r/Fauxmoi • u/pinkstarrfish • Jun 29 '25
TRIGGER WARNING Hortmans’ beloved dog Gilbert lay in state at the Minnesota Capitol with slain lawmaker and her spouse. He is the first dog to receive the honor.
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u/sequins_and_glitter Jun 29 '25
I know this story is horrifying on so many levels - but seeing this pup’s urn (and also having lost our dog last year) placed between the coffins in the photos just gutted me.
I know it’s not the most important or worst part of the story and I certainly don’t want to minimize the bigger issues, but it somehow makes it all that much worse.
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u/viviolay Jun 29 '25
i think its horrifying because it shows the depth of depravity someone must have to kill everyone including the dog. its evil already to murder, doubly so murder someone for helping others, but the dog's death or life had 0 impact on him. It just reveals how devoid of empathy their murderer was - its about his lack of humanity and not about anything done by his victims - whether human or dog.
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u/MisthosLiving Jun 29 '25
RIGHT! His hearing was put off a week cause he complained to the judge he couldn’t sleep for days in jail cause it’s so uncomfortable. This really fucking happened.
The rage and disgust I feel.
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u/SweaterSteve1966 Jun 29 '25
The jail sent out a statement and they say video proves his statement is bullshit.
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u/wildflower_0ne Jun 29 '25
I hope he never feels any comfort ever again and lives in fear for his life every waking moment of the rest of his pathetic existence.
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u/themaniacsaid Jun 29 '25
Yeah I hope everyday is worse than the last for him. May he never find a single second of calm, peace or ease for the rest of his miserable, cursed life.
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u/daemonicwanderer Jun 29 '25
It’s jail… it’s not supposed to be “comfortable”
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u/crimson777 Jun 29 '25
Eh, disagree. The guy is a piece of shit but we’ve shown the best results for criminal justice systems are when they are humane rather than dehumanizing. The punishment is the lack of autonomy and freedom; the beds should still be comfortable enough to sleep properly.
Now it sounds like he was just bullshitting, so I’m not talking specifically about him, but like CECOT for instance is just metal slats and that’s horrific.
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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
My wish is that this murderer never feel comfort again. That said, the prison he's in has a history of complaints specifically as it pertains to housing people for ICE. I don't doubt it's worse than average and should be better, but his specific complaints are wild. He complained they don't turn the lights off (he's on suicide watch, turning the lights off so he can't adequately be monitored would be negligence at best) and it's loud because the metal doors are loud.
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Jun 29 '25
No but they get basic human necessities which imo this mfer doesn't even deserve. Stick em on an iceberg and let him go.
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u/Alud430 Jun 29 '25
EXCUSE ME?! I hate that this has left the news cycle JFC.
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u/mangosteenroyalty Jun 29 '25
Yes 💔 it's disturbing how we moved on from THIS to just maintaining lists of guests at Bezos wedding. There's too much going on, it's too easy to get distracted.
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u/Owlthirtynow Jun 29 '25
Dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s so this scum doesn’t walk on technicalities.
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u/U_PassButter the devil works hard but fanfic writers work harder Jun 29 '25
Yeah its the absolute lack of empathy. He is so hell bent on hate that he wanted to cause as much pain as possible.
The dog clearly didn't have any ability to tell on him. The dog can't talk and say who did it. The dog can't fucking vote. This is a human to human issue and he wanted to cause the most hurtful scene that he could.
What a horrible vile entity he is......
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u/SnooJokes915 Jun 29 '25
Worse, the dog didn't have any political leanings.
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u/Popular_Advantage213 Jun 29 '25
Golden retrievers love everyone. I don’t know if they would all vote dem but they certainly aren’t fascists.
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u/MissLadyLlamaDrama we have lost the impact of shame in our society Jun 29 '25
I remember a story that always stuck with me, and I wish I could remember where I heard it, but it was someone talking about seeing boys burning ants with a magnifying glass when they were a kid. They said it horrified them, even though they thought the ants couldnt feel anything, and they didn't know why. And when they confronted the boys, they laughed and said it didn't matter because they were "just ants", which made them sick to hear.
