Althouse: “He sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn’t the answer.”

Hunyo 15, 2025

“He sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn’t the answer.”

From “Who Is Vance Boelter? The Minnesota Lawmaker Shooting Suspect/The 57-year-old worked in security and as a pastor. A list found in his car included prominent abortion-rights supporters in Minnesota, according to an official” (WSJ).

116 (na) komento:

Peachy ayon kay ...: I'd like to know if he actually mentioned abortion.
Were there any R's on his list? What about the so-called "No Kings' fliers in his car?

Data Republican has a run-down that I trust more.

The media are desperate to blame Trump, and smear Trump and his supporters.
Ignored - as always - is the non-stop violent rhetoric that comes out of Governor Tim Walz's mouth.; 6/15/25, 12:01 PM
loudogblog ayon kay ...: How do you go from "violence isn't the answer" to murdering people face to face? It sounds like something snapped in his mind and he went over the edge.; 6/15/25, 12:03 PM
Dave Begley ayon kay ...: Nutcase.; 6/15/25, 12:06 PM
wendybar ayon kay ...: When you have Progressive Representatives that act like THIS:
"A North Carolina state representative has called for President Trump’s beheading.

Rep. Julie von Haefen attended the “No Kings” protest yesterday in North Carolina holding an effigy of what appeared to be the decapitated heads of Trump and his senior policy advisor Stephen Miller."

Is there any wonder their mentally ill supporters attack? This guy was a Progressive nut.

Hopefully this woman gets what she deserves....because SHE is a problem. (can't blame being a comedienne, like they did with psycho Kathy Griffin.); 6/15/25, 12:08 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Near the bottom, some paragraphs at Ann's link - mention dogs and dog breeding. I hope authorities are looking into that- and saving any abandoned dogs.
Next - the friend who seems credible - noted that the killer never even mentioned the two people he killed.
so strange.; 6/15/25, 12:10 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: This will be used by the left to smear Trump.
Nothing new.

but this is still going on.; 6/15/25, 12:12 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: btw- RIP to State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.; 6/15/25, 12:13 PM
mccullough ayon kay ...: As usual, the influence went the other way.; 6/15/25, 12:15 PM
Big Mike ayon kay ...: @Peachy, thanks for the link to DataRepblican. It as quite enlightening. But I want to say that if Boelter thought he could make a name for himself by murdering abortion-rights supporters, then he does not understand the Pro-Life movement at all.; 6/15/25, 12:20 PM
Dr Weevil ayon kay ...: Lots of reports on Twitter that his wife and three other relatives were detained in a car with "a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports". None of the reports apparently has the common sense to raise the obvious question: did these plural passports include her husband's, or were they just the passports of the people in the car? If they did, then it certainly looks like she was trying to take it to him, and bring him a weapon, and therefore knew where he was, or at least how to contact him. It would also make her an 'accessory after the fact'. Maybe the authorities wouldn't say whether his passport was in the car, but how stupid are our reporters not even to ask?; 6/15/25, 12:22 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Big Mike - agreed. If you are pro life - you respect life. Period.
He is false - a false prophet.
Also - the left already place harsh social demands that no one dare BE pro-life. Pro-lifers show up and pray - and that offends the left a great deal. No room for anything but pro-abortion obedience. What this guy accomplished will be an even harder crack-down on anyone's ability to be pro-life.; 6/15/25, 12:29 PM
Dr Weevil ayon kay ...: P.S. The relatives were apparently pulled over 90 minutes north of Minneapolis-St. Paul, so it looks like they were heading for Canada. Were they planning to sneak across the border at an unguarded crossing? Trying to take a weapon into Canada at manned checkpoint would not be a good idea.; 6/15/25, 12:31 PM
n.n ayon kay ...: Follow the progressive principles, prosecuted with liberal license, a "burden" relieved. #Queens... ThroughTheLookingGlass; 6/15/25, 12:35 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Dr. Weevil - wondering if they (the family/wife) had his passport- and were going to meet up.; 6/15/25, 12:39 PM
Wince ayon kay ...: Vance Luther Boelter.

