Soon after two assassination attempts of a female Minnesota State House Representative Melissa Hortman and Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman, Governor Tim Walz took to the press to make a statement.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said State House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in a “politically motivated assassination”, and a second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded.
“We must all, in Minnesota and across the country, stand against all forms of political violence,” Walz said at a press conference Saturday. “Those responsible for this will be held accountable.”
What was even more jaw dropping was after the Walz presser it came out that both political party Democrats Hortman and Hoffman had just joined Republicans to oppose a recent Minnesota State bill to fund free healthcare for illegal aliens adults in their state!
“MN special session underway, bill that strips Minnesota Care from undocumented immigrants passes” – KTTC TV
Two interesting takes to this story immediately popped out to the public:
- What made Governor Tim Walz speculate this was a politically motivated hit so soon after the event even before law enforcement had weighed in with their own presser?
- Why did a less than a minute short video clip of Melissa Hortman by KTTC TV News show up all over the Internet without showing up on that networks actual website?
Journalist podcaster Alex Lace did a good job of reporting what many journalists were thinking here:
This is a developing story but from what we know thus far:
Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband have succumbed to their multiple gunshot wounds in an early morning shooting by an imposter police officer to their home. Senator John Hoffman and his wife have been treated in a nearby hospital and are expected to survive.
Hortman, 55, and her husband Mark, 58, were shot in their Brooklyn Park home, while Hoffman, 60, and his wife Yvette were shot 5 miles away in their Champlin home by what authorites now believe to be the same person impersonating a police officer.
The man who shot Hortman and Hoffman as well as their respective spouses has been identified as 57 year old Vance Luther Boelter, a 2019 appointee to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Boelter remains at large and is believed to be armed and dangerous. He is identified as a white man who stands 6 feet 1 inches tall and weighs about 220 pounds.
After the Hoffman shootings, a Brooklyn Park Police sergeant said he felt the need to proactively check on other lawmakers in their city. As officers arrived at the Hortmans’ home at about 3:35 a.m., Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said they saw what appeared to be a police SUV with emergency lights on. At that point the suspect, dressed in a blue shirt with a black tactical vest and blue pants, exited the Hortmans’ home and exchanged gunfire with officers before fleeing out the back door on foot abandoning his SUV.
Thereafter a WCCO News crew member reported seeing a vehicle believed to be Boelter’s, with white-and-yellow lights on top and a license plate that read “POLICE,” towed away from the Hortmans’ home. In that vehicle law enforcement found a number of things including a list of over 50 possible other political targets, “NO KINGS” fliers for protests of today, and a manifesto.
The suspect, Vance Boelter, was spotted this morning wearing a brown cowboy hat and light pants via some form of street security camera or doorbell camera. He is considered armed and dangerous. He should not be approached if seen but rather law enforcement should be contacted via phone at 877-996-6222 or email at bac.tips@state.mn.us.
Boelter is reported to have a doctoral degree in education and owns his own security firm. He has a wife and 5 children.
CONCLUSION:
Today marks a dark episode in American history. People are raised and taught to trust and respect their local law enforcement individuals. This was a heinous attack that violates that trust.
Another point to be made is this seems to be a move of political retaliation and intimidation by the liberal socialist Democrats of the left to keep them from breaking ranks with the party narrative and line.
Governor Tim Walz has admitted to being “a knucklehead” publically in the past and we certainly saw two good examples of that this week.
The first was when he wished rain on the Washington, D.C. parade of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army to spite Donald Trump reminiscent of him wishing falling stock prices for Tesla to spite Elon Musk and DOGE.
The second was assuming a Donald Trump MAGA American was behind these assassinations this morning when it turned out to be one of his own Democratic political appointees who just happens to be well educated in combat training and law enforcement training. All of the mocking bird media outlets reported “Democrat” when a more accurate description of the victims would have been “Democrat defectors”!
As the old expression goes, “You can’t make this stuff up.”
Another old expression that applies well in this story is, “All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.”
Minnesota State House Representative Melissa Hortman and Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman proved themselves very good people.
My only question is; Why are sanctuary state governors like Tim Walz, J.B. Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, and Kathy Hochul not being criminally charged with aiding and abetting illegal aliens in the commission of a crime?
I find nothing in our laws and Constitution to allow them to award these undocumented invaders with government handouts.
And to all of the low IQ liberal backers who support them in this fraudulent endeavor I have just one question for them; What one other country can they or I go to and have the red carpet rolled out for us with all kinds of freebees as we come to their tables with absolutely nothing to offer?
© 2025 by Mark S. Schwendau
