Conservative bloggers tried to connect Vance Luther Boelter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
PolitiFact | False posts on X tried to connect Minnesota’s governor to Vance Luther Boelter, who served on a state board.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pauses as he speaks about the killing of state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at the State Emergency operations Center in Blaine, Minn.
. Saturday, June 14, 2025.Hours after the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prominent conservative influencers spun unsubstantiated theories that the suspect was a left-wing extremist who targeted the Democratic-aligned leaders for voting against party lines, and did so with the blessing of the state’s top Democrat, Gov. Tim Walz. a man posing as an officer shot state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette in their home early June 14, and then shot and killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a former Democratic speaker, and her husband Mark in their home a few miles away. Authorities soon identified the shooting suspect as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter of Green Isle, Minn. And conservative influencers, including Benny Johnson, Rogan O’Handley and Mike Cernovich pounced — surfacing what they floated as an incriminating connection between Boelter and the governor. Walz, the former Democratic vice presidential nominee, reappointed Boelter in 2019 to a state board focused on Minnesota’s workforce. But we found no evidence that Walz and Boelter were closely acquainted nor any evidence that Walz was in any way linked to the shootings, which A spokesperson for Walz said the governor’s office appoints thousands of people of all political affiliations to legislature-created unpaid, external boards and commissions. Boelter to serve on the group as a “business member.” The board — which has about 60 members, 41 of whom are appointed by the governor — analyzes and recommends to the governor and state Legislature workforce policies related to things such as talent development or addressing barriers to employment — to help Minnesota maintain a globally competitive labor force, its Cernovich, a conservative personality whose followers on X include Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House adviser Stephen Miller, “The Vice President candidate for the Democrat party is directly connected to a domestic terrorist, that is confirmed, the only question is whether Tim Walz himself ordered the political hit against a rival who voted against Walz’s plan to give free healthcare to illegals,” Cernovich that Walz “personally knew” the suspect “who just committed multiple assassinations of Tim Walz political enemies in the state of Minnesota.” Hortman his “good friend,” “the dearest of friends,” and a “great leader” in an emotional June 14 press conference addressing the news. Walz’s spokesperson told PolitiFact that appointments to the workforce board aren’t the same as positions in the governor’s office or cabinet, and Walz had no relationship with Boelter. Jan. 2, 2023. Hoffman, who underwent surgery for his injuries, served on the board with Boelter, The New York Times Boelter, who said as recently as May that he was looking for full-time work, has a varied work history that includes security work and food industry and retail management, according to his LinkedIn and other online sources. He’s listed on a for Praetorian Guard Security Services as director of security patrols; his wife is listed as CEO and president. The company launched in 2018, according to armed security for property and events. Boelter’s online biography says he has received training from the U.S. military and private firms and has done security work in Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including in the Gaza Strip.A man who identified himself as Boelter’s part-time roommate at an address in Minneapolis told news reporters June 14 that Boelter had been working at a funeral home, according to Before a suspect was named, conservative X users circulated theories based on the lawmakers’ recent votes. that Hortman and Hoffman “both recently voted against their party, with Hortman supporting repeal of free healthcare for illegals and Hoffman joining Republicans in the Senate to pass it.” to pass a budget bill that will remove adult immigrants in the U.S. illegally from the state’s MinnesotaCare health program, Hoffman Boelter’s online voter registration record includes no mention of his party affiliation, if he has one. The New York Times that state reports in 2016 listed Boelter’s political affiliation as “none or other” and in 2020 said “no party preference.” But David Carlson, who to KARE-TV as Boelter’s current roommate and longtime friend said Boelter voted for Republican President Donald Trump, though he hadn’t talked about politics lately. The that U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., said in an interview that the suspect had a list of about 70 targets, including herself, other Democratic lawmakers and “doctors, community and business leaders, and locations for Planned Parenthood and other health care centers.”
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