Swan: Why'd you do it? Why'd you waste Cyrus?

Luther: No reason... I just like doing things like that.; 6/15/25, 12:43 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: "North Carolina State Rep Julia Von Heffer(D) Waves Trump’s Decapitated Head at ‘No Kings’ Protest: ‘Some Cuts May Be Necessary.’"

Hey - don't blame the democrats for any violence, ever.; 6/15/25, 12:47 PM
FullMoon ayon kay ...: "Dr Weevil said...
Lots of reports on Twitter that his wife and three other relatives were detained in a car with "a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports". None of the reports apparently has the common sense to raise the obvious question: did these plural passports include her husband's, or were they just the passports of the people in the car?"

Good question. Could have been 1 legal pistol, misc cash in wallets , and passports for out of country visitors.

Kinda like describing gas can for lawnmower and cans of spray paint as flammable and explosive devices.
Ratheresque , fake but accurate.; 6/15/25, 12:48 PM
paminwi ayon kay ...: Too much unknown here. Heard early this am that some Wisconsin legislators were named on his manifesto list. Anymore info on that?; 6/15/25, 12:49 PM
n.n ayon kay ...: Affirmative action to entertain abortive ideation is a religious rite following progressive principles.; 6/15/25, 12:50 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Will we get an honest account of what was found?
manifesto? Names?
Also - while his room-mate seems credible - not much information there. The media have clamped on like piranha's to the "He voted for Trump!"
Well - it's still hearsay.; 6/15/25, 12:58 PM
phantommut ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 6/15/25, 1:02 PM
Mary Beth ayon kay ...: A news report I read said the list had 70 names. I'm sure it "includes" all sorts of people. It would not be surprising to me for some of them to be pro-abortion. That could be the characteristic that links all of them, but I don't see any reason to believe that at this point.; 6/15/25, 1:03 PM
phantommut ayon kay ...: I detect chaff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure); 6/15/25, 1:03 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: "He sought out militant Islamists."

I'd like to know how that is done.; 6/15/25, 1:09 PM
n.n ayon kay ...: Fortunately, most people, men and women, are not [Critical] DEIsts who judge others in color and class blocs.; 6/15/25, 1:10 PM
lonejustice ayon kay ...: Police are saying that Vance Luther Boelter had dozens of Minnesota Democrats on a targeted hit list.

Those on the list included Gov. Tim Walz, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith and state Attorney General Keith Ellison, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter.

I think it's pretty safe to say he was not a Democrat.; 6/15/25, 1:14 PM
FormerLawClerk ayon kay ...: Loudogblog asked: "How do you go from "violence isn't the answer" to murdering people face to face"

The way you get there is to first try the non-violent approach and fail miserably. And then you realize, as the anti-Kings did yesterday, that non-violence doesn't produce anything.

If Trump was King yesterday, then he certainly still is today. Nothing changed. Non-violence changed nothing.

Now if all those King protestors had brought AK-47s to the rally, and demanded change, things might be different. Better? Perhaps not. But certainly different.

That's the hard truth. People think al Qaeda lost. Go look at Great Britian today. Tell me al Qaeda lost. They've taken England. Same with Ireland. In the United States, a Muslim cannot be criticized publicly or else you will be #cancelled as an Islamaphobe. After 9-11, we immediately elected a man named Hussein.

Germany has 5 million more Muslims today than in 2001. France 3 million. Canada 2 million.

Look at history; who is writing the history books? The non-violent? No.; 6/15/25, 1:29 PM
pious agnostic ayon kay ...: No Kings obviously worked. We don't have a King, do we?; 6/15/25, 1:37 PM
Wince ayon kay ...: lonejustice said...
"I think it's pretty safe to say he was not a Democrat."

