Xp Lee, a former City Council member, won a special election to replace his political mentor, former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.

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Only a handful of Democrats and none of the party’s top leaders attended the ceremony, an outpouring of praise and mourning for the right-wing activist, who was assassinated last week.

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The president, who initially didn’t recall Melissa Hortman by name, claimed he was never asked to lower flags for her.

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President Trump promised to find those responsible for political violence, as well as the “organizations that fund it and support it.”

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