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It has been reported that Boelter was in possession of a list of potential targets, many of them Democratic politicians, and it was reported on Monday that he went to the home of two other lawmakers in between his attacks at the Hoffman and Hortman homes.
Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.
Hours after the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prominent conservative influencers spun unsubstantiated theories that the suspect was a left-wing extremist who targeted the Democratic-aligned leaders for voting against party lines, and did so with the blessing of the state’s top Democrat, Gov. Tim Walz.
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.
Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed; Sen. John Hoffman and his wife remain hospitalized after what Gov. Walz called a targeted political attack.
A police manhunt is underway in Minnesota after two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot overnight in a "politically motivated assassination," Gov. Tim Walz told reporters Saturday.
The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in
Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden took to social media to lambast Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz following last weekend's shootings.
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Former NFL player, Jack Brewer, blasted Tim Walz after the death of a Minnesota lawmaker and called him "weak" and "emasculated."