Dan White, who shot Harvey Milk, was a Democrat. However, he was often labeled as a conservative within the party because of his experience in law enforcement and the military, and because of endorsements from police and firefighter unions.; 6/15/25, 1:41 PM
tcrosse ayon kay ...: Republicans don't seem to be praising Vance Boelter, the way Democrats are praising Luigi Mangione.; 6/15/25, 1:45 PM
Narr ayon kay ...: "Look at history"

Been doing that since I learned to read, and I learned early.

"who is writing the history books? The non-violent? No."

The history books are mostly being written by historians, who tend to be mild-mannered middle-class people who rarely encounter, and seldom promote, violence.

I've read quite a few very good history books in my ten years since retirement--I report many of them here--and not even the military historians strike me (ha) as non non-violent.

Perhaps you can list some history books that illustrate your point?; 6/15/25, 1:53 PM
Narr ayon kay ...: BTW, "militant Islamist" is becoming increasingly redundant. The faith has been militant since its origins in the sun-addled brain of a camel-rustling, child-fucking, warlord.

Find out for yourself at any local mosque.; 6/15/25, 1:58 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: its more accurate to say the Brotherhood is winning of which Al Queda, like Hamas is the forward franchise,

certainly Germany learned nothing from Hamburg as they had with Munich a generation before,; 6/15/25, 2:02 PM
Iman ayon kay ...: “I think it's pretty safe to say he was not a Democrat.“

It was reported there were also Republicans on that targeted list.

A nutcase is a nutcase.; 6/15/25, 2:05 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: Charles Doughty for instance was more of an explorer than a historian, but he was much more honest about the Saudis than say Robert Lacey was a hundred years later, the second book that was largely written by Jamal Khashoggi was more honest,; 6/15/25, 2:05 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: its the kultursmog, as Emmett Tyrell used to call it, they can't dismiss his prog connections but they will try to obfuscate them,; 6/15/25, 2:08 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: one thing is for sure, ignore Governor Walz's extremist and violent rhetoric - and blame Trump and his supporters.; 6/15/25, 2:14 PM
Tom T. ayon kay ...: If the wife had a gun, the article likely would have specified. "Weapon" could include something relatively innocuous like a pocketknife or (given that it's Minnesota) a hockey stick.; 6/15/25, 2:15 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: so it's much like vonneguts klaxons in harrison bergeron, then,
trying to make the illogical seem sane; 6/15/25, 2:17 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: 'its the one that sticks up with the thing'; 6/15/25, 2:19 PM
FullMoon ayon kay ...: Maybe the guy was sick and tired of all the threats of violence against Trump and his supporters by democrats on the list.

Suspect industrious person could look at the target list and connect each one to hateful rhetoric.

"Rep. Julie von Haefen attended the “No Kings” protest yesterday in North Carolina holding an effigy of what appeared to be the decapitated heads of Trump and his senior policy advisor Stephen Miller."; 6/15/25, 2:22 PM
Mark ayon kay ...: The excuses and tinfoil hat theories here are wild.; 6/15/25, 2:48 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: I remember when univision was so desperate to whitewash the pulse shooter, they ran his supposed mail lover, with voice masked of course for a week or two, and then they dropped the narrative and admitted he was an islamist,; 6/15/25, 2:56 PM
boatbuilder ayon kay ...: “I think it's pretty safe to say he was not a Democrat.“

It was reported there were also Republicans on that targeted list.

A nutcase is a nutcase.

