{"id":2447347,"date":"2025-06-14T15:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-alleged-political-assassin-believed-to-be-former-tim-walz-appointee\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T15:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:26:55","slug":"breaking-alleged-political-assassin-believed-to-be-former-tim-walz-appointee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-alleged-political-assassin-believed-to-be-former-tim-walz-appointee\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Alleged Political Assassin Believed to Be Former Tim Walz Appointee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-alleged-political-assassin-believed-to-be-former-tim-walz-appointee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2447347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former appointee of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Vance Luther Boelter, is the suspect behind the assassination of former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and the wounding of Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife. The attacks occurred in Minnesota early on Saturday, where Boelter allegedly posed as a police officer. Investigators discovered a manifesto in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fake police car<\/a> that targeted prominent officials, including Hortman.Following the incident, Governor Walz condemned the violence as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-sends-mixed-messages-after-trump-attack-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden campaign sends mixed messages after Trump attack - Washington Examiner\">targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccabe-says-trumps-message-demanding-peace-and-denouncing-violence-is-actually-coded-language-and-a-dog-whistle-to-his-base-to-fight-video\/\" title=\"McCabe Says Trump\u2019s Message Demanding Peace and Denouncing ... is Actually \u201cCoded Language\u201d and a \u201cDog Whistle\u201d to His Base to Fight (VIDEO)\">political violence<\/a><\/a>&#8221; and urged unity against such acts.The shootings raised alarms about protests linked to anti-Trump sentiments, which were subsequently canceled. Boelter had previously served on the Governor&#8217;s Workforce Progress Board, appointed by Walz in 2019.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Vance Luther Boelter, 57, is believed to have posed as a police officer when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-iowa-officer-has-long-criminal-history\/\" title=\"... in fatal shooting of Iowa officer has long criminal history\">allegedly shot<\/a> Minnesota Democratic State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife early Saturday, before he allegedly shot former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-rep-called-illegal-backtracks-now-says-legal-blames-dad-liar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic<\/a> House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband later that morning, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/14\/us-news\/suspect-in-deadly-minnesota-shootings-identified-as-vance-luther-boelter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Hortman and her husband perished in the attack, while Hoffman and his wife were badly injured.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-calls-formation-shadow-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> had appointed Boelter in 2019 to serve for four years on the Governor&rsquo;s Workforce Development Board.<\/p>\n<p>That position lasted for four years.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Boelter also served on the Governor&rsquo;s Workforce Development Council in 2016 under now-former Minnesota Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators found a manifesto in a fake police car that mentioned Hortman, who was the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, as well as other officials.<\/p>\n<p>The car also had flyers for the nationwide &ldquo;No Kings&rdquo; protests, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-d7983e1e4f1a7573a487cab1a98cd172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Police urged Minnesota residents to avoid the anti-Trump administration protests, and the events were canceled following the shootings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/walz-wants-talk-derek-chauvin-look-6-damning-lines-george-floyds-autopsy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> held a press conference on Saturday to discuss what he characterized as &ldquo;targeted political violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We must all, in Minnesota and across the country, stand against all forms of political violence,&rdquo; Walz remarked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those responsible for this will be held accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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