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The New Republic on MSNMAGA Desperately Scrambles to Claim Minnesota Assassin Is a DemocratThe far right is pushing a dangerous conspiracy theory about the man accused of assassinating a Minnesota state lawmaker.
Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, appointed Boelter as a private-sector representative to the nonpartisan Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016. Gov. Tim Walz, also a DFLer, reappointed Boelter for another four years in 2019; Boelter lived in Inver Grove Heights at the time. His term expired in 2023.
Influencers like Alex Jones and Elon Musk have spent the weekend blaming the murder of Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman on leftists and the deep state.