Amen. As far as I know, there are no Democrat or Republican politicians or pundits advocating masking up and shooting people. The rush to discredit political opposition by attributing the actions of clearly deranged individuals to whatever broad category of "political" views or motivations the lunatic might also be linked to is spurious and asinine. Unfortunately also pervasive.; 6/15/25, 2:56 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: we can take that berzerker loughner, who was clearly deranged, but he had the aid of sheriff dupnik, who sprung him loose and hence Tucson which was a very handy hook to knee cap the Tea Party at the outset,; 6/15/25, 3:03 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: whenever there is a nail, they bring out the hammers,; 6/15/25, 3:04 PM
Leora ayon kay ...: Why don't they release the list of targets of ideally the whole manifesto? I'm not sure an unnamed official is to be trusted.; 6/15/25, 3:11 PM
Jim at ayon kay ...: I think it's pretty safe to say he was not a Democrat.

He was also appointed to state board by two, different Democratic governors, his wife worked for Walz in DC and apparently had a bunch of No Kings signs in his vehicle.

Much like you, I think it's pretty safe to say he wasn't a conservative.; 6/15/25, 3:14 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: https://twitchy.com/samj/2025/06/15/richard-hanania-boelter-friend-roomie-video-n2414288 trying too hard,; 6/15/25, 3:22 PM
Bob Boyd ayon kay ...: A list found in his car included prominent abortion-rights supporters in Minnesota, according to an official”

That's very carefully worded. Any list of prominent DFL politicians in Minnesota would include abortion-rights supporters.; 6/15/25, 3:47 PM
Aggie ayon kay ...: The guy's history comes across as somebody that's bi-polar, all of these vectors heading off from grandiose beginnings into failure or obscurity. Not that I'm any kind of expert on the subject. Trying to guess his motivations though, I'm not sure they're going to translate through any kind of political affiliation lens. The sooner they track him down and capture him, the better. And I'll say it again: As long as he's on the loose, withholding the manifesto or at least a summary of it, does a disservice to those that might be at risk. People have a right.; 6/15/25, 3:55 PM
Greg The Class Traitor ayon kay ...: lonejustice said...
Police are saying that Vance Luther Boelter had dozens of Minnesota Democrats on a targeted hit list.
...
I think it's pretty safe to say he was not a Democrat.

Only if your'e a complete fucking moron and a pathetic ignoramus

Last session Democrats voted to give free, which is to say "taxpayer paid for" health care to every illegal alien in MN.

This year the GOP got a split in the State House of Reps, and promised to shut down the gov't if they dint' get a good deal.

So they got one: to start with, adult illegals no longer get their health care paid for by the taxpayers.

Democrats had to vote for that budget, and Walz signed it.

The two Democrats he shot were Dems who voted for that budget.
The woman he killed was the sole Democrat in the State House to vote for it, and thus the deciding vote.

He's a left wing psychotic just like all the other political killers in America; 6/15/25, 3:57 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: I think all they got is the room-mate/ best friend saying he voted for Trump.
However - I don't see the recording of it.
Did it happen?; 6/15/25, 3:58 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: its that ferris bueller by attribution rules,; 6/15/25, 4:14 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: I mean - there is a video of the media person who spoke with the guy - but there is no video of that actual interview ---- right?; 6/15/25, 4:15 PM
Eva Marie ayon kay ...: I don’t understand the roommate situation. He payed his roommate 4 months advance rent. But he also has a wife who, it seems, was willing to forfeit her freedom in a bid to help him?; 6/15/25, 4:15 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: among the places he said he had been were gaza and lebanon, of course if he stayed in minnesota, he wouldn't have to go there,; 6/15/25, 4:16 PM
FormerLawClerk ayon kay ...: "But he also has a wife"

Like Walz, he has a beard. He's so obviously gay it's like he's a walking, talking Pride Parade.; 6/15/25, 4:32 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: eee gads. Kaiser Permanente had a booth at a pride parade to attract children for their transgender clinic. They’re trying to recruit lifetime patients to mutiIate and castrate.; 6/15/25, 4:32 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: This didn't make the Sludgey news.; 6/15/25, 4:37 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Hilarious - confounded by a book

