Overview

• House GOP Whip Tom Emmer called for an immediate repeal of Minnesota’s 2023 law that offers legal protections to people seeking gender-affirming care in the state.
• Emmer blamed Gov. Tim Walz and state Democrats for worsening mental health problems and said responsibility for the crisis lies with them.
• Authorities identified the attacker as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who killed two children and injured at least 17 people before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
• Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Westman’s writings showed pervasive hate and an obsession with mass shooters, with passages expressing regret about a transgender identity.
• Local reporting notes that undoing the law is unlikely in Minnesota’s narrowly divided Legislature, despite calls from conservatives to eliminate it.