Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) referred to as out President Donald Trump’s “harmful, wicked habits” after Trump shared posts on Truth Social baselessly implying Walz had Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman killed.
On Saturday night, Trump shared a video to Truth Social of somebody alleging that the particular person accused of killing Hortman, Vance Boelter, labored for Walz, claiming Walz had Hortman killed after she voted to “take away well being care from unlawful immigrants.”
In July, Boelter was indicted on six costs of stalking and homicide after killing Hortman and her husband, and taking pictures Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his spouse, Yvette Hoffman. After the murders, police found a notebook inside Boelter’s automobile with a listing of Democratic lawmakers, in addition to abortion suppliers. On the time, Walz referred to as the homicide a “politically motivated assassination.” Videos have resurfaced of Boelter preaching in opposition to abortion and the way individuals in America “don’t know what intercourse they’re.”
Whereas conspiracy theorists describe Boelter as considered one of Walz’s aides, he was by no means a paid employee for Walz, according to The Washington Post. In 2019, Walz reappointed Boelter for a four-year time period on the Governor’s Workforce Growth Board after he had beforehand served beneath Gov. Mark Dayton (D). It was a volunteer position that suggests workforce growth insurance policies to the governor and state legislature.