Dick Cheney is forcing me to be a mommy!
when did that book come out?; 6/15/25, 4:41 PM
tim maguire ayon kay ...: As with nearly all the shooters, he seems more lunatic than partisan.; 6/15/25, 5:06 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Eva - Agreed - it's all very strange.
I'm also reading he fled on foot after an exchange of gun fire with police. OK - how far can a person get on foot?; 6/15/25, 5:06 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: She's got lungs... she knows how to use 'em.

testing.; 6/15/25, 5:13 PM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: Reporters say that the Minnesota shooter is a Trump supporter and a fierce opponent of reproductive rights. The Althouse commentariat says he is a Marxist. For busy social media users, it can be hard to know who to trust.; 6/15/25, 5:25 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: kak - a - phony
You leftists have it all figured out.
Some of us maintain curiosity .; 6/15/25, 5:34 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Isn't it strange that the only camera image of the man in the house of the one of the victims - is a man in a strange bald mask - that completely hides his real identity.; 6/15/25, 5:38 PM
Inga ayon kay ...: “The two Democrats he shot were Dems who voted for that budget.
The woman he killed was the sole Democrat in the State House to vote for it, and thus the deciding vote.”

Wrong…

“One victim of the Vance Boelter shooting, State Rep. Mellisa Hortman, was a Democrat and formerly the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Her husband, John Hoffman, was also shot and injured. While both Hortman and Hoffman are identified as Democrats, their voting records on all recent legislation are not publicly available information that is typically compiled or disclosed in this format.

However, sources indicate that Vance Boelter shot Hoffman and his wife despite Hoffman having voted against a bill to remove health coverage, unlike Hortman. This suggests that at least regarding that specific bill, their votes were different.”; 6/15/25, 5:42 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: I'm not trying to be conspiratorial - obviously I'm only reading what everyone else is reading. It's morphed quickly.

One of my initial thoughts: the vote that just took place, where House Speaker Melissa Hortman(D) sided with Republicans.
Video of her decision brought her to tears.
Was this murder a way to intimidate democrats - *wink* - better stay in line - or else?
Again - just a thought that passed thru...; 6/15/25, 5:44 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Hi Tarheel.; 6/15/25, 5:45 PM
Inga ayon kay ...: “Did Boelter’s wife intern for Walz?
There is also speculation on social media that Boelter’s wife, Jenny, was an intern for Walz. A spokesperson for the governor said that’s not true.
The Walz intern is a different person who appears to be married to someone else, the spokesperson said.
Were Boelter’s attacks a left-wing assault over a vote to strip health care from undocumented adults?
Some on social media have speculated about Boelter’s political views and what motivated him to carry out the shootings.

One theory is that the shooter had left-wing politics and targeted Hoffman and Hortman for stripping state health care coverage from adult undocumented immigrants.
Those allegations have been spread by prominent political figures with huge followings, but so far there is no evidence to support them.“

https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-did-vance-boelter-suspect-in-minnesota-shootings-have-close-ties-to-gov-tim-walz/601373519; 6/15/25, 5:47 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Considering the Russia Russia Maddow-Mueller Hillary hoax - and the Jan 6th lies and outrageous non-democratic treatment of American citizens- some of us are skeptical of a credibility-lacking democrat party media and possible mob narratives.; 6/15/25, 5:49 PM
Inga ayon kay ...: “Hortman this year was the only Democrat in the Minnesota House to vote for a bill to end that health care coverage for undocumented adults, which she did to honor an agreement with Republican legislative leaders to pass a two-year state budget on Monday.
Hortman was opposed to the measure, like nearly all of her DFL colleagues at the Capitol, and was heartbroken about the vote, not terrified of violent repercussions from the governor.
Walz agreed to that budget deal in writing, and also signed the legislation removing health care for undocumented adults on Saturday after the attacks on Hortman and Hoffman. Walz praised that deal on Saturday.

