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Details about a letter written by Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter have
been released, and they paint a much clearer picture of his state of
mind and why he did what he did. They also give a pretty good indication
of why this story disappeared from the news so quickly.
As RedState reported, Boelter killed State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her
husband and also shot and wounded State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
The shootings took place on Saturday (June 14), launching an expansive
manhunt to catch the murderer. He was finally apprehended late Sunday
evening.
At the time, there was a lot of conflicting information about what may
have motivated Boelter, with Republicans being broadly blamed by the
press and Democrats because of who the targets were. Networks like MSNBC
and CNN went so far as to directly point the finger at President Donald
Trump. Yet, a letter that was found the day of the shootings in
Boelter's car points in a completely different direction.
According to the Star Tribune, Minnesota's largest newspaper, Boelter
believed he was operating under orders from Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, best
known for his role as Kamala Harris' running mate during the 2024
election.
Ryan Faircloth
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Jun 20, 2025
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NEW: Vance Boelter's letter to the FBI was rambling and conspiratorial,
sources with direct knowledge of its contents say. Boelter claimed he
was trained by the U.S. military off the books and that Gov. Tim Walz
asked him to kill Sen. Amy Klobuchar, others
https://startribune.com/vance-boelter-letter-klobuchar-walz-mn-assassinat ion/601376682 startribune.com
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Boelter’s letter to FBI says he needed to kill Klobuchar for Walz
People with direct knowledge of a letter Boelter addressed to the FBI
say it is rambling and conspiratorial and blames MN Gov. Tim
Ryan Faircloth
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Boelter claimed he needed to kill Klobuchar so Walz could run for the
U.S. Senate. Walz isn't running for the Senate - he opted against it
earlier this year and is mulling running for a third term as governor.
The letter is incoherent, 1.5 pages long, confusing and hard to read.
Early on, it was revealed that Boelter was appointed to a government
workforce board by Walz. What their actual relationship was remains
unclear, but it appears the killer thought they had a relationship. For whatever reason, Boelter had convinced himself that he needed to kill
others so that Walz could run for the U.S. Senate. As noted, though, the Minnesota governor had already ruled out a run when Sen. Tina Smith
announced her retirement.
In other words, Boelter is just an insane person. Nothing in his letter
makes logical sense, and there is no indication he did what he did in
support of Trump or anyone else on the political right. Instead, he
seems to have been infatuated with Walz and created a justification to
kill in service to him.
To be clear, I don't think Walz holds any responsibility here. Yes, he's
been using some rather colorful and inciting language lately to attack
his political opponents, but in this case, the targets were other
Democrats. I don't think Walz's deranged rants against ICE and Trump
were a motivating factor.
With that said, Walz obviously knew about what was in the letter from
day one, given that it was found almost immediately in the car abandoned
by Boelter. Yet, he and his Democrat colleagues still spent days
insinuating the motive was related to right-wing rhetoric. To put it
lightly, that was a pretty terrible thing to do.
Stephen L. Miller
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And that's why this was out of the news by Tuesday.
Ryan Faircloth
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Boelter claimed he needed to kill Klobuchar so Walz could run for the
U.S. Senate. Walz isn't running for the Senate - he opted against it
earlier this year and is mulling running for a third term as governor.
The letter is incoherent, 1.5 pages long, confusing and hard to read.
Again, I don't blame Walz here. Crazy people do crazy things, and
Boelter was irrational and confused at best. But the governor should
have been honest about that instead of letting Democrats and the press
go wild, pretending this was Trump's fault. That he insinuated that in
his presser and then sat by while false narratives prolifered is another
black mark against him and his character.
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/06/20/new-details-of-minnesota-assassin s-letter-revealed-and-its-pretty-clear-why-the-story-disappeared-n2190720
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