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Two Minnesota state Democratic senators shot in their homes by man impersonating cop

Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer.

A manhunt is currently underway in Brooklyn Park for a man pretending to be a police officer. Governor Tim Walz sent a message on X stating he had activated the State Emergency Operations Center and that law enforcement in Champlin and Brooklyn Park would have the “full resources of the State of Minnesota behind them.”

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by Anonymousreply 518July 10, 2025 12:34 AM

The one on the right reminds me of J. Edgar Hoover.

by Anonymousreply 1June 14, 2025 2:06 PM

Waiting with bated breath for Trump, Bondi, Patel, et al. to denounce this crime.

by Anonymousreply 2June 14, 2025 2:10 PM

Isn't today the day of Trump's parade? I wouldn't expect any acknowledgment much less a denunciation and much less on parade day.

by Anonymousreply 3June 14, 2025 2:14 PM

That's really fucked up. They courted these armed nutcases and are riling them up. Thanks a pantload Trumpers.

by Anonymousreply 4June 14, 2025 2:16 PM

Someone on another thread last week asked how long it would be before someone was shot or killed amidst all this bullshit.

Looks like I was pretty close in my prediction.

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by Anonymousreply 5June 14, 2025 2:28 PM

2 Democrats is exactly enough to give the Republicans a majority in the state senate, according to reddit commenters.

by Anonymousreply 6June 14, 2025 2:32 PM

Waiting for Trump to send the National Guard to Minnesota.

Oh, wait. It was Democrats who were shot.

Never mind.

by Anonymousreply 8June 14, 2025 2:34 PM

They're killing Democrats now.

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by Anonymousreply 9June 14, 2025 2:34 PM

Any of you bitches want to take theopportunity to compare this against the evils of burning some cars?

by Anonymousreply 10June 14, 2025 2:43 PM

This is another example of Trump dictatorship. Threatening lawmakers with death.

by Anonymousreply 11June 14, 2025 2:48 PM

They’re dead.

by Anonymousreply 12June 14, 2025 2:48 PM

We are doomed. Again.

by Anonymousreply 13June 14, 2025 2:50 PM

Dictator Trump will pardon the shooter.

by Anonymousreply 14June 14, 2025 2:51 PM

If Trump had a soul, he'd cancel his birthday party today.

by Anonymousreply 15June 14, 2025 2:54 PM

This gives Republicans a temporary one vote advantage in the Minnesota House. And if you think they won’t take advantage of it, they tried to do exactly that while delaying the outcome of a race in the last election.

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by Anonymousreply 16June 14, 2025 2:54 PM

If only he could, R14. This homicide is a state offense.

by Anonymousreply 17June 14, 2025 2:55 PM

R17 Since when do laws apply to the Trump administration?

by Anonymousreply 18June 14, 2025 2:56 PM

Fucking horrifying

by Anonymousreply 19June 14, 2025 2:56 PM

Republicans are done with democracy. They want one party rule and to subdue or kill anyone standing in their way.

by Anonymousreply 20June 14, 2025 2:57 PM

R15-Trump-a soul? Never.

by Anonymousreply 21June 14, 2025 2:57 PM

They are dead? The news isn’t reporting that.

by Anonymousreply 22June 14, 2025 2:58 PM

[quote] Since when do laws apply to the Trump administration?

And how will that happen? How will he force the state to release the shooter, presuming that they catch the guy and put him in prison?

by Anonymousreply 23June 14, 2025 2:59 PM

Murder carried out by Trump wink and nod. ‘’I didn’t tell the guy to murder anyone”

by Anonymousreply 24June 14, 2025 2:59 PM

Hartman and her husband are dead. No word on the dog.

Hoffman and his wife are out of surgery, and Walz says they are cautiously hopeful.

by Anonymousreply 25June 14, 2025 3:01 PM

Hortman and her husband have been reported dead.

by Anonymousreply 26June 14, 2025 3:01 PM

R22 Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband are dead.

All the officials at this press conference look completely freaked out.

by Anonymousreply 27June 14, 2025 3:01 PM

Trump Fascist’s Attack American Democracy

by Anonymousreply 28June 14, 2025 3:02 PM

R22, it is now. Hortman and her husband were killed.

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by Anonymousreply 29June 14, 2025 3:02 PM

Half of our countrymen are terrorists.

by Anonymousreply 30June 14, 2025 3:02 PM

But Joe Biden is senile!

by Anonymousreply 31June 14, 2025 3:03 PM

Fuck. This is awful.

by Anonymousreply 32June 14, 2025 3:06 PM

Fox News has succeeded far beyond Roger Ailes imagination.

by Anonymousreply 33June 14, 2025 3:08 PM

The shooter can hide all day is plane site in cop uniform at a No Kings protest.

by Anonymousreply 34June 14, 2025 3:10 PM

Trump cops have full immunity so shoot with impunity.

by Anonymousreply 35June 14, 2025 3:11 PM

The cop felt threatened by lawmakers.

by Anonymousreply 36June 14, 2025 3:12 PM

The optimistic view is that it was just someone disguised as a police officer.

by Anonymousreply 37June 14, 2025 3:13 PM

This is what happens when you have a fascist running the country….he emboldens violence to his deranged MAGA cult to commit political violence and murder.

by Anonymousreply 38June 14, 2025 3:14 PM

The officer was defending himself against Democratic criminals.

by Anonymousreply 39June 14, 2025 3:15 PM

Walz will be arrested or shot or shot while being arrested. Just wait-Gavin too!

by Anonymousreply 40June 14, 2025 3:16 PM

There won’t be so much as a peep out of any Republican against this.

by Anonymousreply 41June 14, 2025 3:17 PM

It’s over. I’m starting to pack.

by Anonymousreply 42June 14, 2025 3:17 PM

R41 Oh, they'll peep, all right. They'll blame it on the Democrats. Just wait and see.

by Anonymousreply 43June 14, 2025 3:18 PM

It’s so true. This week alone has probably convinced many Americans that it’s time to leave.

by Anonymousreply 44June 14, 2025 3:19 PM

R221 Hence the use of the word "if."

by Anonymousreply 45June 14, 2025 3:23 PM

We al knew these kind of actions from the MAGA cult was coming.

by Anonymousreply 46June 14, 2025 3:27 PM

Yes but the speed at which they are coming exceeded my own incredible paranoia.

by Anonymousreply 47June 14, 2025 3:30 PM

Shooter wanted to put damper on No Kings. Will it work?

by Anonymousreply 48June 14, 2025 3:35 PM

Also - this will embolden other MAGA cult assassins to target other Democratic politicians in other states and possibly any Republicans who get out of line.

by Anonymousreply 49June 14, 2025 3:36 PM

I think it was quite literally political. Minnesota Democrats have a one-point advantage in the Senate and a tie in the House. Also, Hortman was the Speaker until this session. These targets don’t seem random.

by Anonymousreply 50June 14, 2025 3:37 PM

R48 No. It'll strengthen the numbers.

But it WILL put a damper on Trump's birthday party today.

by Anonymousreply 51June 14, 2025 3:38 PM

It’s frightening and terrorizing for us but this tragic event is gleefully enjoyed by MAGA Fascists-Theyre efforts are finally being rewarded. It feels to me as if Ebola was surging through society and there’s nothing we can do.

by Anonymousreply 52June 14, 2025 3:40 PM

I bet the shooter was a transgender illegal alien!

by Anonymousreply 53June 14, 2025 3:41 PM

Look on the bright side, at least the shooter didn't burn a Tesla!

by Anonymousreply 54June 14, 2025 3:43 PM

[quote] Looks like I was pretty close in my prediction.

Yes, this is all about you, Cassandra.

by Anonymousreply 55June 14, 2025 3:46 PM

Republicans in this country are evil and have been at war with this country for decades. That they are willing tools of Vladimir Putin doesn't bother them. Evil, evil, evil. Genocidal maniacs. Now are you waking up to the true condition of the country?

by Anonymousreply 56June 14, 2025 3:49 PM

R17 It’s coming. Trump will go ahead and “pardon” some state offense at some point, and then the Supremes will twist themselves into never before seen knots to find some nonsensical precedence to permit it.

Same game plan about to be played out before our eyes on birthright citizenship.

Wait for it, as the kids say.

by Anonymousreply 57June 14, 2025 3:50 PM

I blame Biden!

by Anonymousreply 58June 14, 2025 3:51 PM

R58 You post that in jest, but that's exactly what he and the rest of the MAGA cult will say.

by Anonymousreply 59June 14, 2025 3:52 PM

I blame joebidennnn69!

by Anonymousreply 60June 14, 2025 3:53 PM

It's hardly the first time. Gabby Giffords for example.

by Anonymousreply 61June 14, 2025 3:55 PM

MAGA twitter is already blaming “a liberal” because one of those Dems voted with the GOP for one bill

Thisnis apparently liberal revenge

by Anonymousreply 62June 14, 2025 3:55 PM

FBI will not put much energy into man hunt. The shooter was probably hired by FBI as these murders benefit Trump Congress.

by Anonymousreply 63June 14, 2025 3:55 PM

This is really bad. A politically targeted assignation to affect a legislature. The c center is beginning to unravel for real.

by Anonymousreply 64June 14, 2025 3:55 PM

These murders don’t help Congress since they affect a state legislature. Aren’t there enough conspiracy assholes on the right. Do we need more on the left?

by Anonymousreply 65June 14, 2025 3:57 PM

North Minneapolis No Kings protest has been canceled. Trump's thugs are winning.

by Anonymousreply 66June 14, 2025 4:00 PM

FBI: No hurry to find shooter.

by Anonymousreply 67June 14, 2025 4:02 PM

R65, it absolutely affects the state legislature, which has both a House (even) and Senate (+1 Democrats). It’s hardly a conspiracy theory.

by Anonymousreply 68June 14, 2025 4:02 PM

Press conference with details.

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by Anonymousreply 69June 14, 2025 4:03 PM

Kash Patel is still at the nightclub, but he'll get on the case as soon as the molly weats off.

by Anonymousreply 70June 14, 2025 4:03 PM

R66 No, they're not. There are thousands of demonstrations going on throughout the country *and* globally today.

Trump is losing, especially today, since this will take his little birthday parade right off the headlines.

by Anonymousreply 71June 14, 2025 4:04 PM

R68, that's what R65 said. He was correcting R63, who was spinning a conspiracy theory that it would benefit the Trump congress.

by Anonymousreply 72June 14, 2025 4:10 PM

WTF? This is so dire, Franz Ferdinand dire and 20 bucks says it was an actual cop

by Anonymousreply 73June 14, 2025 4:11 PM

Apparently flyers for the big No Kings protest were found in the suspects car along with a manifesto and hit list. Gov. Walz was set to speak at the event today. They are now asking the organizers to not hold the event which seems difficult as it’s supposed to start like, now. Shelter in place orders still in effect for Brooklyn Park.

by Anonymousreply 74June 14, 2025 4:13 PM

[quote] MAGA twitter is already blaming “a liberal” because one of those Dems voted with the GOP for one bill

The shooter had a target list that included many lawmakers. We’ll need to see the list to better understand the connection.

by Anonymousreply 75June 14, 2025 4:13 PM

[quote] North Minneapolis No Kings protest has been canceled. Trump's thugs are winning.

R66, they're not. The vast majority of people will see how his rhetoric has led to senseless, politically motivated assassination. We're just into the first year of his four year term of office, and it will get rougher and more vile. But they will not win the hearts and minds of decent people.

by Anonymousreply 76June 14, 2025 4:15 PM

Two people are dead, but neither murder nor rain will spoil Trump's "perade!"

Jesus Fucking Christ. I still can't believe this moron is president.

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by Anonymousreply 77June 14, 2025 4:16 PM

R75 your 1 testical matches your1 brain cell

by Anonymousreply 78June 14, 2025 4:16 PM

News anchors and guests know what’s really going happened but are too scared to even suggest the shooter is a Trump Thug.

by Anonymousreply 79June 14, 2025 4:16 PM

R75 Susan Collins (R)

by Anonymousreply 80June 14, 2025 4:17 PM

This is shocking but not surprising. The MAGA cult doesn't care about democracy or the Constitution. And they don't really care about the price of eggs or the price of gas. In the end, it comes down to this: They hate liberals (and just about anyone who isn't white, straight, U.S.-born, Christian, and Republican), and they want to kill us. The vast majority of them will never act on that impulse, but they also won't shed a tear when something like this happens. Because it's what they want. They want us dead.

by Anonymousreply 81June 14, 2025 4:20 PM

Not sure if they’ve lifted the paywall on this article. It’s the local Saint Paul paper.

Say, where are all the Luigi stans this morning?

