The news cycle moves so rapidly that many of you have probably forgotten that two Minnesota politicians and their spouses were shot and one was assassinated just a month ago.
It only took a day or two for the issue to be dropped, after the typical blame game in which Democrats and Republicans tried to pin the blame on the opposite team. Democrats left convinced that Vance Boelter, the murderer, was a rabid MAGA fan, and Republicans point out that he had been appointed to boards by both Mark Dayton and Tim Walz, linking him to the Democrats.
What Boelter is, though, is almost certainly a man who had a psychotic break.
There's a lot we still don't know about the man, but he is still alive to face justice so we will likely find out quite a bit more.
What we do have now, though, is the letter he wrote before he went on his assassination spree, in which he confesses and accuses Tim Walz of hiring him to kill Minnesota's US Senators so he could appoint himself in their place.
🚨 BREAKING: The letter written by the Minnesota ass*ssin has been RELEASED, per @lizcollin
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 15, 2025
“Tim Walz wanted me to KlLL Amy Klobuchar...”
“Tim Wants to be a Senator...”
INVESTIGATE TIM WALZ! pic.twitter.com/pjn9WZnzz2
Some people on the Right have seized on Boelter's accusation against Walz to call for an investigation into the governor.
Personally, I think that is ridiculous.
Story:https://t.co/8oABvg8ENk
— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) July 16, 2025
First, the contents of the letter, via Alpha News:
A search warrant written by an FBI agent was also released, which included a confession letter found in a vehicle Boelter abandoned near his home in Green Isle while he was on the run.
In it, he claims to have been “trained by U.S. Military people off the books” and says that Gov. Tim Walz wanted him to kill U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith.
“I told Tim I wanted nothing to do with it and if he didn’t call off that plan I would go public. He said he would call it hurt my family if I did (sic) play ball,” Boelter writes, saying that Walz wants to be a senator and doesn’t trust Smith to retire as planned.
He then claims that Walz set up a meeting “with me and Mel” and “they had some people waiting to kill me.”
“I was able to get away by God’s mercy,” Boelter continues, saying he “went back” and shot two unnamed individuals.
“If you think I’m making this up just get on the phone and tell Tim you have a few questions for him,” the letter says. “Tim is probably crapping bricks right now because I’m still at large and he knows what I can do, and that I know about where all the buried skeletons are. So I will be shot on sight you can bet on that.”
Newsflash: Boelter was not shot on sight. He was captured peacefully in a field near his home in Southern Minnesota.
So this retard hired an assassin? Crazy times pic.twitter.com/jc3ws9Eo5h
— Retard Finder (@IfindRetards) July 16, 2025
No doubt Democrats would have worked much harder to pin Boelter on MAGA--they did, indeed, try to do that initially--had this letter not existed. Walz clearly knew the contents from the beginning of the manhunt, and he was understandably shaken. Law enforcement had the letter early on in the process, although they didn't release it until now, along with the indictment.
Watch this again knowing Tim Walz knew the operation was a disaster.
— C3 (@C_3C_3) July 16, 2025
Vance Boelter was not eliminated as planned.
People would soon know he also wanted Amy Klobucher gone.
Walz was totally nervous and more uncomfortable than usual.
Walz knew.pic.twitter.com/3wka0MmLf5
What the letter is not is evidence that Tim Walz was the mastermind of a failed attempt to kill our U.S. senators. It is, rather, further evidence that Boelter is a nutcase with delusions of grandeur.
Within a few hours, it was clear that Boelter was a Walter Mitty--a legend in his own mind and a failure in real life. He portrayed himself as a big operator and wormed his way into positions adjacent to power--gubernatorial commissions--but which were little more than throwaway, unpaid advisory committees to which nobody paid a bit of attention.
Never forget…
— C3 (@C_3C_3) July 15, 2025
They trotted this sweaty guy out as their main source to confirm Vance Boelter was MAGA after Vance murdered the only Democrat that voted against the Democrats and then hid Vance’s manifesto that claimed Tim Walz told him to off Amy Klobuchar.
Scam. pic.twitter.com/kXFwQRRAGK
His best friend was a pizza delivery guy with a hygiene problem who clearly enjoyed his day in the sun.
He was an executive of companies that had no clients, and a wannabe security consultant with no real accomplishments. He was a nobody who wanted to be a somebody.
Walz has many character flaws, but even he is not stupid enough to contract with a loser to kill two of his political allies.
I have little but contempt for most politicians, and that goes double for Tim Walz, who I believe to be worse than most. He is a man who has been elevated far beyond his level of competence, a rather mean and petty man whose policies I believe to be destructive to my state, but he is not a killer.
It's stupid to take the word of Vance Boelter. Anybody who reads that confession letter and finds it credible needs to go outside and touch the grass.
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