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Tapate50 said:
Just moms at a pta meeting
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I’m of course referring to the assassination of a Democrat lawmaker by a conservative crazy person. This also isn’t a government investigation (not defending one), it’s quasi-journalists making online ragebait. Much different situations in this context.
 
mqt said:
I’m of course referring to the assassination of a Democrat lawmaker by a conservative crazy person. This also isn’t a government investigation (not defending one), it’s quasi-journalists making online ragebait. Much different situations in this context.
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The one who was going to the no kings rally?
 
thethe said:
The one who was going to the no kings rally?
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Nah, you can go and look up the details but this was not what the right made it out to be. I’m still pretty agnostic on trying to make rational sense of a crazed murderer’s political positions, but there was a concerted effort by the right to make this into a case of a deranged leftist set off by cuts to aid for immigrants and the facts don’t lead anywhere near there.
 
thethe said:
Same guy was a Waltz employee right?
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Non-political appointee to some commission that Walz re-appointed after a previous Governor and would have no real connection to Walz.

www.pbs.org

Fact-checking unsubstantiated claims linking Gov. Walz to Minnesota lawmakers' shootings

In 2019, 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.
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Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, who served from 2011 to 2019, appointed Boelter as a "private sector representative" on the Governor's Workforce Development Board.

On Dec. 9, 2019, Walz reappointed 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 website says.

The board includes members from the public sector, the private sector, organized labor and community-based organizations, the website said.

That connection launched wild theories on the right.

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, speculated in a 1:30 p.m. ET X post, that Walz might have "ordered a hit."

"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 wrote.

O'Handley amplified Cernovich's post on his DC_Draino account, writing, "Did Tim Walz order a hit job of a Democrat state legislator that voted against his agenda?"

Johnson, a conservative political commentator, said in a post that Walz "personally knew" the suspect "who just committed multiple assassinations of Tim Walz political enemies in the state of Minnesota."

But there's no information showing Walz considered the shooting victims to be his "enemies." He called Hortman his "good friend," "the dearest of friends," and a "great leader" in an emotional June 14 press conference addressing the news.

WATCH: State Rep. Finke responds to assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman

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.

Boelter's most recent term on the board expired Jan. 2, 2023. Hoffman, who underwent surgery for his injuries, served on the board with Boelter, The New York Times reported.
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mqt said:
Non-political appointee to some commission that Walz re-appointed after a previous Governor and would have no real connection to Walz.

www.pbs.org

Fact-checking unsubstantiated claims linking Gov. Walz to Minnesota lawmakers' shootings

In 2019, 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.
www.pbs.org www.pbs.org
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So a rabid person on the right worked willingly for a politician of a group he hated and the clearly politicized nature of minn state politics didn't root him out?

Hmmm.....
 
thethe said:
So a rabid person on the right worked willingly for a politician of a group he hated and the clearly politicized nature of minn state politics didn't root him out?

Hmmm.....
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It did? He left the board in 2023 and apparently went into bit of a spiral prior to his crimes.
 
I’ll never forget Kid Rock coming to the North Dakota state fair in Minot. There was a weather delay and when it was time for him to come on, he was too drunk and passed out backstage to perform. It was so freaking funny.
 
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