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by Anonymousreply 82June 14, 2025 4:22 PM

Like school shootings this has become rather routine

by Anonymousreply 83June 14, 2025 4:22 PM

U.S. Senator Tina Smith said on Minnesota Public Radio that her name was on the list.

by Anonymousreply 84June 14, 2025 4:23 PM

They tried to assassinate me too!

by Anonymousreply 85June 14, 2025 4:24 PM

R82 And this has to do with Luigi how?

by Anonymousreply 86June 14, 2025 4:29 PM

Has Kyle Gas commented

by Anonymousreply 87June 14, 2025 4:30 PM

R81 Of course and thanks. I knew Trump would win even before he ran this second time. So much hate for democracy in this country. That there was such an enormous audience for Fox News all these years was all I needed to know what type of people live in this country.

by Anonymousreply 88June 14, 2025 4:30 PM

What? A stage play about Luigi opened in S.F. What?

by Anonymousreply 89June 14, 2025 4:32 PM

Walz posted on BlueSky:

Out of an abundance of caution my Department of Public Safety is recommending that people do not attend any political rallies today in Minnesota until the suspect is apprehended.

by Anonymousreply 90June 14, 2025 4:33 PM

FWIW, this will almost certainly overshadow Il Douche's parade.

by Anonymousreply 91June 14, 2025 4:34 PM

Yes. MAGA’S want us dead. We are a threat to their Trump Fascism.

by Anonymousreply 92June 14, 2025 4:37 PM

The police pulled up just as the suspect was coming out of the house. Then he fired at them, ran back into the house, and escaped???

'I'd rather let a thousand guilty white guys go free than chase after 'em"

by Anonymousreply 93June 14, 2025 4:39 PM

Sounds like these cops are as good as those cops in Uvalde, Texas.

Why should we pursue him? He might shoot us!

by Anonymousreply 94June 14, 2025 4:41 PM

R93 They saw the husband on the ground as they entered and pulled him to safety. In other words, they tended to those who were harmed first. As they should.

by Anonymousreply 95June 14, 2025 4:42 PM

Whatever R95. Still seems like at least one cop could have covered the back of the house.

by Anonymousreply 96June 14, 2025 4:47 PM

I'm a sports fan, and for years have been a non-posting member on a mostly-sports message board. Unfortunately since the early Obama years the tone on the board has shifted dramatically, and now I rarely visit it except during storm season (several members are amateur meteorologist and give good info on extreme weather events).

Here's a snippet of the prevailing view on the assassinations!

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by Anonymousreply 97June 14, 2025 4:54 PM

R22, 4 politicians who are democrats were shot. 2 died, two are out of surgery, but in grave condition & their life expectancy is touch and go at this time.

Surely it has already been pointed out that the assassin wore a police uniform/gear, while driving a police car that was parked in the driveway of one of his victims’ home. The actual police who responded to this home were ambushed by the gunman, as they approached the door he was exiting, & they were shot at as well.

Where did this man get this police car? Was it altered to match the local police department cars to a “T”, or was it an actual police car?

This is absolutely horrific, & this is why what ICE is currently doing as their arrest protocols is also terrifying, as pretty much any one or any group of people who are not ICE or FBI officers, can roll up & pretty much kidnap adults and/or kids off the streets.

My sincere condolences to all who love the couple who have passed away. I sincerely hope the other two survive.

This is just so fucking devastating. Whether we knew these folk or didn’t, THIS is what it’s come down to: executing elected democrats just because they do their jobs.

This is a very, very dark day. 😔

by Anonymousreply 98June 14, 2025 4:59 PM

[quote] Unfortunately since the early Obama years the tone on the board has shifted dramatically,

Obama's run for president in 2008 and the Obama years were really when things went off the rails. Yes, racism and bigotry have been part of the Republican Party for decades, but the reality of a black president is what really set them off and brought a lot of the formerly quiet fringe elements of the GOP to the center stage. Sarah Palin may be a loser who won't even get a footnote in the story of U.S. political history, but she (and others like her) stirred up a lot of the gun-loving crazies and made them feel emboldened, which helped pave the way for Trump and the MAGA cult years later.

by Anonymousreply 99June 14, 2025 5:07 PM

Latest poll not good news for Donnie:

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by Anonymousreply 100June 14, 2025 5:09 PM

Twitter says it’s Vance Luther Boelter? Who is he?

by Anonymousreply 101June 14, 2025 5:38 PM

He's no Luigi!

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by Anonymousreply 102June 14, 2025 5:42 PM

Post says he was a former Walz appointee, but guessing he flipped red like Tulsi, RFKJR, etc.

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by Anonymousreply 103June 14, 2025 5:43 PM

Scary looking dude.

Boelter, 57, was appointed by Walz in 2019 to serve a four year stint on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board, documents show.

He previously served on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016 under then -Gov. Mark Dayton.

by Anonymousreply 104June 14, 2025 5:44 PM

That guy is scary? He looks like 120 loafs of white bread, smooshed together and shoved in a grown up's suit.

by Anonymousreply 105June 14, 2025 5:48 PM

So, a man dressed as a cop, carrying a badge, and driving a marked police vehicle killed a Democratic law maker and her husband, and shot another and his wife... and when the police arrived, he opened fire, retreated into the house and out the back door, escaping. OK then.

Most basic level: How do we [italic]just know[/italic] that the gunman is white?

Beyond that, how do we know he's not "a real" cop?

Frankly, how do we know the entire police department isn't in on this crime?

Here's my prediction: we'll never find this guy, and anyone who they do "find" will be conveniently "disgruntled" and/or "under prior investigation" with a "mental disorder."

by Anonymousreply 106June 14, 2025 5:48 PM

And like magic after posting my comment/screen refresh, pictures of Office White Bread pop up. Color me shocked.

by Anonymousreply 107June 14, 2025 5:49 PM

[quote] Post says he was a former Walz appointee, but guessing he flipped red like Tulsi, RFKJR, etc.

The "No Kings" fliers would seem to belie that.

by Anonymousreply 108June 14, 2025 5:50 PM

R106, the pictures were before yours - not after.

by Anonymousreply 109June 14, 2025 5:53 PM

R103 The 21st century version of Dan White.

by Anonymousreply 110June 14, 2025 5:55 PM

Yes r108, because the person who lied to get into the homes of people he assassinated would absolutely never have “no kings” flyers in his car for a dishonest purpose.

by Anonymousreply 111June 14, 2025 5:55 PM

Looks, R106, like the pictures were posted 6 minutes before you posted.

You've got to move FAST if you want to keep up with the speed of DL!

by Anonymousreply 112June 14, 2025 5:56 PM

Occam's razor, R111.

by Anonymousreply 113June 14, 2025 5:58 PM

[quote]He's no Luigi!

Well, they both killed people, so there's that.

by Anonymousreply 114June 14, 2025 6:00 PM

DL Fave Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (and Jon Ossoff look-alike) back in the news!

The NY Post id's the suspect before the Star-Tribune does (I'm following the local paper's live updates).

by Anonymousreply 115June 14, 2025 6:08 PM

We need to revisit the reconstruction and finally put the confederacy in the trash.

by Anonymousreply 116June 14, 2025 6:12 PM

A Walz appointee was the shooter? Interesting. No reason to blame the governor.

by Anonymousreply 117June 14, 2025 6:14 PM

R117 therefore he will be interpreted as “radical left” no matter what

by Anonymousreply 118June 14, 2025 6:16 PM

R97 I lived in Louisiana years back and went to some LSU games. I used to read threads on Tiger Droppings, but never posted. I stopped reading over there a few years ago once they shifted to the far left.

by Anonymousreply 119June 14, 2025 6:20 PM

It sure was not a spur of the moment anger outburst. This took some planning. Love or work? I think we have ruled out maga.

by Anonymousreply 120June 14, 2025 6:20 PM

I don't understand the flyers. Wouldn't they be superfluous at the demonstration? Are they just a stupid "red herring" left as a prop by the perp?

by Anonymousreply 121June 14, 2025 6:20 PM

[quote] Twitter says it’s Vance Luther Boelter? Who is he?

If that's true, this appears to be his LinkedIn profile.

Interestingly, he has a doctorate, and he posted this 6 years ago, before the 2020 election:

I normally don't post much but I just wanted to put a note out there to encourage everyone to vote in the election on Tuesday. I have been in several countries where people don't have the ability to vote for who their leaders are. I will just say they were not places that anyone of us would want to live in if we had any choice in the matter. So I am very big on just telling people to be a part of the process and vote your values and be part of this adventure we are all a part of living in the United States of America. For those of you that I'm connected with that are not in the United States, if you believe in prayer, please keep the United States in your prayers. I think the election is going to have more of an impact on the direction of our country than probably any election we have been apart of, or will be apart of for years to come. Thanks for listening and thanks in advance for getting out there and casting your vote.

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by Anonymousreply 122June 14, 2025 6:21 PM

Former employee. Lovers quarrel?

by Anonymousreply 123June 14, 2025 6:23 PM

Here's a LinkedIn post about him from a year ago:

[quote] Vance Boelter, chairperson of the Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board (WDB) recently announced that he'd be resigning from the board. Vance is a true workforce leader and "walked the walk." The board first met him when he received an award on behalf of Lettieris in 2012. What stood out is that he hired low-income individuals who were in the CareerForce programs helping them to ultimately become self sufficient.

[quote] Vance joined the WDB in 2013 and has been board chair for the past couple of years. His passion for workforce is also evident by his participation on the Governor's Workforce Development Board.

[quote] Vance - thanks for all that you've done on behalf of the WDB, job seekers and employers. Enjoy the next adventures!

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by Anonymousreply 124June 14, 2025 6:24 PM

[quote] I think we have ruled out maga.

Not so, says R111.

by Anonymousreply 125June 14, 2025 6:25 PM

Maybe he had some unpleasant dealings with these two legislators.

by Anonymousreply 126June 14, 2025 6:26 PM

[Quote] Occam's razor, [R111].

A concept you seem to profoundly misunderstand if you’re claiming a man who shot two democratic lawmakers is a democrat because he had some flyers in his car.

He left behind a manifesto which included a hit list of other democratic lawmakers, but … flyers I guess.

by Anonymousreply 127June 14, 2025 6:26 PM

I agree with r111!

by Anonymousreply 128June 14, 2025 6:26 PM

[quote] He's no Luigi!

Boelter? No chance of a big fat Italian dick either.

by Anonymousreply 129June 14, 2025 6:26 PM

R116 - agreed. There were no winners in the US civil war - except slaves and even their freedom was a joke for the next 100 years. We've been in a cultural cold war with the South for 170 years.

Let them go. I'm tired of their backwards bullshit and their egos.

by Anonymousreply 130June 14, 2025 6:27 PM

[Quote] I think we have ruled out maga.

Posting from bizarro world

by Anonymousreply 131June 14, 2025 6:27 PM

Defacto not going to let go of his blue on blue gaslighting. It’s all he’s got left!

(And it IS the weekend, after all.)

by Anonymousreply 132June 14, 2025 6:28 PM

We know a few things. He is a long time democrat appointed by Gov Walz. We know he may have been involved with No Kings or not. And we know he is a serious man .

That takes a lot of hate for a sane person who is in control to do. That was cold blooded.

Do we know who the dems were——moderates?

by Anonymousreply 133June 14, 2025 6:31 PM

Twitter says one of the Democrats had voted with Republicans on some bill that people got fired up about.

by Anonymousreply 134June 14, 2025 6:32 PM

[quote] A concept you seem to profoundly misunderstand if you’re claiming a man who shot two democratic lawmakers is a democrat because he had some flyers in his car.

Well, we know he is - or was - a democrat by virtue of his appointed history under two Democratic governors. UNLESS the governor is required to appoint a bipartisan representation for these positions. That is true of the international trade court that ruled against Trump. The one Trump judge on that panel was appointed on that basis.

by Anonymousreply 135June 14, 2025 6:32 PM

He resigned from the Workforce Development Board a year ago. His LinkedIn profile says he's #OpenToWork. Maybe he snapped or was having trouble finding work or turned MAGA over the past year. His profile isn't your standard "crazy shooter" profile. Something about him must have changed.

by Anonymousreply 136June 14, 2025 6:36 PM

How do we know he’s a Democrat? The current board has at least one Republican state representative as well as the state senator who he shot.

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by Anonymousreply 137June 14, 2025 6:37 PM

Do you know how many former democrats are MAGA now, r135?

by Anonymousreply 138June 14, 2025 6:38 PM

Twitter says one of those shot had previously voted with the gop on something. If true he may have targeted them because they were not progressive enough. It’s a sound way to get on top of things.

by Anonymousreply 139June 14, 2025 6:40 PM

Also, here is a professional profile I haven’t seen on news sites.

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by Anonymousreply 140June 14, 2025 6:40 PM

It's possible that this may involve other people, which is why he has not yet been caught.

by Anonymousreply 141June 14, 2025 6:41 PM

He looks like he is related to one of the villains in Superman 2 in r140’s pic

by Anonymousreply 142June 14, 2025 6:42 PM

And yet, no one has shown up at Kristi Noem’s house.

by Anonymousreply 143June 14, 2025 6:43 PM

[quote] Do you know how many former democrats are MAGA now

Of course I do, R138. And I get plenty of blowback here for my repeated references to the Great Realignment, which has seen a definite migration among the parties by both former republicans & democrats. I just don't know of any MAGAts who would be carrying around "No Kings" flyers. And with his high profilish background - assuming he was not a required republican appointment - what would be the point of having these flyers with him?

by Anonymousreply 144June 14, 2025 6:46 PM

R108, the “No Kings” flyers were found in the car of the husband of one of the victims, not inside the real or fake cop car.

Also, there’s a chance the killer was always a man who was targeted & expertly groomed as a political plant, or was paid a large amount of money to carry out these assassinations. Persons heavily in debt and/or under some sort of duress, due to extortion/blackmail, can be easily flipped under the right circumstances.

by Anonymousreply 145June 14, 2025 6:47 PM

Her last three races were against the same Republican each time. She beat him by almost the same margin each time too. I guess her seat was considered so safe the Republicans didn't even bother to try to get someone else to run despite the repeated trouncing. LOL.

by Anonymousreply 146June 14, 2025 6:51 PM

R140's profile link is from the group Minnesota Africans United.