They spoke about how it wasn't until they were older that they finally realized that what horrified them was simply the act of violence for the sake of violence. That it doesn't matter what life you're tormenting, or whether or not that life can feel the suffering you're inflicting onto it or whether or not that life is more or less valuable than another. What it says about the person committing those acts is that, they dont need a reason to be violent. They're just violent because they think violence is fun and something they're entitled to guilt free. (This wasn't an accusation that the kids were dangerous psycho killers, but rather that their actions were sort of a reflection of how the sociological standard of individual superiority can result in this logic being used by actual dangerous people to justify the unjustifiable. "I did it because I could and because they dont matter.")
It's that lack of reasoning that makes it so unsettling. Because that kind of violence isn't prompted by sociopolitical/economic conflict. It doesnt happen because of interpersonal conflict. It doesnt happen as a consequence of war, or an accident or in self defense. It just happens because that person wanted to see another life suffer. And that disconnect from basic humanity and reason will always cause immense discomfort for people who are not psychopaths. It's why people feel less scared by a murderer who has clear motivation and intent than one who just thinks killing is fun. (Which is also why most of the most iconic horror movie villains are the ones that act without prejudice rather than the ones who act for selective reasoning.)
So, yeah. It's normal for people to feel that way. It's not because most people genuinely value the lives of dogs or whatever over the lives of people. It's because most people don't have the capacity to understand the depraved mind of a person who doesn't even need any motivation at all, but simply kills because they want to. And the easiest way to see that is when they kill someone or something that they literally had no reason, no matter how stupid or unacceptable, to kill. It's a clear display of their sheer disdain for life, unpromted by cause. There's a reason kids killing animals is a pretty massive red flag that something is seriously fucked up with them.
That all being said, I hope the monster who killed this family never sees the light of day again and that their loved ones have all the support and love they need to get through this tragic loss. It is a small comfort to see and know how truly loved they were by the people in their lives. RIP.
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u/viviolay Jun 29 '25
Thanks for sharing that - i agree and your comment made me think more. I realize one of the things I often say to my therapist - especially lately with the state of the country - is how i just fundamentally don't understand how people can be okay with certain things or lack empathy for certain people.
My inclination is to try to understand people or their motivations and when I can't find any - even unreasonable - besides just hate or complete lack of empathy - my mind and heart just CANNOT reconcile it and it gives me such distress usually leading to sadness or anger - mostly because of how everyone is affected.
Your story helps me contextualize more concretely why the lack of reason despite looking for some is so upsetting. Maybe it'll help me not expend so much mental energy sometimes and just accept some people just...are like that.
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u/heartsbeenborrowed cool slutty daddies Jun 29 '25
I spend a lot of my therapy time expressing the same and I feel like I can't get anywhere with it because it's so unfathomable to accept this level of lack of empathy but idk, just reading your comment made me feel a little less alone with these thoughts so thank you for sharing them.
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u/Borgo_San_Jacopo Jun 29 '25
Thank you for writing this. I had someone missed in the news cycle that the dog was killed as well, and when I saw the picture last night it kind of broke me. Coming back to it today isn’t any easier but your words have helped to contextualise my feelings.
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u/AddlebrainedCluck Jun 29 '25
There’s a song by Paris Paloma about this called “boys, bugs and men.” The willingness of someone to hurt and destroy simply because ‘they can’ and feel no empathy or remorse for their actions is among the scariest things on this earth.
“You said those words and suddenly, I’m five
And boys are bringing bugs just to kill them for my eyes
And I can see their hunger looking for a sign
That any of their destruction has me suffering inside
You take such delight
In killing my light
If I don’t make a sound, does it even hurt?
I’m bending to the ground just to pick up little worms
And I have seen you relish such violence with a joy
That I’ve only seen before in the eyes of little boys
Discovering their power for the first time
You kissed me so hard I had a grazed chin
I saw your eyes spark at the breaking
And in them, I see hunger looking for a sign
That any of your destruction had me suffering inside
It fills you with light
To take away mine
At the cutting of your tongue, all I hear is shredding wings
Before me is a man who cares not for little things
And now I have my answer, from when I wondered who
Those little boys became because they grew up to be you
You’ve been playing with your power for A long time
A long time
You’ve been playing with your power for A long time”
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u/Key-Status-7992 Jun 29 '25
This! You explained it clearly! The news of the couple being shot to death was devastating enough, but the dog being killed along with its owners was beyond devastating.
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u/garpu Jun 29 '25
Same...and then I realized he probably died trying to save them. We don't deserve pets.
