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Two Minnesota state lawmakers who are members of the Democratic-Farm-Labor Party were shot early Saturday by a person posing as a law enforcement officer just north of Minneapolis.
House Speaker Emeritus Melissa Hortman, and her husband, were shot and killed in what Gov. Tim Walz called a politically motivated assassination. The suspect, who was impersonating a police officer, remains at large and a manhunt is under way.
The suspect is believed to be Vance Luther Boelter, a former board appointee of Gov. Walz. He had fliers in his vehicle with the words, “No Kings,” a reference to the planned insurrection and protests against the Trump Administration. He also had what appeared to be a manifesto with other political figures’ names on it.
Law enforcement issued a shelter-in-place order for an area around Edinburgh Course that continued in the morning hours Saturday while they continued to search for a man believed to be wearing blue pants, a blue shirt, body armor, and reportedly driving a dark SUV with lights.
The shelter-in-place order extended as far away as at least 10 miles east of the shooting area.
State Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and his wife also were shot about 2 am, and Hortman and her husband were found about 90 minutes later.
Walz said the Hoffmans were each shot multiple times but was he hopeful for their recovery.
“The Hoffman’s are out of surgery at this time and are receiving care, and we are cautiously optimistic they will survive this assassination attempt,” Walz said.
President Donald Trump also released on X, posted by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“Our Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and the FBI are investigating the situation, and they will be prosecuting anyone involved to the fullest extent of the law,” Trump said. “Such horrific violence will not be tolerated in the United States of America. God Bless the great people of Minnesota, a truly great place!”
Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said Saturday that officers arrived at the Hortman residence as part of a routine check on lawmakers in the area and exchanged gunfire with the suspect, who managed to flee.
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Burley said officers knocked on the Hortmans door and were met by what appeared to be a police officer wearing police gear, a gun, a taser and a badge. Officers and the suspect exchanged gunfire in the home before the suspect fled out the rear of the house.
Update: Boelter is the director of Security Patrols at Guard Security Services in Minnesota, which may be how he was able to easily impersonate an officer.
The Minnesota State Patrol advised, “Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution.”
Murder is a common tactic to quell dissent. And in Marxist controlled territory like Minnesota you must anticipate more murder. The hearts and minds of our Alaskan leaders are increasingly moving towards tyranny too. The primary enabler of dysfunction in Alaska are the public sector unions.
afl-cio
Dona nobis pacem.
Oh look, boys and girls, more politicians being killed by (D)emocrats, leftists and socialists. It’s getting oh so tedious. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
It’s a damn good thing none of the victims were armed, or it would have much worse. But seriously folks, if the police are pounding on your door at any hour just call 911 and verify before even approaching the door.
Worse?
Like the victim would have been able to defend themselves? Like the attacker might not have been able to move on from the first pair of murders?
How would it have been worse?
Liberals are inherently violent. But eating their own is unusual.
First off, sick burn, MA! Way to nail the victims of this crime as the perpetrators. An anti-abortion no supporter with a hit list of elected democrats clearly means liberals are the danger. Seriously, whatever the drugs are that you take, they must be amazing for you to pull off these mental gymnastics. I mean you only came up short by leaving out #BidenCrimeFamily and #ThanksObama
Leftists, not liberals. There is nothing liberal about them these days.
And, they are inherently violent. Because they are children in adult sized bodies. Childlike in intellect and action. When a toddler does not get what they want, they throw a tantrum.
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As to eating their own. They do it all the time. They cannot help it. Like the children they are, they cannot fathom that someone is not in complete lockstep with them. Any dissent is intolerable. Especially dissent from those on their own team.
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That this took as long as it did to manifest is what surprises me. Not that it happened.
“Democratic-Farm-Labor Party”? Sounds like commies to me.
No kidding
Democrats eventually feed on themselves when the free food is gone.
He registered to vote in 2022 as a Republican.
Another falsehood. Please do your homework. https://www.sos.mn.gov/elections-voting/register-to-vote/common-registration-questions/ – sd
Dems like Whidbey specialize in disinformation. Outlined in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals.”
Solid MAGA according to roommate. Voted for Trump – WSJ. You own it MAGA.
‘https://www.wsj.com/us-news/vance-boelter-minnesota-lawmaker-shooting-6dc7b72a
I wonder what it would be like to blame the person responsible for murdering other instead of trying to pin it on those you disagree with, I guess you’ve finally realized that the inanimate objects didn’t commit the murder so you might as well try and blame someone else besides the guy who actually did it?
Look at whidbey, dancing with glee at the chance to blame someone other than his leftist buddies for political violence.
MAGA Republicans are working hard to identify Boelter with what Senator Mike Lee called “Marxism” and Senator Bernie Moreno called “the extreme left,” but as investigative journalist Phil Williams of NewsChannel 5 Nashville notes, public databases show Boelter was in the past a registered Republican. His evangelical religion and his anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion stances reflect MAGA positions. Boelter’s roommate told reporters that Boelter was a “strong” supporter of President Trump.
Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, ergo….
Both far left and right media incites, and this is the result.
Dona nobis pacem.
Know who else is a Republican?
Lisa Murkowski
Mitch McConnel
Susan Collins
Cathy Giessel
Mike Dunleavy
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All solid leftists, otherwise known as Democrats.
Weak sauce response. But, but, but, Republicans! Yes, those Rs are leftist and weak and are a small number of Republicans in Juneau and Washington DC. The inverse is true about the (D)emocrats: previous few who make sense, and the rest are raving lunatics who are wrong on every single 80/20 issue and are, thankfully, losing influence daily.
Agree it is weak sauce.
However, pointing out that registering with a party means nothing. An outright communist could easily register as a Republican and no state in the Union would disallow it.
It is a persons actions that are important. Act like you want to worship at the altar of the all powerful state, and you are a leftist.
The assassinated House Speaker had just voted with Republicans a couple of days ago to cut health care access for adult illegal aliens. This was a political assassination. The extremist assassin was exacting revenge for a compromising budget vote.
This is where we are now, folks. And just wait: somebody is sure to say that the cruel Republicans made him do it.
Just wait until they break with the muslims. That is going to be epic.
If only…
The leftists fighting with the muslims.
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Seriously, that is so good it has to be fattening.