This is how the group describes itself:

[quote] Minnesota Africans United (MAU) is a coalition and statewide organization for all African immigrant communities in Minnesota. MAU supports Minnesota’s African Immigrant community with representation from 55 African countries. We act as a connection for the network of African immigrants in Minnesota and for local African immigrant community organizations, and small businesses.

Working on behalf of African immigrants is not exactly the standard profile of a MAGA lunatic, which makes this very odd, though he could have recently become a MAGAt. He apparently had a manifesto. Hopefully, more about him will be revealed over the next few days.

by Anonymousreply 147June 14, 2025 6:54 PM

[quote] Twitter says one of those shot had previously voted with the gop on something. If true he may have targeted them because they were not progressive enough. It’s a sound way to get on top of things.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was the motive.

I live in Western Michigan part of the year and I follow the Grand Rapids sub on reddit. There are progressive posters on there who nasty attitudes towards Democratic Congresswoman Hillary Scholten because she works across the aisle and has voted on bills with GOP. In other Michigan related subs, other moderate Dems like Haley Stevens, Debbie Dingell, and Elissa Slotkin are constantly crapped on by progressives.

It's bugs me how many progressives get away with nastiness towards moderate or liberal Democrats. Progressives can be just as nasty as MAGA Republicans.

by Anonymousreply 148June 14, 2025 6:57 PM

Let the spin begin. Somehow, it will be Biden’s fault.

by Anonymousreply 149June 14, 2025 6:57 PM

I don't trust any NY Post article - so them posting that No Kings flyers were found in his car is sus. They always throw in things to make it sound like whatever bad player was a Dem.

And he probably was a Dem - but the flyer pic from NY Post is too convenient - particularly for today with all the protests planned.

by Anonymousreply 150June 14, 2025 6:59 PM

R148 trying to blame progressives when he was a Christian nationalist

Supported anti-gay groups like the "Alliance Defending Freedom"

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by Anonymousreply 151June 14, 2025 7:00 PM

[quote] Progressives can be just as nasty as MAGA Republicans.

As one who used to practice in the field of Democratic politics, I can attest to the fact that neither extreme has a monopoly on crazies.

by Anonymousreply 152June 14, 2025 7:01 PM

Take a former Walz appointee. Maybe he leans left, but is also dealing with mental illness. That second part is something few factor into their theories when saying motives don't make sense. Many people talk tough, but those who actually go through with murder are often not all there. Anyway, so he knows these people. Maybe he's mad about Trump and thus no kings. Maybe he's mad about not being well and as successful as he'd like. He knows these people for various reasons. Maybe it's the fact that they voted with the Republicans a bit too much for his liking, sure, but maybe he blames them for something else. Something totally absurd. Maybe something personal even if it doesn't make rational sense. A lot of anger mixed with crazy. So he makes a list. And he's so crazy and guns are so easy to get that nothing stops him from point A to Point Z. And he does it today because of the overall political environment. Today, the day of the Trump parade and "No Kings" is the day to make his statement. That makes sense to him. Not to us.

by Anonymousreply 153June 14, 2025 7:02 PM

He was appointed to a non-partisan board

He doesn't "lean left"

He was a Christian nationalist

by Anonymousreply 154June 14, 2025 7:04 PM

Damn you Patty Lupone!

by Anonymousreply 155June 14, 2025 7:04 PM

[quote] the “No Kings” flyers were found in the car of the husband of one of the victims, not inside the real or fake cop car.

Link, please. NBC News is also reporting the flyers were found in the gunman's car.

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by Anonymousreply 156June 14, 2025 7:05 PM

R149 He was not a Biden appointee. This is an Oh Shit day for Walz.

I realize how desperate people on DL are to find that the shooter is a maga. But so far what evidence we have, including helping black immigrants , points in the exact opposite direction.

The early betting might be that he was a progressive upset with moderate democrats. A more deadly FF.

Time and evidence will tell

by Anonymousreply 157June 14, 2025 7:06 PM

But but I was groomed and brutalized by Julliard. Listen to ME!

by Anonymousreply 158June 14, 2025 7:07 PM

R157, you seem desperate to believe that someone appointed to a non-political board was a liberal in spite of him actually being a Christian nationalist

by Anonymousreply 159June 14, 2025 7:09 PM

“ This is an Oh Shit day for Walz.”

Why? He didn’t do anything. Literally. He’s never done anything. He exists and takes up space. But he does absolutely nothing

by Anonymousreply 160June 14, 2025 7:09 PM

His hit list contains pro choice politicians.

by Anonymousreply 161June 14, 2025 7:10 PM

Ilhan Omar was on his hit list which spits in the face of those claiming he was a progressive upset with moderates

He is an anti-gay, anti-choice Bible banger

by Anonymousreply 162June 14, 2025 7:12 PM

Do we know if these board appointees are designated by party? And if so, if the governor is required to balance the partisan representation?

by Anonymousreply 163June 14, 2025 7:12 PM

He owned a security company in Africa? What? The whole African organization could just be a cover for some shady stuff over there.

It sounds really weird and convenient - it may not be the giving and altruistic gesture it looks like.

by Anonymousreply 164June 14, 2025 7:12 PM

They’re already crowing on the right.. “another violent leftist wack job”. He does seem to have targeted Dems and been involved in MN Dem politics.

Really sad no matter what, and even sadder if this is the case.

by Anonymousreply 165June 14, 2025 7:14 PM

He worked for a security service and has worked overseas. Just because he worked with an immigrant group doesn’t prove anything. I know MAGA CBP types who happily helped house unaccompanied minors during the Biden administration. They are now happily helping with detention and deportation.

by Anonymousreply 166June 14, 2025 7:16 PM

[quote] Do we know if these board appointees are designated by party? And if so, if the governor is required to balance the partisan representation?

It's probably a requirement to insure some fairness on both sides.

by Anonymousreply 167June 14, 2025 7:17 PM

^^^ I meant to type ensure

by Anonymousreply 168June 14, 2025 7:18 PM

If he was a Christian nationalist, he was in the Congo converting them to Christianity.

by Anonymousreply 169June 14, 2025 7:19 PM

R155. Turn in your Gay Card. It’s PATTI.

Seriously, these assassinations are fucking scary and depressing. They’d better catch him.

by Anonymousreply 170June 14, 2025 7:19 PM

Once again - anti gay, anti choice and White Christian Nationalist is not some far left loon. His hit list was all Dem politicians from Omar left to Walz

by Anonymousreply 171June 14, 2025 7:19 PM

R159 I usually just wait to find out after investigations. I was only commenting on what the first few tib bits sounded like. Especially with at least one of those shot appears to be a more moderate dem.

I have no insight I have absolutely no idea why he killed those people just as no one else on DL knows. We provide guesses and hopes and fears instead of actual insight.

by Anonymousreply 172June 14, 2025 7:21 PM

What was the point of the policeman cosplay? If he was some Dem politico and they knew him, why would he need to be in costume?

by Anonymousreply 173June 14, 2025 7:21 PM

R108 Yo, genius, he had the fliers in his car because he likely planned to go to the No Kings rally to fire some more bullets.

by Anonymousreply 174June 14, 2025 7:21 PM

He was a registered Republican

by Anonymousreply 175June 14, 2025 7:22 PM

Not sure what the No Kings Day flyer have to do with this? Was he going to hop off to a protest after killing these people? He was likely trying to infiltrate a protest so he could kill people

by Anonymousreply 176June 14, 2025 7:23 PM

R173 Maybe, he dressed as cop in case the spouses or kids were the ones who answered the door. I don't know.

by Anonymousreply 177June 14, 2025 7:23 PM

[Quote] He was a registered Republican

If that’s true, it’s over

by Anonymousreply 178June 14, 2025 7:23 PM

R173 No one said they knew this guy.

He dressed as a cop because that's the easiest way to get someone to open their door to a stranger in the wee hours of the morning.

by Anonymousreply 179June 14, 2025 7:23 PM

R176 Yes, they think he planned on going to the protest to carry out more shootings. That's why Walz cancelled the rally.

by Anonymousreply 180June 14, 2025 7:24 PM

The word is "fliers."

Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 181June 14, 2025 7:27 PM

One earlier poster is now quiet.

by Anonymousreply 182June 14, 2025 7:27 PM

R160 not being responsible and not being asked constantly, while on the 2028 campaign trail, the why you appointed a violent killer to an import state position question.

I have generally felt that it’s in the interest of any pol not to make appointments to people who go on to commit murder. But then I am old.

by Anonymousreply 183June 14, 2025 7:27 PM

From a comprehensive point of view? Persons from all stripes & walks of life who also have mental health issues, are under lots of duress recently, because so much of the world is either pot of boiling water, waiting to, or already bubbling over, to just being on fire, literally.

It’s rough. It’s also profoundly untenable for others.

I personally have been stressed & very fucked up over it all, but I have trained myself to allow the fear & hopelessness of it all in the last few weeks by waking up everyday & reminding myself that this too, shall pass, & we STILL are a democracy, & in my heart of hearts, I believe we will remain one.

Some people with depression & anxiety will make different choices, while under the belief that we are all now doomed forever, & there’s no coming back from this. Depending on some very intricate variables? Some will choose homicide and/or suicide.

Hanging on to life can be such a delicate thread, however, it truly does come down to whether one has the will & spirit to fight back & conquer one’s own demons, or one does not, & then scenarios like this one play out.

There are many people who suit up & show up to work, church, etc., who put on a smile, & a well put together front, when in their own reality, they’re homicidal and/or suicidal. Normally, vulnerable persons push through & keep going, but if they’re placed in dire, & unusual circumstances? They can easily snap.

Pay close attention to those who you work with, play sports with, attend your kids’ events with, go to church with, etc.

Someone you think you know very well could be right on the edge, right now, & you may have missed the cues. It’s absolutely normal & expected to miss the vital cues that someone you know can be in deep trouble. That’s why you should engage people you are in contact with regularly, & learn about specific anomalies/patterns that might reveal something that is much deeper than what you think you already know.

A week ago, I was in a REALLY bad place mentally. I was engulfed in total despair. Then, my roommate did something very unkind towards me, & I was VERY quickly sinking into a horrible place.

I deliberately made a decision to monitor myself & engage in self talk, where I acknowledged to myself that my mental anguish would eventually pass, & all I needed to do was hang on, without engaging in self harm, & I’d be OK. I have some health issues happening right now that will be easily diagnosed with further diagnostic tests, & I will either fight all the way to attempt to overcome it, or I will be OK, with nothing to worry about. Either way, I realized I want a life well lived, including all of the struggles & good times that comes with it. I absolutely understand I’m still vulnerable, because I never felt this level of despair before, so I understand I’m not out of the woods and am taking steps to counteract those feelings.

Check up on your people. Check in on yourselves. Under tons of stress & short on time? Then fuck it, and grow the fuck up & make time for therapy in order to become a stronger, more well balanced person. Therapy is for the resilient & the strong. That’s how you climb out of your hole - by admitting you are overwhelmed & need some unbiased guidance & hope. It’s how you become more self aware, & learn how to mentally walk out of situations that can eventually come out of nowhere, & bury you, or those around you whom you love, either emotionally, or physically.

Also? If you’re under psychiatric care & are prescribed meds, or if you try to manage your emotions by regularly smoking weed? Genuinely seek to research & understand how any drug, medically prescribed or not, can actually duck you up, rather than help you.

by Anonymousreply 184June 14, 2025 7:31 PM

[quote] He was a registered Republican

I would love that to be true.

by Anonymousreply 186June 14, 2025 7:32 PM

He can’t pardon state offenses. I feel like we need weekly national civics classes.

by Anonymousreply 187June 14, 2025 7:33 PM

This discussion so reminds me of the discussion here on 11/22/63.

by Anonymousreply 188June 14, 2025 7:34 PM

R187 As I've said before, since when has the Trump administration paid any attention to the law?

by Anonymousreply 189June 14, 2025 7:34 PM

It doesn't need to be given his other "qualities " r186

by Anonymousreply 190June 14, 2025 7:35 PM

Source for that, r175?

by Anonymousreply 191June 14, 2025 7:36 PM

What is the name of the hot bald cop?

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by Anonymousreply 192June 14, 2025 7:36 PM

But is it true, R190, or just a case of wishcasting?

by Anonymousreply 193June 14, 2025 7:36 PM

[quote] The hit list found in the Minnesota suspect’s car contained nearly 70 names. A law enforcement official told CNN the names included abortion providers, pro-abortion rights advocates and lawmakers in Minnesota and other states.

I think it's safe to say the killer isn't exactly a liberal.

by Anonymousreply 194June 14, 2025 7:38 PM

What "wishcasting"?

The ones who are "wishcasting" are the idiots trying to pretend he was a progressive despite the fact that he was targeting pro-choice pols and had abortion providers on his "hit list"

by Anonymousreply 195June 14, 2025 7:39 PM

Imagine people actually doing something but posting on datalounge all day, r182

by Anonymousreply 196June 14, 2025 7:39 PM

That's one possible explanation r196. But thete are others.

by Anonymousreply 197June 14, 2025 7:41 PM

Since the guy fled on foot, my guess is that he's already offed himself and they'll find his body in the woods somewhere.

by Anonymousreply 198June 14, 2025 7:42 PM

[quote] As I've said before, since when has the Trump administration paid any attention to the law?