Boelter also shot and injured Hoffman and his wife, even though Hoffman, unlike Hortman, voted against the bill to remove health coverage.“

Does Vance Boelter’s wife work for CentraCare?
Grok, X’s AI bot, said Vance Boelter’s wife, Jennifer, worked at CentraCare.
St. Cloud-based CentraCare indeed does employ a doctor named Jennifer Boelter. However, she is not married to Vance Boelter.

The CentraCare physician is married to Dr. Chris Boelter, another physician employed by the health system.
Jennifer Boelter, the physician, did not intern at Gov. Walz’s office, a spokesperson said.”

https://www.startribune.com/fact-check-did-vance-boelter-suspect-in-minnesota-shootings-have-close-ties-to-gov-tim-walz/601373519; 6/15/25, 5:54 PM
Iman ayon kay ...: “Reporters say that the Minnesota shooter is a Trump supporter”

Well, what the Hell else would they say? The half-truths and lies never end with these so-called journalists.; 6/15/25, 5:59 PM
Leland ayon kay ...: so far there is no evidence to support them.

No evidence? What do you call Hortman being killed? It may not be the MO, but it is evidence that supports the possible MO. It is much more substantial evidence than the hearsay of the roommate and the speculation on what the list says. You have a body.; 6/15/25, 6:00 PM
Mason G ayon kay ...: "Reporters say..."

"Reporters"??? Hahahahahahahahahahahaha... That's gold, Jerry- gold!; 6/15/25, 6:07 PM
lonejustice ayon kay ...: So far there have been 77 comments on this thread. 22 of the comments were from "Peachy". This has to be an Althouse record.; 6/15/25, 6:17 PM
Iman ayon kay ...: Peachy makes interesting, on topic comments. Some just whine, or better still, claim to be something they clearly aren’t…
🤨; 6/15/25, 6:37 PM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 6/15/25, 6:44 PM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: The Minnesota shooter supported Trump and had a kill list consisting entirely of Democrats and reproductive rights advocates. But it's unclear what his political motivations might be.; 6/15/25, 6:45 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 6/15/25, 7:31 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Kak - a - phony - you've already stated the offical democrat party line.
Again - some of us are curious about what is really going on. because the whole thing is very strange.; 6/15/25, 7:32 PM
Howard ayon kay ...: Who gives a flying fuck about the people who were murdered when we can get one up on our political rivals. Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?; 6/15/25, 7:37 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Again - he was married with children - but he had a room-mate... ? who gently outed him - maybe as a "Trump supporter against abortion."

did he live in a nice house? Some are saying he did.
He had money, he was broke, he worked at 7/11,
Spin the bottle for you next clue.

meanwhile - he got away on foot.; 6/15/25, 7:39 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Howard- my post at 12:13 - of course the deaths of these two people is a horrific event.; 6/15/25, 7:43 PM
Bob B ayon kay ...: Kak said,
“The Minnesota shooter supported Trump and had a kill list consisting entirely of Democrats and reproductive rights advocates.”
How does he know? The left said it while withholding the list. They say, “We were lying about Biden’s health, but now blindly trust us.”; 6/15/25, 7:51 PM
tcrosse ayon kay ...: If the Minnesota shooter supported Trump, the left can't make a hero out of him, like they did Luigi Mangione.; 6/15/25, 7:54 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Iman - thanks.; 6/15/25, 8:02 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: exactly Bob B. - excuse us if we don't trust leftist lying liars who lie. We don't.; 6/15/25, 8:04 PM
Howard ayon kay ...: The killer is like a rabid dog that needs to be put down. It has nothing to do with the particular breed.; 6/15/25, 8:15 PM
Greg The Class Traitor ayon kay ...: Final reality check:
The Democrat Minnesota authorities announced immediately after reading it that they would not release his manifesto.

Anyone who things it's a pro-Republican / pro-life / anti-abortion manifesto is doing serious drugs; 6/15/25, 8:41 PM
Quaestor ayon kay ...: "The Minnesota shooter supported Trump..."

