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" Accused assassin Vance Boelter blames Gov. Tim Walz for murderous rampage: "
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Joseph M. Hanneman
June 20, 2025
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Gov. Walz appointed Boelter to a state workforce development commission for a term that ended in 2023. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Boelter to a similar commission in 2016 for a two-year term..... end>
https://www.theblaze.com/news/accused-assassin-vance-boelter-blames-gov-tim-walz-for-murderous-rampage-report?sfnsn=mo&fbclid=IwY2xjawLDnyBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFkampkNGNvNVB1YTh0UGRZAR5NJcrLfqzQEkP6jlBu5cTwR4CnEEsamkvjlY0jehi-ctmsOaWr3NWsfoI7fg_aem_YC_FF7Ew286Fx6KESQCDjw
A right wing co-worker pushing their spew of lies but I'm unable to determine if this is a truth... thanks for any help....
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AZProgressive
(29,671 posts)I would take anything they report with a grain of salt.
What I do know is the position he was appointed to was non-partisan or not political in anyway but that is all I know.
Wiz Imp
(5,670 posts)Alpha News is a Far Right biased "news" organization which reports on Minnesota. Definitely not to be trusted.
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/alpha-news/
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/alpha-news-media-bias
FarPoint
(14,062 posts)Good detail to know ... I never heard of Blaze either.... I'm getting great supporting facts from DU'er...
Celerity
(50,622 posts)https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/alpha-news/
Wiz Imp
(5,670 posts)quoted by the Blaze (I knew the Blaze was founded by Glenn Beck). AllSides Media gives Alpha News a further right wing score than even Fox News and Newsmax - the 2 most viewed right wing websites.
Walleye
(41,267 posts)People need to use their instincts and good sense when trying to determine the truth. Does anybody really think Tim Walz wanted a senator out-of-the-way so he could run for her job? John Hinckley said Jody Foster told him to shoot Reagan or something like that. These political assassins are generally delusional
FarPoint
(14,062 posts)I just needed some help with clarifying the truth.... DU is always here with calming logic..... thankful Ihave such friends...
Walleye
(41,267 posts)
underpants
(191,217 posts)Repeat repeat repeat
Their social media influencers immediately began painting this murder as a Democrat. It’s still considered fact or planted and nourished enough to take root.
We all know who and what Boelter is but they jumped on this from the get go. Sen. Lee’s tweets are derivative of this. Just keep the two linked for the gullible to buy.
Walleye
(41,267 posts)underpants
(191,217 posts)That’s the new one. As if it will reveal all their water muddying and it NOT being released confirms their suspicions. 🙄
Obviously, law enforcement could be using the manifesto for leads to other things. Also, from what we know of this murderer any manifesto he might have written isn’t going to point to anything other than how wackos MAGA he is.
FarPoint
(14,062 posts)I found it important to seek out our supporting facts...Co worker Maga is getting under my skin. Thank you guys
blm
(114,194 posts)Blame Walz for shooting Democrats? This is pure propaganda, written to mislead careless readers.
blm
(114,194 posts)"During an interview, Boelter’s wife identified that she had recently received a group text message from Boelter in a group text thread with their kids," FBI Special Agent Terry Getsch wrote. "The text stated something to the effect of they should prepare for war, they needed to get out of the house and people with guns may be showing up to the house."
Anyone interested in actual true things can -- with patience -- find out. In this case, it might have been obvious the make of this man, including why he did this. That he has at least a small network of mentally damaged associates. Let us hope that the current DOJ try to sidetrack the current FBI investigation.
FarPoint
(14,062 posts)the Maga minions are so very irresponsible and thus clueless....then in turn can be hateful with spewing such trash.... DU'er help me effectively deflect such trash.... 
blm
(114,194 posts)of the few facts contained in the article.
Walleye
(41,267 posts)They all still say that. Who can tell what they actually believe? They just mouth what they’re supposed to. They need to prove that they’re in the cult.
