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The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.
Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was at the center of a massive multistate manhunt on Sunday, a day after authorities say he impersonated a police officer and gunned down former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home outside Minneapolis. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz described the shooting as “a politically motivated assassination.”
Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were shot earlier by the same gunman at their home nearby but survived.
Friends and former colleagues interviewed by The Associated Press described Boelter as a devout Christian who attended an evangelical church and went to campaign rallies for Donald Trump. Records show Boelter registered to vote as a Republican while living in Oklahoma in 2004 before moving to Minnesota where voters don’t list party affiliation.
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Why’s he a shooting suspect and not a domestic terrorist?
He killed Democrats, not a scumbag CEO.
Not enough melanin
Correct me if I’m wrong, but targeted assasination of someone has never counted as domestic terrorism, unless carried out by non-state actors, just like the guy who attempted to kill Trump would not be a terrorist
You’re wrong. Targeted assassination of political enemies is the use of violence against non-combatants for political/ideological aims. It’s textbook terrorism.
They’re careful not to label it as terrorism because once you get on the back foot and admit that one white MAGA guy attempting (and succeeding) in killing a Democrat is terrorism then you have to admit that the tens of thousands of others who are threatening it should also be monitored and treated as serious threats - and they absolutely do not want to do that as they know that white conservatives are the majority of domestic terror threats in the US.
This is an insightful comment. Thank you for sharing that.
I guess that makes sense
Unfortunately, you are probably wrong. It seems that this guy killed them because of ideology. If that isn’t terrorism, then I don’t know what is terrorism.
The USA is splitting. It is not about Republicans and Democrats anymore, nor is it really about Conservatives vs Liberals.
It is about the Faith-based community, versus the Reality-based one.
Personally I want to be on the side that has science and vaccines and no Invisible Friend in the Sky.
It’s the ruling wealthy class vs the rest of us. Everything else the elite making up scary stories to distract us from them stealing from us.
Slavery led us to civil war before and I believe they will use religion to start the next one
You’d think somebody would have figured out how religion makes the masses more compliant, like an opiate.
Surprising absolutely no one
This is the type of person that conservative culture produces.
I religious conservative goes on a shooting spree? Shocked! Shocked I say!
Regressive, No need for so many words. Regressive sums up that type quite well.
Yet the right-wing are spewing how Boelter is a Marxist. Fucking red baiting bullshit. 🙄🙄🙄
Yet another death cultist goes on killing spree
Makes sense. Conservative shot democrats when they sided with conservatives.
Make an example of him. Kidnap, torture, post it on youtube.
