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Walz once appointed Minnesota shooting suspect to advisory board. Here's context

In mid-June 2025, a rumor began to spread that Vance Boelter, the accused shooter of two Minnesota Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses on June 14, had once been appointed a member of the Governor's Workforce Development Board by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. One of the targeted couples died.

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Influencers baselessly implicate Governor Tim Walz in Minnesota shootings

Within hours of the shooting of two lawmakers and their spouses in the US state of Minnesota, social media posts began claiming, without evidence, that Governor Tim Walz ordered a "political hit" on his rivals,

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Fact check: Did suspect in Minnesota shootings have close ties to Gov. Tim Walz? No.

Questions and misinformation have spread on social media and other platforms about the political views of the man suspected of assassinating Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman. One question centers on any connection the alleged gunman had to Gov.

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How conservative influencers promoted a theory implicating Tim Walz in lawmaker’s killing

Hours after the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prominent conservative influencers spun ...

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Trump's three-word response reveals callous attitude towards grieving Tim Walz after assassinations

Donald Trump has said he won't be calling Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and ...

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MAGA Pounds Tim Walz for Once Appointing Minnesota Assassin to State Board

Several MAGA members have called out the state's Democratic leader over his previous appointment of the suspect to the governor's workforce development board.

Political violence threaded through recent US history. The motives, justifications vary

The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and ...

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Gov. Tim Walz walks back call for ‘meaner’ Dems after Minnesota assassinations, urges ‘leading with grace and compassion’

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz implored “leading with grace and compassion” after a madman with a kill list targeted a pair of lawmakers and their spouses in his state — a different tune from two weeks prior ...

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Vance Luther Boelter sought in fatal shooting of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman

Gov. Tim Walz said that Minnesota Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also each shot multiple ...

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