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Mediaite on MSNTim Walz Takes Coded Swipe at Trump After MN Murder Suspect’s Arrest: ‘It’s Not About Mean Tweets’Walz took a coded swipe at Trump in a call to "decency" after the arrest of a suspect accused of assassinating two state lawmakers and targeting a third. The post Tim Walz Takes Coded Swipe at Trump After MN Murder Suspect’s Arrest: ‘It’s Not About Mean Tweets’ first appeared on Mediaite.
The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reappointed the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of Minnesota state legislators to a workforce development board. Conservatives baselessly said that implicated Walz in the killing.
Boelter claimed to have a doctorate of education, and said he spent extensive time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa — where he was seen in videos apparently preaching on stage.
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Washington House and Senate released a joint statement Sunday condemning political violence following the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota legislators.
Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.
The shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers early Saturday morning cast a pall over the day’s planned events, with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi both saying the attacks appea
We must all, in Minnesota and across the country, stand against all forms of political violence,” Walz said at a press conference Saturday. “Those responsible for this will be held accountable.”
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.
A state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed, and a second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded early Saturday.
A police manhunt is underway in Minnesota after two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot overnight in a "politically motivated assassination," Gov. Tim Walz told reporters Saturday.