WhiskeyGrinder
(25,193 posts)State records show Boelter served two consecutive three-year terms on the development board, first appointed by then-Gov. Mark Dayton in 2016. Three years later, Walz reappointed him.
A spokesperson for Walz's office gave this statement to WCCO on Tuesday:
"There are thousands of volunteers of all political persuasions who serve on hundreds of these boards. That particular board has over 60 people on it. The Governor does not interview applicants for these roles and he does not know Boelter. They are not appointments to a position in the Governor's cabinet. These boards and commissions have no authority to make decisions, change laws, or implement policies."
According to the development board's website, it "represents key leaders from business, education, labor, community-based organizations, and government," with the board providing "a venue for workforce stakeholders building on a shared vision and mission."
W_HAMILTON
(9,238 posts)The OP was questioning the claim: " Accused assassin Vance Boelter blames Gov. Tim Walz for murderous rampage: ""
Nowhere in your article does it back this up, yet your post title says "Here. It's true..."
No, it's not true.
FarPoint
(14,062 posts)sighting such excellent articles and fact checking is how we can educate the maga cult....well it's a start.... helps me greatly....
crim son
(27,547 posts)I have always had a problem with how the pro-choice community has made an effort to base its argument on suggesting that a zygote or fetus is not a human life. Of course it is, but that is entirely beside the point. Similarly, if Boelter had been employed by Waltz at some point, it is irrelevant, given what we now know about his state of mind at the time of the murders.
Captain Zero
(8,060 posts)He didn't really seem to have a job, since I read he was on LinkedIn looking for one, yet he had land, property, expensive vehicles tricked out as LEO, guns, a resume written to make him seem substantial, but then "roommates" at another location who all appear to work in food service and one report I read said HE worked in food service? That's a lot of non-aligning profile. I am going to guess he or his wife, maybe both, came into some money from an estate(s) at some point in the last ten years.
J_William_Ryan
(2,834 posts)You’re unable to determine if it’s true because it isn’t – it’s a lie; that’s why you can’t find anything from a reliable source.
FarPoint
(14,062 posts)I never heard of the Blaze.... I was definitely suspicious...thus I posted a question....
Ocelot II
(125,662 posts)members of that and other state commissions (there are more than 200 of them) are unpaid volunteers. You get to be a member by filling out a form and sending it in; you're "appointed" by the governor only in the sense that he signs the paperwork. Commission members are not interviewed or specifically chosen by a governor; these are advisory committees that meet - maybe as seldom as once a year - with the legislator assigned to the commission. These are not real government "jobs" at all. The governor does not get directly involved with the commissions and you probably will never meet him at all. https://www.sos.mn.gov/boards-commissions/ Boelter probably would have volunteered for the commission just in order to pad his rather sketchy resume and it's very doubtful that he ever met either Dayton or Walz.
Captain Zero
(8,060 posts)As I noted in a Post above here.
W_HAMILTON
(9,238 posts)...because the corporate, Republican-biased mainstream media would have already been breathlessly reporting on it like they do any and all stories that paint Democrats in a negative light.
marble falls
(66,654 posts)Walz once appointed Minnesota shooting suspect to advisory board. Here's context
Vance Boelter was appointed to a nonpartisan advisory board by two successive Minnesota governors.
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Published June 16, 2025
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Vance Boelter, accused of shooting two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses in June 2025 (one couple died), was once appointed to an advisory board by Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
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Because Boelter was originally appointed to the board in 2016 by former Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, Walz actually reappointed him in 2019 for a second term, which ended in January 2023. Boelter is reportedly not a Democrat himself, and Walz's office confirmed that the governor does not meet with prospective appointees prior to appointing them.
In mid-June 2025, a rumor began to spread that Vance Boelter, the accused shooter of two Minnesota Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses on June 14, had once been appointed a member of the Governor's Workforce Development Board by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. One of the targeted couples died.
