Overview

• Lee’s personal account on X shared a masked image of Vance Boelter with captions like “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way” and “Nightmare on Walz Street.”
• His posts blamed Gov. Tim Walz for the killings, prompting criticism from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and some Republican colleagues.
• Elon Musk echoed Lee’s narrative by stating on X that “the far left is murderously violent.”
• Officials charged 57-year-old Boelter with murdering Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and injuring another state lawmaker and spouse.
• Evidence at the scene included a “No Kings” flyer and writings listing about 70 names, and investigators confirmed Boelter was a Trump supporter appointed to a bipartisan advisory board by Walz.