• 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    I think the difference is celebrity. Nobody knew who Hortman was. Even after the attack, most people just knew it was some politician from a state legislature, not a name or a face. Kirk is very well known and his murder will have a much greater impact.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Likely true - but the idea that somebody was literally hunting down Democrat lawmakers should have been “interesting enough” to be a major topic of conversation.

      Christ I’ve seen more news on some unknown billionaire dying in a fucking piece of shit submarine he made.