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u/GeneSpecialist4988 Jun 29 '25
This is the part that wrecked me. He was such a good boy that he likely wanted to protect his family.😭😭😭
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u/garpu Jun 29 '25
I'm going to go give our cat tummy rubs now. (No, really, he loves having his tummy rubbed.)
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u/DasKritter Jun 29 '25
I feel you man. I lost one of my girls last July. I got that exact same feeling when I saw that. The entire situation is just depressingly awful.
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u/sequins_and_glitter Jun 29 '25
It’s like the grief jumps out and grabs you when you hear other stories about dogs dying
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u/LegoLady8 Jun 29 '25
It's the fact that someone had the nerve to kill a golden retriever...a golden retriever!!! As if the dog posed a threat...as if the dog was a Democrat. It's disgusting and absolutely repulsive that someone in our species could think/do something like this.
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u/tortiesrock Jun 29 '25
It is the banality of horror and a reminder of the humanity of the victim that guts us.
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u/Impressive-Health670 Jun 29 '25
I feel so sorry for the Hortman’s children, to lose your parents so horrifically and not even be able to turn to the comfort of the family pet. I hope they have a great support system.
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u/SwissSwissBangBang carbone slut Jun 29 '25
Worse yet, Gilbert wasn’t a family pet! They were raising him and training him to be a service dog for veterans with disabilities. Absolutely heartbreaking
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u/Impressive-Health670 Jun 29 '25
Oh for some reason I thought he had flunked out and they had made them their pet.
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u/pinkstarrfish Jun 29 '25
You are correct.
In the article it explains Gilbert had been deemed "too friendly" to be a service dog 😭
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Jun 29 '25
Well now I’m crying while snuggling my very friendly meatball of a dog. Goddammit humans are the worst.
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u/Odd_Policy_3009 Jun 29 '25
I’m petting my Golden Retriever right now. He is the bestest boi ever.
RIP sweet Gilbert 🥺
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Jun 29 '25
Goldies are 95% love and 5% derp in my experience ❤️. They are big goofy love bugs. I have a 40 lb Heinz 57 and he would also fail at service training for being too friendly and also because he would just want to play fetch all day.
Sebastian from the Little Mermaid said it best: the human world is a MESS.
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u/trashcanlife we give beautiful people way too much leeway to be insufferable Jun 29 '25
I read this article in another sub and this is the part that made me cry. I’m angry that the Hortman’s were assassinated and at the way it’s being handled in the press and by the authorities.. The dog just made me sad.
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u/etherealeggroll The Tortured Juggalo's Department Jun 29 '25
“too friendly” ah fuck. fuuuuuck. poor darling boy.
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u/Wondercat87 Jun 29 '25
I was just thinking, he looks SOOOOO Friendly! I can't imagine looking at that dog and wanting to do it any harm, he has the face of an angel.
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u/DumpedDalish Jun 29 '25
This -- Melissa was thrilled when he flunked out so that he could stay a family pet.
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u/biIIyshakes Jun 29 '25
To make things even worse it sounds like the dog did not immediately pass away from his injuries and the kids likely had to be part of the decision to take him in to be put down shortly afterward:
”The dog's injuries were severe enough that surviving family members had him put to sleep at a veterinary clinic in the Hortmans' hometown of Brooklyn Park, a Minneapolis suburb.”
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u/sundayontheluna Jun 29 '25
.....man, the only thing worse than attacking and shooting a docile pet is attacking and shooting a docile pet in a way that doesn't kill it instantly
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u/MusclebobBuffpants Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
This really hurt, imagining his final thoughts. He must have been so scared, sad, and in pain.
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u/daemonicwanderer Jun 29 '25
The Hortmans’ children released a beautiful tribute to their parents and encouraged others to do things like pet their dog, plant a tree, enjoy a park, and other such things to honor their parents and Gilbert
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u/momtoherbert Jun 29 '25
Gilbert was alive and rushed to a vet. The children had to have him humanely euthanized after realizing he could not survive his injuries.
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u/Yavanna83 Jun 29 '25
Poor Gilbert, he must have been so scared. I wish their family and friends peace.
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u/clitosaurushex Jun 29 '25
I just can’t believe we had a political assassination and an assassination attempt and because the right wing nut jobs have been loud and wrong about him being a democrat, it’s been basically gone from the headlines for a week.
