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Vance Boelter, the suspect in the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers, has been captured, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirmed in a news conference late Sunday.
Boelter claimed to have a doctorate of education, and said he spent extensive time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa — where he was seen in videos apparently preaching on stage.
President Donald Trump will not call Gov. Tim Walz in the aftermath of the deadly shootings in Minnesota that killed a Democratic legislator and injured another, saying it would be a waste of his time.
Hours after the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prominent conservative influencers spun unsubstantiated theories that the suspect was a left-wing extremist who targeted the Democratic-aligned leaders for voting against party lines, and did so with the blessing of the state’s top Democrat, Gov. Tim Walz.
President Trump is forgoing a traditional presidential response to tragedies by not calling Gov. Tim Walz about the Melissa and Mark Hortman assassination that shook Minnesota.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz implored “leading with grace and compassion” after a madman with a kill list targeted a pair of lawmakers and their spouses in his state — a different tune from two weeks prior, when he urged his fellow Dems to “be a little meaner” and “bully the s–t” out of people like President Trump.
Vance Luther Boelter, the suspected assassin of Dem leaders Melissa Hotrtman and her husband, was captured after a two-day manhunt, but several questions remain unanswered. To start with, the motive behind the killing as cops found a list of about 70 politicians who he was about to target.
Former federal prosecutor Jonathan Fahey joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss his reaction to the arrest of Vance Boelter and new details revealed surrounding his past.