Overview
- Trump on Saturday shared a Truth Social video that promotes a baseless theory accusing Gov. Tim Walz of ordering former House Speaker Melissa Hortman’s assassination.
- Democratic officials denounced the post, and Democratic governors Andy Beshear and Kathy Hochul publicly backed Walz while urging leaders of both parties to reject the falsehood.
- Republican figures in Minnesota, including Sen. Julia Coleman and House Speaker Lisa Demuth, criticized conspiracy claims and called for focusing on the perpetrator.
- Hortman’s children, Colin and Sophie, asked Trump to remove the video and apologize, and the Hoffman family urged taking the post down to avoid further harm.
- Prosecutors say Boelter researched targets, allegedly posed as a police officer, carried a hit list, and acted alone; they have dismissed his letter claiming Walz’s direction as a delusion.