Kakistocracy claims without evidence.

Let's see your evidence, or as a dues-paying member of the PBIST Club (President Biden Is Sharp as a Tack), we'll denounce you as a mendacious shill.

Hint: Before you start assembling your transparently fake evidence, forget about the registered Republican bullshit. Minnesota doesn't do partisan registration.; 6/15/25, 8:46 PM
Quaestor ayon kay ...: "The killer is like a rabid dog"

He may be a rabid dog, but the sickness hasn't affected his brain. He's still evading law enforcement.

MN is getting its karma leveled. The DFL's went all in over the George Floyd/BLM swindle by decimating police agencies throughout the state. Consequently a murderous criminal with a 100+ IQ has a least a temporary exploitable advantage.

I fear Boelter will kill again before he's finally stopped, and Tim Walz must accept the blame.; 6/15/25, 8:59 PM
wildswan ayon kay ...: As of Sunday evening, I can't see that there is enough evidence to know what this guy was up to.

It's extremely unusual that someone is so anti-abortion that he shoots and kills pro-abortion supporters and yet that committed person is unknown to anyone in the prolife movement. But it could be. The violent usually despise prolifers; the violent are anti-abortion, not prolife.
Or this could be false flag operation which is what I am hoping is the case. A far leftist who despises the moderates, whether left or right, decides to shoot as many as he can and blame it on prolifers. Get the moderates and the prolifers. A sort of twofer.

If he's anti-abortion I condemn violence as way to achieve our goals. If it turns out he's a far leftist, maybe an anarchist, I think we''ll see the lefty commenters blaming Trump.; 6/15/25, 9:07 PM
bagoh20 ayon kay ...: How about we just accept that the shooter was anti-abortion, pro-Trump, and a former gay lover of mine in college. Now what? He is still obviously crazy. He will have no effect on abortion law, Trump didn't know him, and I can't remember if he was my top or bottom. So what is this all about? Lies, who is doing them, and why, and this time, lets cut the liars off completely from our attention, once and for all.; 6/15/25, 9:23 PM
Quaestor ayon kay ...: More info.; 6/15/25, 9:27 PM
Aggie ayon kay ...: They found a second car of his apparently abandoned. “We have not concluded exactly how he is getting around the area,” said Drew Evans, superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in Minnesota....."

I'd guess, the longer he's not caught using all the resources they've deployed, the likelier it becomes that it's because he's no longer moving at all. We'll see.; 6/15/25, 9:29 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: right. Any of you leftist Soviet Democratic loyalists care at all about the death of Cory Compratore? NO.; 6/15/25, 10:10 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 6/15/25, 10:14 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Something I noted - but I'm glad Bennie made it clearer.
HOW did the police allow this guy to flee? - they had him.
Look at the front door- with 10+ bullets police holes in it.; 6/15/25, 10:18 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Quaestor - thank you. THANK YOU.

Something very sinister is going down.
and yes - it has everything to do with her vote.
Not abortion.; 6/15/25, 10:18 PM
Joe Bar ayon kay ...: Apparently, he's been taken into custody. Imagine that.; 6/15/25, 10:21 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 6/15/25, 10:21 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: "Here is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz two weeks ago telling Democrats that they need to "get meaner."

Two Minnesota lawmakers who voted against healthcare funding for illegal aliens were just shot in his state.

Is that "mean" enough for the Democratic Party?"; 6/15/25, 10:30 PM
TeaBagHag ayon kay ...: Peachy as usual, always wrong but never in doubt.
This MAGAt crusader had a hit list of abortion providers, you fucking dolt.; 6/15/25, 11:01 PM
Achilles ayon kay ...: Quaestor said...
"The Minnesota shooter supported Trump..."

Kakistocracy claims without evidence.

