Minnesota politician shot and killed, another injured in "targeted political violence"
Minnesota politician shot and killed, another injured in "targeted political violence"
The assailant, who is still at large, was identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter by the state's public safety commissioner.
How is this not bigger news?
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I'd bet anything the police and media response to this is and will be orders of magnitude less than when that healthcare guy got clapped.
Insurance guy. The healthcare is what he was denying.
Well said…
The fact we have to clarify this distinction…
Pretty sure they were throwing “assassinated” in the headlines very early on there where this is just a “shooting” even though Tim Walz has already declared it a politically motivated assassination.
Nationally maybe, but not in Minnesota.
Or even just in comparison to the "violent ice protests"
My very first thought was about Luigi and thinking if this guy is found alive he likely won’t have any serious response. It seems they have a suspect but the dude was clearly wearing a mask so idk how they determined that