;ve been on the receiving end of violent rhetoric themselves.

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