A 57-year-old man is in custody and charged with both murder and attempted murder after he allegedly shot two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prompting a statewide manhunt over the weekend.
The story is still developing and has yielded plenty of unanswered questions about Vance Boelter’s background, living situation, and apparent re-appointment to a workforce development board by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The consensus so far, however, is that his motives for allegedly assassinating at least one Democrat legislator and her husband, as well as targeting another Democrat and his wife were no doubt radical and most likely political.
Corporate media and Democrats alike were quick to amplify the narrative that Boelter voted for Trump. In a sick twist, some of them even appeared to relish that the suspect, according to his alleged pizza delivery roommate, would “be offended if people called him a Democrat.”
The roommate of Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect Vance Boelter spoke to CBS News’ @lilialuciano about rumors circulating online about the suspect’s politics: “He’s not a Democrat. He would be offended if people called him a Democrat,” he said, adding that Boelter “was a Trump… pic.twitter.com/qm5uqsO79f