If Trump were to assume pardon power over a Minnesota case, an injunction would be sought - & issued - to undo the pardon.

by Anonymousreply 199June 14, 2025 7:43 PM

r196, the other poster has a point.

Statements are being made like, "He was a registered Republican". No one has posted a source for this despite this being something that is either true or false. Following right-wing Twitter accounts, which people can do for a variety of reasons, is not the same as the statement that he was a registered Republican.

If you make an actual statement of fact, you should be able to back it up.

I have no problem believing this guy was MAGAt. I have no problem believing this guy was a disgruntled left wing person. Both happen in today's environment.

I do have a problem with people posting statements of fact without sources.

by Anonymousreply 200June 14, 2025 7:44 PM

Or he has an accomplice r198

by Anonymousreply 201June 14, 2025 7:44 PM

Sorry, that was for r195, not r196.

by Anonymousreply 202June 14, 2025 7:45 PM

R200 - the voter registration info is on the New York Post. The article below is actually from the Daily Beast which looks paywalled. Based on this, he's a far right Republican and a non-partisan appointee.

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by Anonymousreply 203June 14, 2025 7:45 PM

"2 Democrats is exactly enough to give the Republicans a majority in the state senate, according to reddit commenters."

True, but the legislative session is over and there would be a special election for a replacement in the case of Hoffman - and Republicans aren't very competitive in her district. And the Governor can still veto things.

by Anonymousreply 204June 14, 2025 7:46 PM

R199 And then he'd appeal it to the Supreme Court, who would likely rule in Trump's favor.

We've seen this movie before.

by Anonymousreply 205June 14, 2025 7:46 PM

^^ Sorry, I meant Hortman's district

by Anonymousreply 206June 14, 2025 7:48 PM

r203, ok, linking to it would have been helpful, but I found the NY post you are referring to, which says he last registered to vote in 2004 as a Republican. Thanks for clearing that up.

by Anonymousreply 207June 14, 2025 7:49 PM

If we get to the point where Trump is overruling state judicial systems where he has zero authority, we are done. Maybe he’d try that, but we are so far from that right now that the suggestion borders on delusion.

Dark fantasies about Trump’s omnipotence and evilness are the opposite of what we need. Go do something helpful instead.

by Anonymousreply 208June 14, 2025 7:50 PM

The cuckoo bird MAGAts on "X" are already saying these were "false flag" killings set up and carried out by Democrats to make Trump look bad.

by Anonymousreply 209June 14, 2025 7:50 PM

Cookies face to the left @ R203’s link.

Yes, or no?

Not bashing, just making an observation as we all do here, on a daily basis.

by Anonymousreply 210June 14, 2025 7:50 PM

R208 You obviously haven't been paying much attention lately.

by Anonymousreply 211June 14, 2025 7:51 PM

R200, why would you have no trouble believing he was a "left-wing" person when he was a Christian fundamentalist nut who targeted Democrats?

by Anonymousreply 212June 14, 2025 7:51 PM

[quote] And then he'd appeal it to the Supreme Court, who would likely rule in Trump's favor.

There is absolutely not 5 votes - not even on this Court - for that to happen. Seriously.

by Anonymousreply 213June 14, 2025 7:52 PM

Please read the fucking context of what I said, r212. I was making a point that in today's environment, I'd believe either COULD happen. Thus the importance of facts and sources. I was asking one person for their source. That has now been provided and I thanked that person. Now fuck off with your stupidity.

by Anonymousreply 214June 14, 2025 7:53 PM

God ain’t giving anyone or you strength, R209.

Anyone who has or wants strength, must find strength within themselves in order to keep it moving.

by Anonymousreply 215June 14, 2025 7:54 PM

I know it's been said and it's obvious, but the Repugs will use the "Walz appointee" angle to (1) deny any sort of responsibility - on Trump, Republicans, MAGA, conservatives, and (2) blame liberals.

by Anonymousreply 216June 14, 2025 7:56 PM

[Quote] I have no problem believing this guy was a disgruntled left wing person.

Yes because leftwingers typically make hit lists of democrats and abortion providers.

by Anonymousreply 217June 14, 2025 7:58 PM

R216 They're already doing it.

by Anonymousreply 218June 14, 2025 7:58 PM

The Post. You have to scroll

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by Anonymousreply 219June 14, 2025 8:02 PM

And it will work out well for them, R218. We know that just because he was a Walz appointee that he could still be a MAGA/conservative/Republican. But it doesn't matter. So many people will run with that. Because of that one fact, this goes from possibly a moment of maybe just a glint of reckoning among SOME republicans and republicans voters -- "maybe this is getting out of control" to "we need to crack down harder."

by Anonymousreply 220June 14, 2025 8:05 PM

Star-Tribune latest update confirms his "hit list" indicates he was targeting abortion rights pols.

A homicidal "pro-life" middle-aged white male is a recurring figure in the American Nightmare. Usually they target clinics and their workers. This is a new "twist."

by Anonymousreply 221June 14, 2025 8:07 PM

r217, I explained that line already. It was about what situations I'd believe given the current political environment and I was asking one person for a source of very bit of relevant information that would influence my view on the matter. Additional information changes the views of people such as myself. Now that there is more information, reality is clearer and I can form my view. Imagine that. Facts before opinions. Try it sometime instead of rushing to conclusions.

And I'm not Matt, nor anyone else known by anything around here. I feel for people like you who think that everyone who talks to them is one or two people. Small minds, small minds, and never worth discussing anything with, so I'll refrain from responding to you from here on out.

by Anonymousreply 222June 14, 2025 8:08 PM

Murdoch's NY Post is furiously spinning the narrative that the victims were hit because they voted with the GOP.

by Anonymousreply 223June 14, 2025 8:10 PM

[quote] The 57-year-old, who has been identified as the suspected shooter according to numerous reports, runs an armed security service with his wife, and has been affiliated with at least one evangelical organization, a ministry he has also run with his wife, according to a tax filing reviewed by WIRED. (His wife could not be immediately reached for comment.) According to public records and archived websites reviewed by WIRED, the suspect served for a time as the president of Revoformation Ministries. A version of the ministry’s website captured in 2011 carries a biography in which he is said to have been ordained in 1993.

[quote] According to an archived website for the ministry reviewed by WIRED, the suspected shooter’s missionary work took him to Gaza and the West Bank during the Second Intifada, where, the website states, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”

[quote] A Facebook profile under the suspected shooter’s name was briefly viewed by WIRED before it was taken down. His profile had shown him “liking” several evangelical missionary organizations, as well as pages honoring Reinhard Bonnke, a German pentecostal evangelist known for missions in several African countries, and Smith Wigglesworth, a British evangelist who was influential in the pentecostal movement. He also “liked” the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal advocacy organization known for its hardline stances against abortion and LGBTQ rights.

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by Anonymousreply 224June 14, 2025 8:11 PM

[quote] Yo, genius, he had the fliers in his car because he likely planned to go to the No Kings rally to fire some more bullets.

You know who wasn't a genius? This gunman who thought he could kill two legislators & their spouses & then, after that bit of news, be able to commit a hit on rallygoers.

by Anonymousreply 225June 14, 2025 8:12 PM

Motive? Sounds personal to me

by Anonymousreply 226June 14, 2025 8:12 PM

R224 An evangelical Christian.

Quel surprise.

by Anonymousreply 227June 14, 2025 8:13 PM

Wow, what a "good" Christian! Coz his god clearly told him killing is good!!?

Religion is utter BS

by Anonymousreply 228June 14, 2025 8:15 PM

[quote] You know who wasn't a genius? This gunman who thought he could kill two legislators & their spouses & then, after that bit of news, be able to commit a hit on rallygoers.

Well, he hasn't been captured yet, has he?

by Anonymousreply 229June 14, 2025 8:33 PM

NY Post: victim was "_virulently_" pro-choice. "The suspect _may have been_ harboring pro-life views."

Note the wording.

by Anonymousreply 230June 14, 2025 8:38 PM

Another radical far left liberal like McVeigh!

by Anonymousreply 231June 14, 2025 8:40 PM

If they're gonna take attention away from my birthday how do we take away attention from their riots?

by Anonymousreply 232June 14, 2025 8:44 PM

It sounds like he was an evangelical, anti-abortion nutcase who was working with Africans and African immigrants, under the guise of trying to educate them and improve their economic conditions, but was actually trying to convert them to Christianity. Maybe that's why he resigned from the Governor's Workforce Development Board a year ago (the LinikedIn post about this has since been taken down). Maybe he had a falling out with the board when they realized he was more interested in converting people than helping them find jobs.

by Anonymousreply 233June 14, 2025 8:45 PM

The suspect, presumed to be Boelter, left behind a target list with more than 70 names, including top Minnesota Democrats like Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, and abortion providers and advocates, according to CNN and ABC News.

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by Anonymousreply 234June 14, 2025 8:52 PM

Well R234 we could stand to lose Rep. Ilhan Omar.

by Anonymousreply 235June 14, 2025 8:53 PM

No statement from Trump? Or Noem?

by Anonymousreply 237June 14, 2025 8:57 PM

Homicidal pro-lifer

by Anonymousreply 238June 14, 2025 9:03 PM

R237, that is very revealing. They would have access to all law enforcement information.

by Anonymousreply 239June 14, 2025 9:04 PM

[quote] According to an archived website for the ministry reviewed by WIRED, the suspected shooter’s missionary work took him to Gaza and the West Bank during the Second Intifada, where, the website states, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”

This seems incongruent with his actions today.

by Anonymousreply 240June 14, 2025 9:05 PM

R237, the New York Times reported Trump's statement hours ago. Take a look at their website, and you're likely to find it.

by Anonymousreply 241June 14, 2025 9:08 PM

[quote] This seems incongruent with his actions today.

Not to Christian Nationalists.

Violence isn't the answer if you're wrong or a bad person or just pissed off.

But action by any means necessary is fine as long as you're doing the Lord's work

by Anonymousreply 242June 14, 2025 9:19 PM

No it's not.

by Anonymousreply 243June 14, 2025 9:20 PM

All it means is he knows the difference between right and wrong and chose wrong. A conflicted nut but not insane.

by Anonymousreply 244June 14, 2025 9:23 PM

I was reminded of the crazies attracted to politics at a Stop the King rally I attended earlier. Prior to the rally, outside a library, I overheard in the library an elderly man talking on the phone about his plans to attend the rally. When he walked past me, I mentioned that I would also be in attendance.

He then proceeded to launch into an unprompted diatribe against David Hogg ("do you know him?"), first about his efforts to unseat older legislators & then for being so "dumb" for not calling the police on MTG (whose name he butchered) when she was harassing him on the street some years ago.

He then told me he wrote a blog, insisting that I write down the website. Which I dutifully did.

A few minutes passes & we see each other again in the library. He asks me what I thought of Biden. After telling him I voted for him & contributed to his campaigns, I calmly said that Newson's press conference the other day reminded me how Biden was never able to really use the bully pulpit. He brushed my concerns away, telling me Biden created 17 million jobs. And then mentioned what a horrible orator Thomas Jefferson was (& that he had a concubine). When, again in a measured tone, I pointed out what an important tool the ability to speak was for any president, he barked that I have "hard rock" views & he didn't want me reading his blog!

by Anonymousreply 245June 14, 2025 9:37 PM

R245 sounds like a datalounger

by Anonymousreply 246June 14, 2025 9:44 PM

The NYPost article posted upthread has probably been updated within the past hour. The suspect changed his voter registration to Republican in 2022 and the article strongly implies that his motivation for the crimes was his opposition to abortion.

by Anonymousreply 247June 14, 2025 9:44 PM

White Christian Nationalist Pro-Lifers who Worship Trump: "Extremism in the defense of Unborn babies is no vice."

That's the justification these killers and their defenders provide.

by Anonymousreply 248June 14, 2025 9:45 PM

Elon Musk is getting dragged online after he tried to blame the “far left” for the murder of a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker—a claim even his own AI chatbot debunked.

“The far left is murderously violent,” Musk wrote on X, reposting a user who claimed that multiple recent high-profile killings—including Saturday’s assassination of Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband—had been perpetrated by “the left.”

Users on social media mocked Musk’s post.

“One thing I agree with Trump on—is you’re insane. They had a target list of abortion clinics,” wrote Neera Tanden—a former top aide in the Biden administration—referring to President Donald Trump’s comment that Musk “just went CRAZY” during their recent spat.

Even Musk’s AI bot Grok, which is integrated into X, swiftly refuted its creator’s post.

“The claim that ‘the left’ is murderously violent isn’t backed by evidence,” Grok said. “No side is inherently violent; generalizations oversimplify a complex issue.”

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by Anonymousreply 249June 14, 2025 10:10 PM

[quote] In the last week, Marines were deployed in an American city, the president has called for a gov to be arrested &the speaker of the House has called for that gov to be tarred & feathered, a senator has been pinned & handcuffed, and 2 state legislators have been shot in their homes.

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by Anonymousreply 250June 14, 2025 10:22 PM

The Texas Department of Public Safety warned state lawmakers and legislative staffers Saturday of “credible threats” to legislators planning to attend an anti-Trump rally at the Capitol in Austin, hours after two Democratic Minnesota legislators and their spouses were shot earlier Saturday morning.