Let's see your evidence, or as a dues-paying member of the PBIST Club (President Biden Is Sharp as a Tack), we'll denounce you as a mendacious shill.

Hint: Before you start assembling your transparently fake evidence, forget about the registered Republican bullshit. Minnesota doesn't do partisan registration.

They have as much evidence of that as they do that Hunter's Laptop was Russian disinformation or that Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

They are just dishonest and violent and just terrible people.

The kicker is that even after their lies are outed they continue on as if they aren't liars.

You just cannot have a free country with people like the current democrat party in it. The true liberals like RFK and Tulsi Gabbard were kicked out by the radical violent progressive left. The progressives need to be shipped to China and replaced with the JFK style democrat party of the 60's.; 6/16/25, 12:06 AM
Inga ayon kay ...: Isn’t it time now to stop twisting yourselves into pretzels with mistruths and conjecture about who this man is? It’s truly mindboggling how conservatives have attempted to deny the reality of this person’s ideological bent.

“Friends and former colleagues interviewed by AP described Boelter as a devout Christian who attended an evangelical church and went to campaign rallies for President Donald Trump. Records show Boelter registered to vote as a Republican while living in Oklahoma in 2004 before moving to Minnesota where voters don’t list party affiliation.”

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-shootings-lawmakers-suspect-21b2165404bc66f77dd5e0e36efeb065; 6/16/25, 6:17 AM
Inga ayon kay ...: “The first purpose of these disinformation efforts is, of course, to muddy the waters so that people with conservative inclinations, who may still abhor political violence, have a rationale to keep supporting Trump. On Facebook, liberals posting about the shooting are already seeing confused friends and relatives show up in their comments, asserting a connection between Boelter and Walz that isn't there. But the other potential effect of these conspiracy theories, whether intended or not, is to encourage more political violence from the right.

Right-wing conspiracy theories that make excuses for MAGA violence function as incitement in two ways. First, it signals to would-be terrorists that, if they take violent action, they can expect support from MAGA cheerleaders in cyberspace. Second, it creates counter-narratives that allow potential killers a rationale that they are acting in "self-defense." That hurting and killing Democrats is justified because, according to the conspiracists, Democrats started it.”

https://www.salon.com/2025/06/16/conspiracy-theories-about-minnesota-shooter-arent-just-deflection-theyre/; 6/16/25, 6:28 AM
boatbuilder ayon kay ...: As Benny Johnson points out in the link Quaestor provided, the person in the Walter White mask and police uniform appears to be slight; Boelter appears to be relatively large and heavy.; 6/16/25, 7:16 AM
Leland ayon kay ...: devout Christian who attended an evangelical church

Perhaps Inga thinks all Christians ought to be opposed to abortion? Or maybe she thinks all Christians ought to oppose Democrat lawmakers? I’m not sure what her point may be by mentioning his religion as clear evidence of his political leanings. Perhaps she just means he is a zealot, but that would implicate her just as much as him, in terms of being dangerous.; 6/16/25, 7:24 AM
Curious George ayon kay ...: Our resident dullard, shaking off all her previous fails, returns to provide all a breakdown of what's up. This too will end badly.; 6/16/25, 7:35 AM
Rocco ayon kay ...: Quaestor said...
"Kakistocracy claims without evidence.”

Don’t forget his “pouncing” and “seizing”, too.; 6/16/25, 7:43 AM
Rocco ayon kay ...: “…devout Christian who attended an evangelical church…”

The proper term is “austere religious scholar”.

When he was seeking out militant Islamists, who was converting who?; 6/16/25, 7:46 AM
Peachy ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 6/16/25, 8:28 AM
Peachy ayon kay ...: I-NAG(D) - WE DO NOT require lectures from someone who is a liar - and has ZERO credibility. Russia Russia Inag.; 6/16/25, 9:59 AM
Narr ayon kay ...: Thanks, FLC. That's what I thought.; 6/16/25, 12:01 PM

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