Iowa politicians disavowed political violence and offered condolences to the families of two Minnesota lawmakers after a pair of shootings on June 14.

Leaders responded to the politically motivated set of attacks on the homes of two Minnesota leaders, which killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.

“The targeted attack that took the lives of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and critically injured State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, is a devastating and senseless act of violence. We extend our deepest condolences to the Hortman family and our prayers for the Hoffmans as they fight to recover.

The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at their homes are the latest in a grim and alarming surge of U.S. political violence.

The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in