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by Anonymousreply 251June 14, 2025 10:29 PM

[quote]The suspect changed his voter registration to Republican in 2022 and the article strongly implies that his motivation for the crimes was his opposition to abortion.

My friend's late mother was a Democrat for many years and then went through a born again Christian conversion and became anti-choice. She was involved with Democrats for Life of America for several years and she tried to recruit members from churches in her town. She eventually became a Republican. She died in early 2020 of a heart attack, but in the few years prior to her death she was fell into QAnon and other bat crazy conspiracy crap. My friend had cut off contact with her a year before of the QAnon crap.

by Anonymousreply 252June 14, 2025 10:40 PM

WTF? He was 57 and was living with two male "roommates"?

[quote] 5:35 p.m. - Vance Boelter texted roommates that he was “going to be gone for a while” and “may be dead shortly,” according to one of his housemates in North Minneapolis who read the message aloud to reporters. Boelter reached out to roommates David Carlson and Ron Ramsey.

[quote] “David and Ron, I love you guys. I made some choices, and you guys don’t know anything about this, but I’m going to be gone for a while. May be dead shortly, so I just want to let you know I love you guys both and I wish it hadn’t gone this way. I don’t want to say anything more and implicate you in any way because you guys don’t know anything about this. But I love you guys and I’m sorry for all the trouble this has caused.”

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by Anonymousreply 253June 14, 2025 10:51 PM

The article at R253 also says he has a wife and 5 children.

[quote] 4:58 p.m. - In a self-made, resume-style video posted to social media, Vance Boelter introduces himself and spells out his work in the funeral home industry, a food supply business projected in Africa, along with a benign snippet about his personal life.

[quote] He said he works six days a week, splitting his time with Wulf Funeral Home and Metro First Call.

[quote] “I mainly do removals at this point,” he said. “One contract is the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. We’re working with a lot of police officers and death investigators at the location where the decedent is found. It could be a crime scene or just a natural death. Our role is to just take that decedent from that place of death to the medical examiner’s office.”

[quote] He shared that he lives in the Green Isle area, and has a wife, five children and two German shepherds as pets.

[quote] “Fun fact about myself,” he continued, “I’ve been in the food industry for about 30 years, and that led to an opportunity. I was invited to the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa. … I was asked a couple years ago to go and see what I can do on ideas for their food supply system.”

[quote] However, he became dissatisfied with his employer and set off on his own with his wife to try to tackle the mission on their own to provide the country through farming and fishing projects. He said he turned to working with funeral homes “to help pay the bills. … The shift worked pretty good for my schedule and other things I was doing.”

by Anonymousreply 254June 14, 2025 10:57 PM

You can NEVER trust ANYTHING from the New York Post. How many times does this have to be said?

by Anonymousreply 255June 14, 2025 10:59 PM

If he is apprehended alive, it will be interesting to see what Trump's Justice Department will do in response. Trump, Bondi, and the rest of the regime would probably prefer that he be dead, a martyr-hero, and spare them the actual job of prosecuting him.

by Anonymousreply 256June 14, 2025 11:01 PM

[quote] Trump, Bondi, and the rest of the regime would probably prefer that he be dead, a martyr-hero, and spare them the actual job of prosecuting him.

Although - at least after 11/22/63 - killing a president is a federal crime, the assassination of state elected officials is a state crime; the DOJ would have no prosecutorial role.

by Anonymousreply 257June 14, 2025 11:04 PM

You can be damn sure, however, that if the victims were Republicans Bondi and Trump would be pulling jurisdiction out of thin air to prosecute.

by Anonymousreply 258June 14, 2025 11:25 PM

if the victims were Republicans we would be under martial law

by Anonymousreply 259June 14, 2025 11:29 PM

All over social media, Republicans are (predictably) attempting to shift the blame to Walz.

by Anonymousreply 260June 14, 2025 11:41 PM

Wired reports:

Vance Boelter allegedly shot and killed Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state representative, and her husband Mark Hortman at their home at some point early Saturday morning while, according to law enforcement

Law enforcement has said they found a manifesto and hit list in the alleged suspect’s car, which included politicians, abortion providers, and pro-abortion rights advocates. There were also allegedly fliers in his car for the “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump, which took place in cities across the US on Saturday.

The 57-year-old runs an armed security service with his wife, and has been affiliated with at least one evangelical organization, a ministry he has also run with his wife, according to a tax filing reviewed by WIRED. According to public records and archived websites reviewed by WIRED, the suspect served for a time as the president of Revoformation Ministries. A version of the ministry’s website captured in 2011 carries a biography in which he is said to have been ordained in 1993.

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by Anonymousreply 261June 14, 2025 11:45 PM

[bold] Has WALZ called the attacker a weirdo yet? [/bold].....

by Anonymousreply 262June 14, 2025 11:50 PM

Walz tried to reach across the aisle and got his hand bit

by Anonymousreply 263June 15, 2025 12:00 AM

Voted for Trump. Big disappointment for anyone trying to blame progressives!

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by Anonymousreply 264June 15, 2025 12:02 AM

^OMGGGGGGGGGGGG that is truly shocking!!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 265June 15, 2025 12:04 AM

R260, they've been doing this on this very thread. Apparently, Walz should have foreseen that this guy would turn into a murderer.

by Anonymousreply 266June 15, 2025 12:08 AM

kkkreeps and weirdos. skkkums

by Anonymousreply 267June 15, 2025 12:23 AM

Has Gus Walz or the big mouth daughter commented yet?

by Anonymousreply 268June 15, 2025 12:28 AM

Police chief Bruley

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by Anonymousreply 269June 15, 2025 12:30 AM
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by Anonymousreply 270June 15, 2025 12:33 AM

R264 = Fuck your Brian Tyler Cohen link. If I wanted a midgets opinion I would call the Lollipop Guild. BTC can go back to his closet.

by Anonymousreply 271June 15, 2025 12:35 AM

[bold] Brian Tyler Cohen posted this days after Biden imploded against Trump in the debate----->>>[/bold] "Biden blows the roof off rally stage with STUNNING display"..........BTC tweets like a fat college chick with no friends. No credibility. I don't care how many followers he has.

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by Anonymousreply 272June 15, 2025 12:45 AM

R254

He has a wife, five children, and two German Shepherds but also has roommates? And his note was only to his roommates?

by Anonymousreply 273June 15, 2025 12:46 AM

Apparently the roommate situation is only a couple of days a week (month?) because of his work commute.

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by Anonymousreply 274June 15, 2025 12:57 AM

What it says to me is that he is at LEAST separated from the wife, R273.

But what I want to know is how he single-handedly manufactured a "police vehicle" without the roommates even noticing?

by Anonymousreply 275June 15, 2025 12:57 AM

The wife is lucky that he didn't shoot her first.

by Anonymousreply 276June 15, 2025 1:01 AM

Maybe he rented a storage unit and modified the police car there, or maybe the wife is an accomplice and it was stored at their house.

It’s pretty easy to buy an ex-police cruiser for cheap. Then it’s just a matter of discreetly adding the lights and such. He drove it in the middle of the night when it probably wouldn’t arouse suspicion.

by Anonymousreply 277June 15, 2025 1:05 AM

He's still at large r276.

by Anonymousreply 278June 15, 2025 1:06 AM

R277 some homicidal maniac did exactly that in eastern Canada a few years ago.

by Anonymousreply 279June 15, 2025 1:08 AM

Paging Jessica Fletcher!

by Anonymousreply 280June 15, 2025 1:17 AM

Apparently the Brian Tyler Cohen hater troll is a new DL character.

by Anonymousreply 281June 15, 2025 1:19 AM

The assassin's life is like so many MAGAts: professional lives unfocused, or in turmoil and failing. And personal lives just as chaotic.

by Anonymousreply 282June 15, 2025 1:22 AM

[quote] Apparently the Brian Tyler Cohen hater troll is a new DL character.

If what he purports to be Cohen's spin on the debate is true, he's right that the man has no credibility. I gave up on Simon Rosenberg when I realized he was just blowing smoke up my ass.

by Anonymousreply 283June 15, 2025 1:28 AM

One of RCP's headlines about the shootings states, "Rep. Hortman Was Lone Democrat to Vote to Repeal Benefits for Illegals." So clearly the spin on the right is that this was informed by far left politics.

by Anonymousreply 284June 15, 2025 1:33 AM

Dancing Jesus freak

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by Anonymousreply 285June 15, 2025 2:25 AM

No self-respecting Trump man would dance for an audience of Niggras, R285.

by Anonymousreply 286June 15, 2025 2:30 AM

Shooting suspect's roommate says he was a Trump voter

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by Anonymousreply 287June 15, 2025 2:34 AM

[Quote] The roommate confirms he was a Trump supporter, says that no one would believe he did this.

Oops Defacto, so another source has confirmed — so much for your attacking the Brian Taylor Cohen link because “he said a nice thing about Biden once!!!!!!”

Egg on your face … as usual, but you’ll drop that and immediately turn to some other bullshit gaslighting like the MAGA bot you are.

Egg on your

by Anonymousreply 288June 15, 2025 2:38 AM

[Quote] It was about what situations I'd believe given the current political environment

When you find yourself in a hole, don’t try to dig your way out, Matt.

Two democrats are shot and you say you have no problem believing it was a leftwinger. Do us a favor.

by Anonymousreply 289June 15, 2025 2:41 AM

Yesterday I didn't think Walz could be more humiliating to Dems. And here he is today, showing off more bad judgement. Can we please move past the sissification of the democratic men? Seriously? Walz, Booker, Kaine, etc. What do they contribute?

by Anonymousreply 290June 15, 2025 3:00 AM

Real men pardon terrorists

by Anonymousreply 291June 15, 2025 3:02 AM

Real men wear diapers.

by Anonymousreply 292June 15, 2025 3:06 AM

WTF is a Progressive anyway? Democrat-lite?

by Anonymousreply 293June 15, 2025 3:07 AM

r289, nope, still not Matt. Enjoy your delusional trolling. You are a total nutjob. And again, the context of what I said made my meaning very clear and different from what your little snippet of it suggests. This will be the last time I respond to you regardless of what you say. I never put people on ignore, but now's the time. I will continue commenting on this and everything else. But you are no longer my concern. Ciao.

by Anonymousreply 294June 15, 2025 3:08 AM

[quote] WTF is a Progressive anyway? Democrat-lite?

An antisemitic communist.

by Anonymousreply 295June 15, 2025 3:13 AM

Bye Matt! But of course, see you on one of your four other sockpuppets you’re running currently (the reason why both of your posts responding to me have 4 WWs).

by Anonymousreply 296June 15, 2025 3:24 AM

Hypocrite Trump Republican Fascists Christian Nationalist’s are ok with this. They will say he was saving the lives of unborn children. Anything that harms Dems is OK with those hypocrites.

by Anonymousreply 297June 15, 2025 3:25 AM

R290, what's so humiliating about him? Would you prefer him to slather his face in orange pancake makeup?

by Anonymousreply 298June 15, 2025 4:01 AM

Laura Linney as Melissa Hortman? Yeah, probably.

by Anonymousreply 299June 15, 2025 4:12 AM

Too soon?

by Anonymousreply 300June 15, 2025 4:22 AM

"... gunfire was exchanged and the suspect was able to escape and flee on foot, authorities said"

Huh. You can't find a hulking man in a fake cop uniform, scurrying through a posh suburban neighborhood of manicured lawns?

by Anonymousreply 301June 15, 2025 4:31 AM

It's the same problem as it was with Delphi Bridge Guy, R301; white straight men are so uniformly bland that we can't even hunt them down after they kill. "Navy blue hoodie and jeans"? Yeah, good luck with that.

by Anonymousreply 302June 15, 2025 4:38 AM

"And his note was only to his roommates?"

The 'roommate' crying at #274 is pinging to high heaven as a bear bottom.

by Anonymousreply 303June 15, 2025 4:40 AM

She’s dead.

by Anonymousreply 304June 15, 2025 5:10 AM

This man is absolutely terrifying. Look at the creep halloween mask he was wearing when he knocked on the victim's doors. He looks like a bald Michael Myers. This is level 10 crazy. Minnesota is under seige until this psychopath is caught.

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by Anonymousreply 305June 15, 2025 5:24 AM

Tell Brendan Ickson there's a bed available with 2 men.

Brendad" I'm moving to Menisota!

by Anonymousreply 306June 15, 2025 5:34 AM

So now he's Vance? Why was he Luther before? To keep the VP safe from other crazed MAGATs?

by Anonymousreply 307June 15, 2025 6:27 AM

I wonder what he said to get them to open their door. Even with the flashing lights on his vehicle, I imagine he used some kind of ruse to gain access inside.

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by Anonymousreply 308June 15, 2025 6:40 AM

It's amazing how blase everyone is being about this.

by Anonymousreply 309June 15, 2025 6:44 AM

[quote] It’s pretty easy to buy an ex-police cruiser for cheap. Then it’s just a matter of discreetly adding the lights and such. He drove it in the middle of the night when it probably wouldn’t arouse suspicion

Yup, it's cheap. My uncle bought several former police cars at auctions. One of them was an ugly Ford Crown Victoria which he gave to his granddaughter.

by Anonymousreply 310June 15, 2025 7:57 AM

[quote] It’s pretty easy to buy an ex-police cruiser for cheap. Then it’s just a matter of discreetly adding the lights and such. He drove it in the middle of the night when it probably wouldn’t arouse suspicion

From the article at the link:

Boelter was also director of security patrols at Praetorian Guard Security Services, a residential armed home security company. His wife, Jenny, was its president.

