Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman, who was shot nine times in his home in a politically motivated attack earlier this summer, told his fellow Democrats to choose "governance over grievance" and implored all Americans to reject political violence in his first public appearance since the tragedy.

The four-term senator continues to recover from his injuries the night an accused assassin shot him and his wife, Yvette, inside their Champlin home June 14, before he murdered former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in a tragedy that rocked the state.

Hoffman received a standing ovation as he walked on stage at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting in Minneapolis Monday. He said the shootings served as a "wake-up call" and that it was a political attack on public ser

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