Jasmine Mithani

Interim Data and Technology Reporter

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When Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were assassinated in their home in June, the media widely reported it as an attack on progressive politicians. And it was, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, one of the nation’s leading experts in violence and extremism, said to a D.C. crowd last weekend. But much of the coverage left out a crucial aspect.

“They were progressive about gender issues, right? It was about reproductive rights and LGBTQ issues. So let’s talk about the gender part of that, not just the progressive part of that,” she said.

The man charged in Hortman’s shooting also had abortion providers and proponents of abortion rights on his list. As part of an e

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