According to its website, the company offers armed security with guards wearing personal protective equipment and driving “the same make and model of vehicles that many police departments use.”

Law enforcement officials said that when they arrived at Hortman’s home, a dark SUV with police lights was in the driveway and a man dressed like a police officer opened fire on Brooklyn Park police officers.

According to his roommate, Boelter had bought the squad cars because he was interested in starting a security company.

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by Anonymousreply 311June 15, 2025 9:49 AM

Oh, so cops actually exchanged fire with this guy? Or at least saw him? I hadn’t heard how he was identified - this is so many levels of creepy with the grotesque mask and the cops bring right there. I hope the neighbors have more security footage.

by Anonymousreply 312June 15, 2025 11:10 AM

For many in law enforcement, I wonder if this guy’s greatest offense is impersonating a cop.

by Anonymousreply 313June 15, 2025 11:21 AM

R230 God, I hate the NY Post.

The victim was "virulently pro-choice." The use of the word "virulently" to try and imply the victim was some kind of sociopath who deserved to die.

"The suspect may have been harboring pro-life views." But notice how the killer isn't "virulently" anything. He just had "views."

by Anonymousreply 314June 15, 2025 11:21 AM

R315 Based on what he wrote to his roommates, I'd say he's dead somewhere in the woods with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

by Anonymousreply 316June 15, 2025 11:31 AM

Do you know any Republicans who are ok with these shootings, r297? Or are you just exploiting these murders for political reasons?

by Anonymousreply 317June 15, 2025 11:40 AM

R317 Browse through "X" and you'll find your share of nutjobs praising his actions.

by Anonymousreply 318June 15, 2025 11:43 AM

R317 = a right-wing troll who is British and lives in Greece

by Anonymousreply 319June 15, 2025 12:01 PM

It amazes me the way these "pro-life" people are so willing and excited to kill people.

Isn't that more like "pro-death"?

by Anonymousreply 320June 15, 2025 12:13 PM

R320 They're not "pro-life," they're "pro-birth."

Once the baby's out of the womb, they don't give a shit. As the saying goes, Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at birth.

by Anonymousreply 321June 15, 2025 12:17 PM

[quote] It amazes me the way these "pro-life" people are so willing and excited to kill people.

Their twisted justification goes like this: If we have to kill some politicians and abortion providers to stop the "murder" of millions of unborn babies, it's OK. The ends justify the means. They think they're doing the Lord's work.

by Anonymousreply 322June 15, 2025 12:21 PM

[quote]It amazes me the way these "pro-life" people are so willing and excited to kill people.

[quote]Isn't that more like "pro-death"?

They are probably convinced that killing pro choice people is "saving the babies". That's how the guy who kiilled abortion doctor George Tiller felt.

I read this article on Tiller and the guy who killed him years ago. Very well written and this Vance Boelter loon reminds of the guy who killed Tiller.

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by Anonymousreply 323June 15, 2025 2:01 PM

Certainly not loath to unleash the forces of the federal government to compel state compliance with his policies, has Trump made any commitment of federal assistance in capturing this guy?

by Anonymousreply 324June 15, 2025 2:32 PM

Extreme right-wing Christianity + Financial troubles + Mental health issues + Access to guns. What could possibly go wrong?

11:03 a.m. - Shooting suspect Vance Boelter was under financial duress after quitting his job to go to the Democratic Republic of Congo to work on business ventures, his friend and roommate David Carlson said Sunday.

Carlson has known Boelter since fourth grade, and considered him his best friend. He knew Boelter was having mental health and financial issues, but said he never would expect him to do anything violent.

“He kept things inside,” Carlson said. “He’s been kind of down. He was not as upbeat as he usually is.”

Boelter’s LinkedIn profile said he was CEO of Red Lion Group in Congo, but Carlson said that was something Boelter was trying to start “maybe because nothing was materializing” here.

“It wasn’t a reality,” he said. “It was like a goal he had but it was never realized. He bought a couple of cars and maybe some uniforms. It was never a real company.”

Things began to go downhill a few months ago after Boelter quit his jobs to go to Congo for two weeks to meet his partner about businesses he was trying to get off the ground there, Carlson said. They’d bought a fishing boat but “mafia organizations” controlled the river and threatened his employees. Carlson said he discouraged Boelter from the Congo business, but he put a lot of money into the venture anyway, and got no return.

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by Anonymousreply 325June 15, 2025 5:31 PM

The plot thickens

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by Anonymousreply 326June 15, 2025 5:44 PM

From r326's link:

[quote] Jenny and three relatives with whom she was travelling were detained for two to three hours while police searched the car and asked questions.

Three relatives? The kids?

by Anonymousreply 327June 15, 2025 6:07 PM

So he went to work in the Democratic Republic of Congo?! I knew he was a Democrat!

by Anonymousreply 328June 15, 2025 6:14 PM

People are looking at the wrong folks. This is the work of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris and Taylor Swift with the help of the devil they worship!

by Anonymousreply 329June 15, 2025 6:17 PM

Kind of ironic his company was called Praetorian Guard Security Services.

by Anonymousreply 330June 15, 2025 6:22 PM

R326 Is she his accomplice?

by Anonymousreply 331June 15, 2025 6:36 PM

He would have killed all of them if he hadn't been surprised. He was after Walz, whom the Rethugs consider a threat in 2028. The rest on the list are just red herrings to create a 'list'.

by Anonymousreply 332June 15, 2025 6:39 PM

Looks that way r331

by Anonymousreply 333June 15, 2025 6:40 PM

[quote]Walz, whom the Rethugs consider a threat in 2028

Let's not be that silly.

by Anonymousreply 334June 15, 2025 7:16 PM

Walz is a threat to nobody in 2028. Calling him pathetic ks being generous.

by Anonymousreply 335June 15, 2025 7:19 PM

The sicko left behind a manifesto naming 70 politicians, such as Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and the state’s congressional delegation. Klobuchar said she was not briefed that she was a potential target.

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by Anonymousreply 336June 15, 2025 7:54 PM

How have they not found this guy yet?

by Anonymousreply 337June 15, 2025 7:56 PM

MAGAT psychopath...

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by Anonymousreply 338June 15, 2025 8:53 PM

[quote] How have they not found this guy yet?

Law enforcement is MAGA and they're hoping he'll kill a few more Demonrats.

by Anonymousreply 339June 15, 2025 9:42 PM

The cops seem freaked out by this, because of the impersonation factor.

by Anonymousreply 340June 15, 2025 9:44 PM

More disguises?

by Anonymousreply 341June 15, 2025 9:47 PM

Cops don't give a shit. Let him target a CEO or Republican and then they'll care

by Anonymousreply 342June 15, 2025 10:47 PM

This reminds me of what happened in Nova Scotia a few years back when that lunatic went and killed a bunch of people while impersonating a cop.

by Anonymousreply 343June 15, 2025 11:34 PM

Shit. I forgot how many people that guy killed, so I looked it up. It was 22. God damn, that's awful.

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by Anonymousreply 344June 15, 2025 11:38 PM

I knew he was too chicken to do himself in.

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by Anonymousreply 345June 16, 2025 2:46 AM

[quote] Police said that Boelter had been in contact with individuals, but were trying to determine if he was receiving any assistance while on the run from law enforcement.

by Anonymousreply 346June 16, 2025 2:55 AM

R317 Busy clutching pearls in her villa by the sea. Wake up orange turd lover.

by Anonymousreply 347June 16, 2025 3:20 AM

He was arrested and detained? Thank goodness.

by Anonymousreply 348June 16, 2025 3:23 AM

Vance Boelter arrested

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by Anonymousreply 349June 16, 2025 3:27 AM

I wonder if he’s going to have a bevy of rightwing female followers like Luigi.

by Anonymousreply 350June 16, 2025 3:33 AM

A very anticlimactic ending.

by Anonymousreply 351June 16, 2025 3:36 AM

its not over.

by Anonymousreply 352June 16, 2025 3:39 AM

Good thing he had all those guns!

by Anonymousreply 353June 16, 2025 3:51 AM

Walz is giving a great speech at this press conference but he's being upstaged by a ridiculous bald dyke doing sign-language interpretation.

Are these interpreters necessary anymore?

Doesn't every TV have subtitles now?

by Anonymousreply 354June 16, 2025 3:57 AM

Thank god he’s still alive -Trump can’t pardon a dead man.

by Anonymousreply 355June 16, 2025 4:01 AM

Yes the criminal president will have the arresting officers arrested.

by Anonymousreply 356June 16, 2025 4:03 AM

The dyke interpreter is really putting on a show-very expressive.

by Anonymousreply 357June 16, 2025 4:09 AM

She’s Too Loud!

by Anonymousreply 358June 16, 2025 4:11 AM

I hate that Eva Longoria’s show anyway.

by Anonymousreply 359June 16, 2025 4:14 AM

It's truly insane how nobody is going insane about this. Maybe it's survival instinct and we know how easy it would be to push America to the boiling point. But it is very fucked up that someone is murdering Democrats in their homes. I hope when Lauren Boebert gets strangled by a guy she picked up in a Waffle House, Republicans act with the same amount of cool

by Anonymousreply 360June 16, 2025 4:16 AM

Not if the Waffle House strangler is a Dem.

by Anonymousreply 361June 16, 2025 4:20 AM

Waffles are fun to make but their too filling.

by Anonymousreply 362June 16, 2025 4:21 AM

Now I want waffles.

by Anonymousreply 363June 16, 2025 4:22 AM

Wait, you're telling me he's not a leftist transgender illegal alien???

by Anonymousreply 364June 16, 2025 4:44 AM

The fat, sweaty pig roommate calls him his "best friend," says shooter would be offended to be called a Democrat. Listened to Infowars, didn't like Tim Walz, Nancy Pelosi, or Biden. Says he and the shooter both like Trump.

Quelle surprise!

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by Anonymousreply 365June 16, 2025 5:08 AM

So why was he chosen by Walz then? Did he have some sudden conversion?

by Anonymousreply 366June 16, 2025 5:17 AM

Elon Musk has already tweeted blaming this on the Democrats.

by Anonymousreply 367June 16, 2025 5:27 AM

R336, the previous governor appointed him and Tim Walz just reappointed him. To a bipartisan committee. Which has like 30 other people on it. Republicans are still trying to make hay about this. And that's the problem with Democrats, we need inquiries and arrests. Why was this fuckhead in Russia and working for Nestle and all his other weird shit? How did his wife get multiple well forged passports? Why is the media being so blase about it and trying to paint him as loser fast food worker who like to pretend he was in security?

by Anonymousreply 368June 16, 2025 5:29 AM

[quote]The dyke interpreter is really putting on a show-very expressive.

What's up with that? These people who sign for the hearing impaired was such a thing decades ago, then it seemed to have disappeared. Now it's back again and not just this one event. The LA press did this last weekend as well. It's very distracting and I would think in 2025 there are other ways to get this message across. You almost dont hear the message while visually being mesmerized for the dramatic facial expressions.

by Anonymousreply 369June 16, 2025 5:31 AM

Infowars?

That tracks.

by Anonymousreply 370June 16, 2025 5:34 AM

Here is this fucker's hit list:

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by Anonymousreply 371June 16, 2025 5:38 AM

MAGA laughs as people die. No other way around it, Ashley laughs a as Glenn's FinDom craps around a small hygienic purposes.

by Anonymousreply 372June 16, 2025 6:03 AM

Sorry, wrong link at r371. Here's the list

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by Anonymousreply 373June 16, 2025 6:15 AM

I'm shocked he didn't kill himself.

by Anonymousreply 374June 16, 2025 6:20 AM

Enough with the shitty Vances.

by Anonymousreply 375June 16, 2025 6:59 AM

He'll kill himself in jail so that he gets even more notoriety.

by Anonymousreply 376June 16, 2025 7:06 AM

I guess we can throw his job application in the trash. He was overqualified anyway.

by Anonymousreply 377June 16, 2025 7:07 AM

Trump will pardon him just to piss off the Dems.

by Anonymousreply 378June 16, 2025 8:56 AM

[quote]Real men wear diapers.

And hair laque. And shoe lifts. And girdle. And orange fondation. And hair dye. But I guess the extra long tie makes up for it by alluding to a sizable penis. Or more likely some sort of compensation for another shortcoming in this department. i certainly don't want to know. Hush Stormy, Hush!

by Anonymousreply 379June 16, 2025 9:33 AM

He was probably intending to kill himself, but couldn't go through with it.

by Anonymousreply 380June 16, 2025 9:45 AM

There's no way he could have gotten through even a quarter of his hit list without being caught. Delusional.

I'm surprised he didn't start with Omar, she really riles up the MAGATs. Having the audacity to be both brown and female.

by Anonymousreply 381June 16, 2025 10:47 AM

I don't know Minnesota criminal law, but I wonder why he's being charged with 2nd degree murder?

Why not 1st degree intentional?

by Anonymousreply 382June 16, 2025 12:23 PM

Let's talk for a minute about Vance Luther Boelter's appointment to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board by Tim Walz.

1. He was reappointed. The initial appointment was by the prior Governor, Mark Dayton, who was also a Democrat in 2016.

2. The committee has 41 members, and is a nonpartisan, advisory only committee.

3. The role of the committee is to advise on how to train and utilize the workforce.

4. By legislation, there are 41 members on the committee representing different sectors panning business, labor, education, community organizations, government, and bipartisan legislative members, with a "majority" being required to be from the business sector.