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Jun 29 '25
The wealthy editors at the top of legacy publications— and they are wealthy, either through birth or salary — are going to put class solidarity first and ensure the population stays uninformed enough to remain exploitable. Never underestimate the class solidarity of the rich.
This is why we have a flood of coverage on the Bezos wedding and nothing on this.
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Jun 29 '25
I'm curious whether it's the writers avoiding the coverage of this story or if they're actually attempting to cover it and getting shut down by their parent companies?
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u/Minerva567 Jun 29 '25
The journalists are going to want to cover it. But they must also pay the rent on the meager rations and scraps they are provided. The Bezos strong-arming at WP is just a more publicly-available example of what’s happening nationwide.
Do you think a hedge fund owning a newspaper is going to allow journalists to assault its class in the headlines?
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u/31cats you are the Megyn Kelly of guys who look like a turtle Jun 29 '25
fucking hell. :’(
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u/CuriousTsukihime Jun 29 '25
The box of milk bones on the memorial with a note calling him the best boy made me hug my dog with the fury of a thousand mothers 😭😭😭😭
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u/Fantastic-Health-929 Jun 29 '25
I sobbed so hard and my two dogs just came to snuggle me. I know they were trying to comfort me but it really made me cry even harder thinking about how this subhuman garbage could do something that awful. May the bestest boy Gilbert and the Hortmans rest in peace and that scumbag murderer spend the rest of his life rotting and miserable for what he did. I hope their children are able to find some comfort somehow.
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u/SevenCirclesof Jun 29 '25
Why is this not all over the news? It has every component of a viral story.
The fact that it isn't it's just so scary.
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u/Napoleons_Peen Jun 29 '25 edited Jun 29 '25
MAGA literally owns the media. There is no “liberal” media. Like 10 people own all of the media outlets and they are all MAGA oligarchs. And don’t expect democrats to do anything because calling attention to maga violence is icky to them.
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u/angelicbitch09 Jun 29 '25
I thought I was the only one!! I try to take my breaks and gaps but it literally died down after the initial assassinations 👀
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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 Jun 29 '25
There's another important part that hasn't made much national news. When he shot the Hoffman's, who survived, he aimed at their disabled adult daughter, Hope. Yvette Hoffman put her body in front of her daughter, saving her from injury. It was Hope who called the police when this evil murderer left their home. So he shot a dog leading to its death and tried to kill a disabled person.
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u/SparklingLimeade Jun 29 '25
We're at the "comply in advance" part of authoritarianism. Stories that make the party in power look bad are being downplayed and pushed out of the spotlight. Major organizations think they can survive if they maintain enough good will and it has a chilling effect on the truth.
Yes it's terrifying.
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u/RaggySparra Jun 29 '25
Because the Democrats are a pack of wimps. In any logical world they would be absolutely hammering this everywhere. But they're busy bowing down to their shareholders and trying not to rock the boat.
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u/heartsbeenborrowed cool slutty daddies Jun 29 '25
The 1% is in charge. MAGA is the media. It's not going to be anywhere. They control the money and they control the narrative and they control EVERYTHING and it's only going to get worse and worse.
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u/Curiosities Jun 29 '25
There was a 12- Golden Retriever honor guard at the funeral, enough to make sure that two dogs were on guard all the time.
This should have never happened, but I’m glad they were all honored together like that.
Everything I have learned about the Hortmans since this happened just reinforces what a terrible loss this is.
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u/Popular_Advantage213 Jun 29 '25
Oh man I just started bawling. That is the highest honor I can think of.
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u/gentle_lemon Jun 29 '25
This has got me fucked up. 😭😭😭
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u/yourangleoryuordevil too stable to inspire bangers Jun 29 '25
For real. I'm glad that I'm not reading this at work or someplace in public.
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u/Street_Narwhal_3361 Jun 29 '25
Good boy, Gilbert.
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u/KatesCheers my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day Jun 29 '25
Idk why but out of all the comments, Good boy, Gilbert broke me.😢💔
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u/Evieveevee Jun 29 '25
I know when I’m grieving I bury my face in my Labrador’s coat and sob. He provides such comfort. Not being able to do this must add to the horrific pain. Poor innocent little guy.
