SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois House Democrats approved a resolution Wednesday condemning political violence.

Leader Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) said political violence has impacted Democrats and Republicans across the country, as former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed just months before Charlie Kirk's assassination.

However, the Illinois Democratic Party Chair told her colleagues that lawmakers must also condemn political violence committed by ICE agents and other federal officials invading the state.

"If you're choosing to draw a distinction between individual acts of violence and institutional acts of violence simply because one is condoned by Donald Trump, then I am here to say those beliefs are part of the problem," Hernandez said.

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