5. Based on its size, mandated diversity, and non-partisan nature, it is likely there are both Democrats and Republicans on the committee, which has no legislative function.

6. Appointment is through an application process where the appointee applies for it.

7. Putting all of this togehter, we can conclude that Boelter's appointment to the board has not got a single fucking thing to do with his politics.

8. Belter's politics are also known. He is a registered Republican, whose best friend since 4th grade says he was a Trump supporter, who preached in Africa about the evils of transgender and gay people, and who had 50 of the near 70 people on his target list who were either abortion providers or pro-choice advocates.

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by Anonymousreply 383June 16, 2025 12:37 PM

In Minnesota you have to have a grand jury give you first degree murder charges. He will

by Anonymousreply 384June 16, 2025 12:39 PM

R382, under Minnesota law first degree murder is requites intent, premeditation plus the commission of another felony, such as kidnapping or terrorism. It is possible that, as the investigators learn more, that he could be charged with first degree murder.

( Legislators, who are often lawyers, often create elaborate tiers for serious crimes like murder and don't seem to understand that this frustrates and confuses the general public).

by Anonymousreply 385June 16, 2025 12:54 PM

Can anyone explain something in the arrest photo (scroll down r365’s link, it’s posted there). There’s a weird area near the bottom of the photo that should be the guy’s shirttail and pants but it morphs into this gray material, it is also on a sleeve to the right. I can’t figure it out. I’m also puzzled by the yellow stuff on the hem of his jacket which seems to come from the arresting officers who also have a lot of yellow highlights. I dunno, I just thought the photo was weird and AI makes you suspect everything nowadays although this isn’t AI. I hope.

by Anonymousreply 386June 16, 2025 2:02 PM

Why isn't every single Democratic member of congress calling for Mike Lee's expulsion from the Senate?

This is sick and disgusting. You know if a Democrat had posted something like this, they'd already have their boxes packed and out the door.

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by Anonymousreply 387June 16, 2025 3:23 PM

I still can't get over how they tried to label this Evangelical wingnut a "Marxist"

They sure create their own reality

by Anonymousreply 388June 16, 2025 4:11 PM

R388 anything to the left of mussolini and andrew tate is considered radical marxism in america today

by Anonymousreply 389June 16, 2025 4:22 PM

DOJ press conference now ongoing. The perp went to the homes of four different state reps with the intention of killing them

“Boelter stalked his victims like prey,” said Acting US Attorney Joe Thompson.

by Anonymousreply 390June 16, 2025 4:24 PM

R390 Yeah, but he didn't set fire to any Teslas, so no biggie.

by Anonymousreply 391June 16, 2025 4:25 PM

R388, guys like Mike Lee think that their lies are justified in the service of . . . . Something that I don’t understand.

by Anonymousreply 392June 16, 2025 4:41 PM

Looks like I'M not the one who needs civics lessons. All of you scolding those of us who said Trump would pardon him are the ones who need the lessons.

He's facing FEDERAL charges, not just state ones.

So go back to 8th grade!

by Anonymousreply 393June 16, 2025 5:34 PM

Never fear! Kremlin shill Benny Johnson says this is just a false flag!

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by Anonymousreply 394June 16, 2025 5:45 PM

R393, a Trump pardon of this guy on the federal charges would have no effect on the state ones. Back to school to you!

by Anonymousreply 395June 16, 2025 5:58 PM

THAT was not the issue though, R395. You said Trump couldn't pardon him because they weren't federal charges. But there will be Federal charges. So once again since you're slow, Trump can pardon him.

by Anonymousreply 396June 16, 2025 6:35 PM

A valiant try, R396. Your ultimate point was that this guy would get off scot-free with a Trump pardon. But with the state charges, no such pardon would be ultimately successful in setting him loose.

by Anonymousreply 397June 16, 2025 7:28 PM

I'm gonna go with the woman who actually has a criminal law background on this one:

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by Anonymousreply 398June 16, 2025 7:34 PM

Thank you r398

by Anonymousreply 399June 16, 2025 7:52 PM

US Rep Hillary Scholten was on the hit list. She cancelled a town hall.

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by Anonymousreply 401June 16, 2025 9:20 PM

Jeff Bezos' ex wife MacKenzie Scott was on the hit list. She has donated a lot of money to Planned Parenthood.

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by Anonymousreply 402June 16, 2025 10:15 PM

^ Wait, you're telling me he's not a socialist?

by Anonymousreply 403June 16, 2025 10:26 PM
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by Anonymousreply 404June 16, 2025 11:43 PM

R404 Now how about stepping it up and calling for Lee's expulsion from office?

by Anonymousreply 405June 16, 2025 11:49 PM

^^^ to his face, I hope

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by Anonymousreply 406June 17, 2025 12:27 AM
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by Anonymousreply 407June 17, 2025 12:29 AM

btw: is she especially tall or is he troll-sized?

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by Anonymousreply 408June 17, 2025 12:37 AM

Tina Smith was on the shooter's "hit list"

by Anonymousreply 409June 17, 2025 12:38 AM
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by Anonymousreply 410June 17, 2025 1:26 AM
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by Anonymousreply 411June 17, 2025 3:46 AM

Mike Lee sure is a piece of shit

by Anonymousreply 412June 17, 2025 4:11 AM

"[R382], under Minnesota law first degree murder is requites intent, premeditation plus the commission of another felony, such as kidnapping or terrorism"

No state requires that for "regular" first-degree murder. You're describing felony murder.

by Anonymousreply 413June 17, 2025 4:17 AM

R407 Another spineless piece of shit who's only tough when he's behind his keyboard.

by Anonymousreply 414June 17, 2025 10:43 AM

R411 Good for her for confronting him in person, but now she and the rest of the Senate need to call for his expulsion.

by Anonymousreply 415June 17, 2025 10:46 AM

[quote] "I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I'm not calling. Why would I call him? … The guy doesn't have a clue. He's a mess. So I could be nice and call him, but why waste time?"

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by Anonymousreply 416June 17, 2025 12:48 PM

God they're such pussies. They know they're responsible for this. They delight in it, but can't handle having even the slightest criticism touch their soft ears. What absolute seething assholes Republicans are.

by Anonymousreply 417June 17, 2025 12:58 PM

Is Mike Lee a Mormon? I thought they were at least supposed to have the veneer of politeness. I wonder what his Mormon constituents think of his assholery.

by Anonymousreply 418June 17, 2025 1:46 PM

It's stunning to me how silent Republicans in Congress have been over these brutal murders. You know damn good and well that if it had been a Democrat who killed Republicans, every single Republican member of Congress would be on every TV news show, in front of every camera and microphone, decrying the depraved, woke Socialist and Communist murderers.

by Anonymousreply 419June 17, 2025 2:10 PM

[quote] To hear Lee’s friends, allies, and former staffers tell it—and they did, by the dozens, though many requested anonymity to avoid retaliation from the senator—Lee is all but unrecognizable. Once a good-natured Latter-day Saint whose idea of edgy was doing corny impersonations of his fellow senators, he now regularly engages in crude conspiracy theories. Once a politician who seemed to be fashioning himself as a modern Daniel Patrick Moynihan of the right, Lee is now a very online MAGA influencer. It’s as if Ned Flanders became a 4chan troll.

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by Anonymousreply 420June 17, 2025 2:23 PM

Mike Lee supports IT outsourcing to India. That alone is reason enough for him to be deposed.

by Anonymousreply 421June 17, 2025 2:27 PM

Apparently the killer first tried to kill two other Dems. The first happened to be on vacation this week so wasn’t home. He went to the second target’s house but was scared away by police. It was only then that he went to the houses of the victims

by Anonymousreply 422June 17, 2025 2:28 PM

As more and more is coming out about this killer being a right wing loon, the right wing echo chamber has suddenly gone quiet

by Anonymousreply 423June 17, 2025 2:28 PM

Why does no one call him a terrorist?

by Anonymousreply 424June 17, 2025 2:29 PM

How is Luigi a terrorist but not this guy???

by Anonymousreply 425June 17, 2025 2:29 PM

No r423, they're still trying to act like the guy was a Democrat and somehow this is all Tim Walz's fault. I've also seen people say they liked that it was "triggering the libs". They are absolute trash

by Anonymousreply 426June 17, 2025 2:43 PM

My MAGA sister, who couldn't seem to shut up a couple of weeks ago about the "riots" in LA, hasn't said a single word to me about the Minnesota killings.

by Anonymousreply 427June 17, 2025 2:48 PM

Archive link for R420

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by Anonymousreply 428June 17, 2025 3:14 PM

Maybe Mike Lee is getting dementia? Seriously. I've never wished it on anyone but....

by Anonymousreply 429June 17, 2025 4:00 PM
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by Anonymousreply 430June 18, 2025 1:35 AM

Mike Lee was NEVER a good natured statesman. He's always been a crazy liiar and fraud.

by Anonymousreply 431June 18, 2025 6:27 AM

To find out a different response, we need only look back to the left-wing shooter who drove to Washington DC and shot at politicians playing basketball. Steve Scalise was actually wounded. Major hysteria.

"The attack drew a bipartisan response as many politicians immediately sent out notes expressing their anger over the shooting, recovery wishes for the injured and gratitude for the police. News of the shooting and injuries quickly reached the Democratic Congressional Baseball players, who were at their own practice at another location when the shooting occurred. They gathered together in the dugout to pray for the injured.[69]

President Trump addressed the nation saying, "We are deeply saddened by this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the members of Congress, their staffs, Capitol Police, first responders, and all others affected."[70] He and his wife, Melania Trump, visited Scalise and Griner in the hospital. While at the hospital, the Trumps spoke with Scalise's family and with Griner and her wife.[71] On July 27, 2017, Trump awarded the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to five of the officers who were injured in the shooting.[72]

Speaker of the U.S. House Paul Ryan (R–WI) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives before their afternoon session and said, "An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us." Members of both parties rose in applause to his remarks.[73] Former Representative Gabby Giffords (D–AZ), who survived the 2011 Tucson shooting, sent a tweet that read "My heart is with my former colleagues, their families and staff, and the US Capitol Police—public servants and heroes today and every day."[14]

Hours after the shooting, Senator Bernie Sanders responded on the U.S. Senate floor to news that Hodgkinson was a campaign volunteer for his 2016 U.S. presidential election run:

"I have just been informed that the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign. I am sickened by this despicable act. Let me be as clear as I can be, violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms. Real change can only come about through nonviolent action, and anything else runs counter to our most deeply held American values."[74]

Reactions to the shooting among political activists were split. Some liberals, such as Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe,[75] called for stricter gun control laws, while some Republicans, such as Chris Collins, blamed anti-Trump rhetoric.[76] Other activists blamed growing national political polarization, as reported by the Pew Research Center,[77] for causing the shooting.[78]"

by Anonymousreply 432June 18, 2025 9:03 AM

Notice the difference? Democrats instantly reached out to the Republicans and denounced the shooter.

In the Minnesota shooting, the Republicans have hardly offered any condolences to the familied of the slain or their Democratic colleagues, and have tried to paint the shooter as a Democrat running amok.

by Anonymousreply 433June 18, 2025 9:05 AM

Excellent addition to this thread R432. Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 434June 18, 2025 9:21 AM

I can't remember the response when Paul Pelosi was attacked.

by Anonymousreply 435June 18, 2025 1:50 PM

Today's Republicans are vile. And the ones that are cowardly enablers like Collins and Murkowski are just as bad IMO because they do nothing.

by Anonymousreply 436June 18, 2025 4:21 PM

[quote] Collins and Murkowski are just as bad IMO because they do nothing.

They both voted to convict Trump. That's not "nothing." If only more of their colleagues had joined them, there would have been no Trump 2.0.

by Anonymousreply 437June 18, 2025 4:39 PM

They could leave the Republican Party, become independents, and caucus with Democrats. But they're too cowardly and like their cushy jobs.

by Anonymousreply 438June 18, 2025 4:50 PM

R435, are you being sarcastic? He was nearly murdered and politicians and pundits including Margie Pipebomb Greene and Trump Jr made jokes about it being a male hooker gone wrong. It was disgusting

by Anonymousreply 439June 18, 2025 4:54 PM

And like any good purist, R438, you want to make perfect the enemy of the good, especially in the case of Murkowski, a senator from ruby red Alaska! I'm guessing you also bitched about a certain Democratic senator from West Bugtussle. Both Murkowski & Manchin are/were as good as we could expect from their respective states.

by Anonymousreply 440June 18, 2025 4:59 PM

Becoming an independent and leaving the GOP would not hurt Susan Collins in a blue state like Maine

by Anonymousreply 441June 18, 2025 5:01 PM

I'm a Democrat but not a purist. Republicans are filth and I'm not in the business of cheerleaders for any of them.

by Anonymousreply 442June 18, 2025 5:01 PM

^ cheerleading

by Anonymousreply 443June 18, 2025 5:02 PM

[quote] Becoming an independent and leaving the GOP would not hurt Susan Collins in a blue state like Maine

Which is why my emphasis was on Murkowski & Alaska, not Collins & Maine.

by Anonymousreply 444June 18, 2025 5:06 PM

Also, Collins and/or Murkowski caucusing with the Democrats wouldn't flip the Senate.

by Anonymousreply 445June 18, 2025 5:08 PM

^ Yes, I'm aware of that but was using it as an example of something they could do to resist MAGA.

by Anonymousreply 446June 18, 2025 5:10 PM

There was a break in at the Hortman house.