For example, this post on Facebook criticized the authorities for not releasing the alleged assassin's supposed manifesto and speculated the reason they hadn't was because Walz had political ties to Boelter (archived):
The post read:
Boelter, a former appointee of Democrat Governors Dayton and Walz to the Workforce Development Board, has ties to evangelical groups and a security firm. Is this a deep-state cover-up to protect their own? We demand transparency—RELEASE THE MANIFESTO NOW!
The post had gained 4,600 reactions and 1,300 reshares as of this writing. Many of the commenters took it to mean Walz was an accomplice in the killings. "Five bucks says Walz is directly implicated," one said. The claim appeared on other Facebook posts. Further, Snopes readers searched the site seeking to verify this information.
Indeed, Boelter, 57, sat as a member of the Governor's Workforce Development Board. A Dec. 9, 2019, news release (archived) from Walz's office announced a list of appointees to the board, and Boelter was one of them. His appointment was set to end on Jan. 2, 2023. The most recent board meeting minutes Snopes could find that included his name were from Oct. 26, 2022. Walz replaced him on the board with someone else in March 2023.
However, Boelter's 2019 appointment by Walz was reportedly a reappointment. Boelter was first appointed in 2016 by former Gov. Mark Dayton (like Walz, a Democrat), according to The Minnesota Star Tribune. Dayton was elected in 2011 and left office in 2019, when Walz took over. The Daily Beast shared an appointment letter signed by Walz that was archived on the state of Minnesota's website.
Snopes contacted the Governor's Workforce Development Board staff, which declined to comment. A spokesperson for Walz's office replied, providing more context regarding the board appointments (more on this later). Workforce Development Boards exist across localities in the U.S. Their role is to cultivate talent, linking it to economic growth, and to develop strategic plans to set funding priorities. For example, they might advise on training for a local workforce to meet the needs of companies investing locally.
The Star Tribune further reported, citing an unnamed board member, that while Boelter served as the appointee of two successive Democratic governors, the board is bipartisan. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported in another article that Boelter had registered to vote as a Republican and, citing his roommate David Carlson, that he had last voted for U.S. President Donald Trump, a Republican. It also appeared, according to various reports, that Boelter was an evangelical Christian and staunchly opposed to abortion.
In addition, according to the Star Tribune, while it's true Walz had reappointed Boelter to the board, he did not know him personally, according to an unnamed source in Walz's office (a detail Snopes has not independently verified).
The governor's office is in charge of appointing hundreds of people to various advisory boards and commissions. Snopes found the Workforce Development Board included 58 members as of this writing. These various boards do not have the power to legislate.
"These are unpaid, nonpartisan, external boards that the legislature creates and the Governor does not interview applicants for," the spokesperson for Walz said in an emailed statement. "They are not appointments to a position in the Governor's cabinet. They also have no authority to make decisions, change laws, or implement policies."
Happy Hoosier
(8,984 posts)So what if it is? Dude murdered 2 people. You thinking lying is beyond him?
Captain Zero
(8,060 posts)Couched in general terms.
Especially the Security firm BULLSh**.
What the heck difference does it make. We know what he's like now thats the important information.
mercuryblues
(15,697 posts)1st off, Boelter was REappointed to the board. There are dozens of these boards. Hundreds of appointments every year, which is vetted by staff, then recommended to the Gov. Walz probably never met him. Some boards 0nly meet 1 time a year some more. It is not a daily job. As a matter of fact, it is not a job at all, it is a voluntary, unpaid position.
Boetler QUIT his real jobs because he and a friend started a security company in Africa. That buisness endeavor tanked before it ever got off the ground. But he had all the tactical gear he needed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/vance-boelter-melissa-hortman-assassination-tim-walz-connection-minnesota/
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/15/suspect-in-minnesota-political-shootings-had-fantasy-career-in-security/
stillcool
(34,370 posts)the day of. Got the talking points down, but too late. Although, the GOP does like to rinse and repeat, regardless of how many times their pitch is shot down. So much noise.
MarineCombatEngineer
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Kaleva
(39,595 posts)Blaming Walz and Walz and Dayton appointing him to a state work force. Which one are you asking about?