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The filming of June 14 of the legislators of the state of Minnesota And their spouses ignited fears of political violence in the United States. The fatal shot, which was nicknamed politically motivatedFood online speculation on the political convictions of the shooter.
Vance Boelter was decree On June 15 as part of the fatally shot of the Democratic legislative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the state senator, John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette. Boelter Faches accusations of state and federals, including a second degree murder, an attempted murder and harassment.
While federal law enforcement agents have launched their two -day boelter search, Senator Mike Lee, without evidence, has published numerous articles on the ideology of the suspect.
“This is what is happening (W), the Marxists are not making their way,” said Lee about Boelter around 11:00 am on June 15. By publishing his personal story, Lee joined a photo of Boelter from the “Wanted” poster of the FBI. The message was pinned to Lee’s X profile, ensuring that it would be the first thing that account visitors encountered.
This position followed other people in which Lee said Boelter held Marxist political beliefs. Marxism refers to the ideology developed by the philosopher Karl Marx which serves as fundamental theory for communist and socialist movements.
While the information sank that Boelter had made homemade leaflets in his car and that he had been appointed to a board of directors of the government in 2019, Lee was among the eminent conservatives calling for alleged leftist violence. Others included a billionaire businessman and former White House advisor Elon Musk and the American senator Bernie Moreno. On June 16, Lee republished Musk, saying that “the far left is violently violent”.
But the evidence available – including the comments of the public of people who knew Boelter, reports on the writings and video of Boelter by Boelter – did not support their conclusion that it was the work of a left -wing ideologist.
His friends said he had the right, a supporter of President Donald Trump and opposed abortion rights. While preaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo a few years ago, he spoke out against abortion.
However, the authorities have discouraged people to draw conclusions on Boelter’s motivation or what ideology could have motivated his actions.
“Obviously, his main reason was to go out and kill people,” said acting American lawyer Joseph Thompson in a press briefing on June 16 after Boelter was apprehended. “They were all elected officials. They were all Democrats.
We contacted Lee for evidence supporting the declaration that Boelter expressed a Marxist or left -wing ideology and received no response.
On the account of Lee Senate X, he took a different tone.
“These hateful attacks do not have their place in Utah, Minnesota or anywhere in America,” he wrote on June 15. “Please join me to condemn this insane violence and pray for the victims and their families.”
Boelter’s ideology and motivations are not clear, the authorities said
Boelter’s online voters’ recording file does not include any mention of his party affiliation, and a minnesota secretary of state spokesperson told Politifact that the office did not follow the party affiliation.
The information and nuances on Boelter’s possible political beliefs were available before LEE articles X.
The New York Times reported on June 14 that state documents in 2016 registered Boelter’s political affiliation as “none or other” and in 2020, “no preference for the party”.
US senator Tina Smith said on June 14 that the shooter had a notebook with a list of around 70 targets, including other democratic legislators and “doctors, community and business leaders, and places for Planned Parenthood and other health care centers,” said New York Times.
On June 16, Thompson, the acting American lawyer, told journalists that speculation or the discussion on the fact that Boelter had a “manifesto” filled with ideology was not supported by available evidence.
“I have not seen anything like a manifesto unabomber in the writings (of Boelter),” said Thompson. “He had a lot, many notebooks full of plans, lists of names, surveillance, efforts he made to monitor and locate the reception addresses and the relationships of family members with these elected officials, but I have not seen anything involving a sort of political screed or manifesto that would clearly identify what motivated him.”
People who knew that Boelter described political beliefs on the right
David Carlson, who identified himself with journalists as the current roommate of Boelter and longtime friend, said that the claims that Boelter was a democrat was inaccurate.
Carlson refuted the story – amplified by eminent conservative influencers – that the appointment of the Democratic Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz in 2019 from Boelter to a board of directors of the state labor proven that Boelter was liberal.
“Everyone calls him a democrat – it’s not a democrat,” Carlson told CBS News. “He would be offended if people called him a democrat.” The appointment of Boelter to the Walz labor development council reflected Boelter “serving the community”, not his political convictions, said Carlson.
Boelter did not like former President Joe Biden, added Carlson.
“He was a Trump supporter,” said Carlson. “He voted for Trump. He loved Trump.”
Before that, on June 14, Carlson told KMSP-TV that in the 1990s, Boelter “really hated abortion”. Carlson said that he had not spoken, however, with Boelter of abortion “finally” over the years.
Paul Schroeder, another person who has known Boelter for years, described him in terms of similar terms to the Associated Press.
“(Boelter) made the right politically but never fanatic, from what I saw, just strong beliefs,” said Schroeder in the AP. “He never told me about abortion … It seemed to be fair that he was a conservative republican who naturally followed Trump.”
When journalists asked the officials on Monday if supporters of abortion rights were one of Boelter’s potential objectives, Thompson said he thought that the names of “certain supporters of abortion” appeared in Boelter’s writings. He also said, however, that there were “dozens and dozens and dozens of names on hundreds of pages” of Boelter’s writings.
Boelter was also an evangelical Christian missionary who had denounced abortion at least once during a sermon he pronounced in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reported Christianity and the Associated Press today.
“The churches are so spoiled”, a YouTube video from February 2023 Boelter watch. “They do not know that abortion is false, many churches.”
Our decision
Lee said Boelter was motivated by the “Marxist” ideology.
He has provided no evidence in support of this declaration, and no information available on Boelter’s political beliefs reports only his beliefs were Marxists or on the left.
People who knew that Boelter told journalists that he was politically straight and voted for Trump. The law enforcement officials said that all the potential targets that Boelter had identified were elected officials and democrats, and they discouraged people from drawing radical conclusions on Boelter’s ideology.
In press situations, civil servants are needed to provide verified information. Instead of waiting for the facts, Lee promoted an unsecured and inflammatory conspiracy theory.
We assess this complaint FAKE.