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by Anonymousreply 447June 18, 2025 8:28 PM

[quote]I can't remember the response when Paul Pelosi was attacked.

Trump Jr and a number of other Republicans made fun of him

by Anonymousreply 448June 19, 2025 12:38 AM

As did Trump, Sr.

by Anonymousreply 449June 19, 2025 12:56 AM

R447 house searched! but by whose goons?

by Anonymousreply 450June 19, 2025 2:04 AM

As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra played, Gov. Tim Walz wiped away tears and comforted attendees at the gathering for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs.

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by Anonymousreply 451June 20, 2025 8:12 AM

Walz is a very good kind man. But there are several reasons for him to be crying in that picture. He is no longer in play, his chances are shot and dead now for 2028..

by Anonymousreply 452June 20, 2025 10:14 AM

He was never gonna be a serious player in ‘28, R452.

by Anonymousreply 453June 20, 2025 10:53 AM

R452 I am so tired of people shitting on this guy.

There he was in the summer of 2024, doing a great job as the governor of Minnesota. Suddenly, he gets a call from Harris' team and is immediately thrust into an unprecedented position - running for Vice President of the United States in a relentlessly exhausting campaign with a 3 1/2 month compressed time frame.

That would be enough to shake even the most grounded person, yet he hit the trail and represented himself confidently, empathetically, and intelligently. He put up with horrible attacks from the right, including those who mocked his son, and maintained his integrity throughout. I'm sure he's happy being back to doing what he loves the most - governing his state and doing his best to ensure he represents his constituents admirably.

Back off.

by Anonymousreply 454June 20, 2025 12:59 PM

Is it just me or is the media really downplaying this whole story?

by Anonymousreply 455June 20, 2025 1:02 PM

R455 Yes, but the Democrats are partly to blame for not doing what they need to do to keep this the #1 news story.

Had the victims been Trump Republicans, you can bet every single Republican member of Congress would be on camera each and every day, condemning the deranged "woke" and "Socialist" killer and calling for their execution.

by Anonymousreply 456June 20, 2025 1:09 PM

[quote] Suddenly, he gets a call from Harris' team and is immediately thrust into an unprecedented position - running for Vice President of the United States in a relentlessly exhausting campaign with a 3 1/2 month compressed time frame.

Suddenly?! I mean, he was campaigning to be picked.

by Anonymousreply 457June 20, 2025 1:25 PM

R457 He was contacted by Harris' team because they were interested in having him on the ticket. He said "yes" because, as he once put it, "when you're asked to serve, you answer that call." He didn't "campaign" for the position; he performed his duty as a public servant.

by Anonymousreply 458June 20, 2025 1:30 PM

I have no idea was R458 is saying - it's weird.

by Anonymousreply 459June 20, 2025 2:57 PM

[Quote] That would be enough to shake even the most grounded person, yet he hit the trail and represented himself confidently, empathetically, and intelligently.

😂🤣😆😁

by Anonymousreply 460June 20, 2025 3:04 PM

R460 Hortense, the MAGA "pay attention to me!" troll hits the threads once again.

by Anonymousreply 461June 20, 2025 3:07 PM

R452 is MAGA. TIM Walz is a great guy and a good politician. Maybe state level is the highest he will reach but that’s pretty damn good.

R456, Dump sucks all of the air out of the room. Dems are talking about it but the media shows Dump 24/7 because he gets clicks and views. I’m reminded of the movie Private Parts about Howard Stern, where they ask people who like him why they listen to him for long blocks of time. They say, “because I want to hear what he says next.” Then They ask listeners who hate him why they listen. “Because I want to hear what he says next.”

That’s Dump.

by Anonymousreply 462June 20, 2025 3:22 PM

Shooter blames... Tim Walz! Claimed in Walz wanted Amy Klobucher killed so he could run for her seat

[QUOTE]The letter, described as rambling and conspiratorial, was reportedly found near Boelter’s home in Green Isle, Minnesota. In it, Boelter, 57, also claimed he had been trained “off the books” by the US military and asserted that Gov. Walz, who has not declared any Senate ambitions, had directed him to target Klobuchar and others.

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by Anonymousreply 463June 21, 2025 11:17 PM

That's real fucking dumb because there's another senator in Minnesota who's not seeking reelection

by Anonymousreply 464June 21, 2025 11:19 PM

What does the wife look like?

by Anonymousreply 465June 22, 2025 12:07 AM

How are the other 2 victims? They were both shit at least 8 times

by Anonymousreply 466June 22, 2025 12:08 AM

The wife is home recovering, but he's still hospitalized in critical condition.

by Anonymousreply 467June 22, 2025 12:28 AM

Just learned Trump refused to speak with Walz. Shocking not surprising and it wouldn’t have made any difference anyway. Walz needs to do what he can do as gov and keep trashing Dump.

by Anonymousreply 468June 22, 2025 7:16 AM

It's insane how the media downplayed this and now that Trump's shaking his mushroom at Iran, it will disappear forever.

by Anonymousreply 469June 22, 2025 12:28 PM

He was having money problems 🙄 and requested a public defender. Seems like he had plenty spending money for his pursuits. The five body bags makes me think of a family annihilator scenario. His wife was pulled over with four kids on the car as she was going to her mother's house -- Boelter’s "bailout" plan. Maybe he didn't have time to kill them or had a change of heart.

[QUOTE]The “no-knock” warrant for Boelter’s home near Green Isle that BCA Agent Brent Petersen requested just before noon Saturday lists pistols, shotguns and semi-automatic rifles found in different areas of the house and outbuildings on the 11-acre property. Investigators also recovered computers, a notecard with the names of public officials and boxes of ammunition as well as $17,940 in cash

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by Anonymousreply 470June 22, 2025 3:25 PM

[quote]His wife was pulled over with four kids on the car

Is that how it's done in Minnesota?

by Anonymousreply 471June 22, 2025 3:30 PM

R467, the wife was shot when she threw herself in front of the couple’s daughter to protect her.

by Anonymousreply 472June 22, 2025 3:41 PM

What does the wife look like? Surely someone has doxxed her by now

by Anonymousreply 473June 22, 2025 3:42 PM

If I were that poor woman, r472, I would make it my life's mission to go to his trial every day and stare him down. Hell, I'd even wear a crucifix for show. Fuck, man, I'd stand in front of the courthouse spewing his faux Christian rhetoric and demand an eye for an eye.

by Anonymousreply 474June 22, 2025 4:18 PM

[quote]r456 = [R455] Yes, but the Democrats are partly to blame for not doing what they need to do to keep this the #1 news story.

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by Anonymousreply 475June 22, 2025 4:59 PM

[quote] He was having money problems 🙄 and requested a public defender.

Maybe some of his fellow MAGAts can start a legal fund for him on GiveSendGo.

by Anonymousreply 477June 22, 2025 8:19 PM

Money problems, but could afford extra cars and arsenal

by Anonymousreply 478June 23, 2025 2:38 AM

Lined up to be killed execution style.

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by Anonymousreply 479June 23, 2025 9:24 PM

You'd think this story would be huge. Imagine if some deranged guy did this to two random families. It would be news for weeks. Nobody is saying shit

by Anonymousreply 480June 24, 2025 12:51 AM

In the chaotic Trumpworld, R480, not many stories have much of a shelf life.

by Anonymousreply 481June 24, 2025 12:55 AM

Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, & their golden retriever, Gilbert, will lie in state at the State Capitol tomorrow.

by Anonymousreply 482June 26, 2025 8:30 PM

Oh Goddamn, Gilbert. That just breaks my heart. Her poor daughter

by Anonymousreply 483June 26, 2025 9:26 PM

It's disgusting to think this happened a week and a half ago and it's been completely forgotten by the media.

by Anonymousreply 484June 26, 2025 9:32 PM

Are you really surprised, R484? You have Kristi Noem writing op-ed pieces about Harvard for WaPo. That's MSM for you in the face of authoritarian dictatorship.

by Anonymousreply 485June 26, 2025 9:35 PM

His gun and cash and {fake} passport carrying bitch of a wife released a statement.

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by Anonymousreply 486June 27, 2025 2:54 AM

I'm not reading it, r486.

by Anonymousreply 487June 27, 2025 2:58 AM

R487 It's okay to read. She's not making excuses for her husband. She all but acknowledges he did it.

by Anonymousreply 488June 27, 2025 10:23 AM

[Quote] It's disgusting to think this happened a week and a half ago and it's been completely forgotten by the media.

You could say the same for mass shootings of which there have been 81 so far this year in the US killing 80 people

by Anonymousreply 489June 27, 2025 8:11 PM

R483, the story of Gilbert.

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by Anonymousreply 490June 27, 2025 8:48 PM

Biden has plenty of faults. But, he empathy and compassion unlike the Cheeto.

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by Anonymousreply 491June 27, 2025 10:43 PM

It’s horror all around and that there beloved pet was also shot dead is too much to contemplate.Maybe people just can’t bare this one. We’ve been plunged into a dystopian nightmare that we will NEVER awaken from and any of us could be next.

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by Anonymousreply 493June 28, 2025 12:38 AM

Gilbert wasn't shot dead. The Hortman kids had put him to sleep. After the one girl watched her parents get shot 20 times. The whole thing is insane and didn't even rate a whole thread on datalounge. This fucking world.

by Anonymousreply 494June 28, 2025 1:05 AM

Gilbert suffered multiple gunshot wounds & was rushed to the emergency room. He was later euthanized to end his suffering.

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by Anonymousreply 495June 28, 2025 1:12 AM
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by Anonymousreply 496June 28, 2025 1:12 AM

old ass weekend at bernie's, 'Joe Biden" visited the survivors in the hospital and paid his respects to the senator and her family who were assassinated.

your orange jesus?

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by Anonymousreply 497June 28, 2025 2:03 AM

Reading about Gilbert and the Hortmans training service dogs was heartbreaking for me to read because I know a family who is involved with a similar organization. When I lived in Michigan, I became friends with a couple who are puppy raisers for Leader Dogs For The Blind. Service and guide dogs undergo different stages of training which the most people don't know about it.

by Anonymousreply 498June 28, 2025 2:38 AM

The whole thing is heartbreaking; seeing the pictures of Biden paying his respects & visiting a victim in the hospital brought tears to my eyes. You become so numb to the ugliness, hatred & cruelty of the current regime that someone does something decent and kind and you realize how low we've sunk.

by Anonymousreply 499June 29, 2025 4:10 PM

R498: Aside from taking a bullet, or donating an organ...I think raising/fostering a puppy for Guide Dogs of America (or similar) is one of the most selfless, admirable things a person can do for someone they've never met.

by Anonymousreply 500June 30, 2025 1:01 AM

A bit OT, at the Hortmans' funeral, a choir member fell near one of the caskets and Tim Walz jumped in right away to help the woman up. You could see the concerned reactions of Gwen Walz, Biden, and Harris.

Watching this clip makes me sad that we are stuck with shitbags like Trump, Vance, and others.

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by Anonymousreply 501June 30, 2025 3:46 AM

Did Joe know where he was?

by Anonymousreply 502June 30, 2025 1:30 PM

Fuck off, twat at R502

by Anonymousreply 503June 30, 2025 1:43 PM

I eat old orange people’s excrement.

by Anonymousreply 504June 30, 2025 2:14 PM

R502 Yes, because he's a caring, compassionate human being, and demonstrates that constantly.

On the other hand, your orange felon couldn't be bothered to show up for a funeral for a member of Congress and her husband. Instead, he's spending his time lying about the bombs he dropped on Iran and publicly berating a Senator who dared go against him.

But do go on, MAGAt.

by Anonymousreply 505June 30, 2025 2:18 PM

Not that Trump would haver cared in the least, but it was better that he didn't attend.

by Anonymousreply 506June 30, 2025 2:21 PM

R506 I agree. But the simple fact that the President of the United States refused to honor the life of a U.S. Senator and her husband is beyond disgraceful.

by Anonymousreply 507June 30, 2025 2:28 PM

A state House member, a former Speaker, R507, not a US Senator.

by Anonymousreply 508June 30, 2025 2:38 PM

R508 Regardless, it's shameful.

by Anonymousreply 509June 30, 2025 2:40 PM

I finally saw video of the shooter, giving a sermon. He's a complete flaming homo. The closet kills again.

by Anonymousreply 510July 9, 2025 1:49 PM

This is 1995, R510, you can't tell someone is [a homo] by the sound of his voice.

by Anonymousreply 511July 9, 2025 2:36 PM

R511 True. Just ask Lyle!

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by Anonymousreply 512July 9, 2025 3:04 PM

Still can't believe how this news story didn't make much news

by Anonymousreply 513July 9, 2025 3:29 PM

R513 Once again, congressional Democrats are handed a diamond necklace and they throw it in the costume jewelry box.

by Anonymousreply 514July 9, 2025 3:31 PM

R513 what about signalgate and hegseth’s wife?

by Anonymousreply 515July 9, 2025 3:50 PM

R515 see R514

by Anonymousreply 516July 10, 2025 12:27 AM
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by Anonymousreply 517July 10, 2025 12:31 AM

R517 And again, the mainstream media and the Democrats fail to capitalize on this one.

by Anonymousreply 518July 10, 2025 12:34 AM
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