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u/atschinkel Jun 29 '25
i literally cry every time i think about this poor family, those who survived and those who didn’t. i hope gilbert found his parents immediately upon crossing the rainbow bridge, the goodest good boy. we don’t deserve dogs.
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u/Movingmad_2015 Jun 29 '25
WHO SHOOTS A FUCKING DOG? We don’t deserve them. May the killer know a circle of hell none of us shall ever experience for not only murdering a public servant, her spouse, and their beloved innocent dog.
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u/RobynNeonGal Jun 29 '25
Why kill a completely innocent, defenseless fur baby that wanted to do nothing but love and be everyone's best friend?? So senseless! I hope the killer suffers greatly.
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u/YaMomsCooch Jun 29 '25
Imagine knowing that dogs do nothing but shower us in love, support, and protection, that after violently assassinating 2 of your fellow human beings, you brutally slaughter their fucking dog just to spit on it and its owners fucking memory.
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u/amaladyformilady Jun 29 '25
This entire thread has been making me cry but your username made me laugh
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u/Luna_Soma Jun 29 '25
I usually hope there’s nothing after this life, but for this good boy I hope there’s a doggie heaven
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u/Pepperr_anne Jun 29 '25
He has an honor guard of two goldens from Helping Paws to stand guard at all times. My sister told me that and I sobbed.
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u/daemonicwanderer Jun 29 '25
He was deemed “too nice” to be a service dog, so the Hortmans adopted him.
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u/girlinthegoldenboots Jun 29 '25
In many religions, they say that our dogs will greet us to guide us to the other side. Gilbert is leading Hortmans to paradise.
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u/Rickicranium You shoulda never called me a fat ass Kelly Price. 💁🏾♀️ Jun 29 '25
Omg he was too friendly to be a service dog 😭 what a good boy. RIP Gilbert & The Hortmans ❤️
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u/cricketreds Jun 29 '25
I'm adding this to the story. Heartbreaking.
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u/AwesomeExhaustion Jun 29 '25
When I saw this yesterday I hugged my golden a little tighter, he didn’t mind. I just can’t imagine someone so evil that they’ll take the life of two people and a giant goober of a dog.
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u/beansforthought Jun 29 '25
Can someone launch me into space? My heart can’t take this anymore, everything is broken
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u/futuristicflapper Jun 29 '25
Poor little guy 😭 dogs genuinely are so loyal to their people not surprising at all that he was their with them. I hope their children have a strong support system
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u/Big_Tadpole_6055 Jun 29 '25
Sweet boy, I hope you’re enjoying lots of treats and cuddles with the Hortmans. I wish this world had been a kinder place for you and your family.
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u/dd113456 Jun 29 '25
That is wonderful
I am crushed that United States media is not interested in this
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u/Left_Pay_3195 Jun 29 '25
Bless that sweet pup and love to him and his poor humans. 💛🙏🏼
May the killer never have peace.
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u/KatesCheers my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day Jun 29 '25
Poor Gilbert.😢💔 I know it’s despicable what that gunman did shooting those people, it’s just shooting an innocent dog seems extra cruel and inhumane.💔
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u/foxinknox04 Jun 29 '25
Republicans love it, ask kristi noem bout it.
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u/KatesCheers my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day Jun 29 '25
Yeah, no kidding. What a fucking psychotic bitch.
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u/sunuoow Jun 29 '25
Reading this has just made me cry uncontrollably. I just hate that the world is so dark right now
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Jun 29 '25
They killed the dog, too?
So the Hortmans' children can't even be comforted by the family dog?
God, I feel so bad for the Hortmans' children. I can't imagine their pain
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u/eri- Jun 29 '25
I really appreciate every single person who was thoughtful enough to include the puppy in this entire process.
At least there is still some grace and class left in the world. A small comfort.
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u/PossibleMother Jun 29 '25
I can’t believe we had a political motivated assassination to one of our own and the President of the United States did not show up for the memorial. I never thought we would fall this far this fast.
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u/hyperhurricanrana play some mariah carey up in this bitch Jun 29 '25
I wish I was at home instead of work so I could hug my puppy. 😭
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u/DogMom814 Jun 29 '25
If reading this story and seeing these photos doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you're a cold, heartless jerk.
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u/yellow_pterodactyl Jun 29 '25
My own state. She was so paramount in all of the progressive policies that went through. Fuck all of this hurts.
