During a press conference, Governor Tim Walz addressed the murder of a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker, Melissa Hortman.

The suspect connected to the assassination and wounding of two separate Minnesota Democratic lawmakers and their spouses was a former appointee of Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Vance Luther Boelter,

Vance Boelter, a suspect in the assassination of House DFL leader Melissa Hortman, was appointed to a state advisory board by Gov. Tim Walz. Police also have named Boelter as a suspect in the shooting of Sen.

The alleged killer left behind a ‘manifesto’ listing the names of 70 politicians, including Walz and his Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and a stack of papers stating ‘No Kings’

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 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.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz spoke to the press after State Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and killed in a politically motivated assassination in Brooklyn Park.

Gov. Tim Walz said that Minnesota Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also each shot multiple times.

Bob Jacobson, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and Drew Evans, superintendent of the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, are scheduled to speak. 4:33 p.m. - By mid-afternoon Sunday,

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) confirmed the deaths of two Minnesota lawmakers who were shot by a suspect described as impersonating a police officer. The post Tim Walz Says Shootings of Democratic Lawmakers ‘Politically Motivated Assassination’ At Live Presser first appeared on Mediaite.