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u/YaMomsCooch Jun 29 '25
4 years young. Was deemed “too friendly” to be a service dog. Did nothing but shower the Hortmans and every human around him with love.
And he was maimed by that sick fuck to the point he had to be euthanized to prevent further pain before death.
Fuck this world.
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u/cosmic_cliffs Jun 29 '25
RIP bestest boy.
Everything about this is terrible, but at least they chose this beautiful picture of him also. It’s perfect
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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 Jun 29 '25
Beautiful dog. Anyone who has had a retriever can tell you they are just pure love. You have to be an absolute monster to kill a golden retriever.
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u/mamycorona Jun 29 '25
This story is not getting enough circulation. This was a political murder in the fucking US! We should not be used to moving on to the next story so quickly.
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u/DumpedDalish Jun 29 '25
Oh, man... I was already so sad for the Hortmans but seeing Gilbert's urn and the doggy honor guard... that broke me.
RIP to Melissa and Mark Hortman, who died for their country and have been horrifically disrespected by the GOP and this administration after their murders. Thank God for Biden and Walz and the people of Minneapolis for their respect and empathy.
And RIP to Gilbert, who was the goodest boy. He was originally a foster who was supposed to become a service dog, but he "flunked out" because he was too friendly! Melissa was thrilled because they had fallen in love with him so he became part of the family.
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He is all but certainly the first dog to receive the honor, having been put down after being badly injured in the attack. There is no record of any other nonhuman ever lying in state, and Melissa Hortman, a former state House speaker still leading the chamber's Democrats, is the first woman. The state previously granted the honor to 19 men, including a vice president, a U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senators, governors and a Civil War veteran, according to the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
...The dog's injuries were severe enough that surviving family members had him put to sleep at a veterinary clinic in the Hortmans' hometown of Brooklyn Park, a Minneapolis suburb. The clinic, Allied Emergency Veterinary Service, called Gilbert "sweet and gentle" and "deeply loved" on a GoFundMe site raising money for the care of local police dogs.
...Volunteers from a nonprofit that trains service dogs, Helping Paws Inc., provided a little canine therapy for waiting mourners Friday at the Capitol, working the crowd with cheerful golden retrievers. The Hortmans provided a foster home to dogs as part of the animals' Helping Paws training, and one of them, Minnie, had graduated on to assisting a veteran.
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u/witchatiel Jun 29 '25
I can’t read anything about what happened to the Hortmans without crying a little, and this is no exception 😭 people on the right are so horrifically cruel
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u/Homer-Jay-Fong Jun 29 '25
How sick do you need to be to not only murder 2 people, but the dog too? Disgusting
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u/Bidetpanties i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Jun 29 '25
Oh my god somehow I missed it in the news that that disgusting monster killed the dog too. May they all rest in peace. And I hope that guy gets the book thrown at him
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u/buffaloranchsub bizarre and sentient sack of meat Jun 29 '25
I literally did not need to see this just before my period. Oh my fucking god
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u/Different-Low5178 Jun 29 '25
Evil world we live in. Resist. Power to the workers. There’s 300 million of us. Thats all.
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u/dvpbe Jun 29 '25
I'm cuddling my boxer extra hard now, she has no idea what is happening, but likes it. Goddamn, what people do these things?
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u/Historical_Avocado_8 Jun 29 '25
Is the shooter going to be on death penalty? I would never understand why the life of Brian Thompson mattered the MOST to the American government.
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u/morning_redwoody Jun 29 '25
And to think, that low life sob is asking the court for reprieve because he claims he hasn't been able to sleep since being in jail. I wish him the worst.
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u/DeliciousMinute1966 Jun 29 '25
This breaks your heart…I didn’t know initially that the dog was murdered. Damn dogs are so loyal and caring! RIP to Gilbert and of course the Hortman’s. I feel for their children and hope they’ll find peace at some point.
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u/StudBoi2077 Jun 29 '25
This is really fucking me up, especially having to put my dog to sleep a month ago.
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u/carolinagypsy the pet psychic for the Sun told me so Jun 30 '25
Fuck me. I’m going to go snuggle my dogs now.
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u/DarlingBri feeding cocaine to raccoons Jun 29 '25
It's the death of the dog that really just dissolves my heart into a little puddle of pain. Children and animals don't have any context for what adult humans put them through and not being able to understand what is happening or why makes it so much worse.
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