After an assassin killed one Minnesota state legislator and wounded another, Gov. Tim Walz denounced political violence. Just two weeks earlier, he incited it.

Vance Boelter was arrested for killing Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, on June 14, as The Dallas Express reported at the time. Days later, Walz denounced “all forms of violence.”

“We must stand united against all forms of violence – and I call on everyone to join me in that commitment,” Walz said in a release. “We will not let fear win.”

But just two weeks earlier, Walz labeled President Donald Trump a “wannabe dictator” and a bully. So Walz called to “bully the sh*t out of him back.” 

“Well, maybe it’s time for us to be a little meaner. Maybe it’s time for us to be a little more fierce,” Walz said. “Because we have to ferociously push back on this.” 

 

Dr. Phil reacted to Walz’s speech on his show “The Real Story,” condemning the rhetoric. He called for better leadership: “Isn’t there a better way to do it? Isn’t there a better way than to role model bullying?”

“There’s no place for any of this rhetoric from our political leaders. Not on the left, not on the right, it doesn’t matter,” Dr. Phil said. “It’s about modeling decency. Encouraging bullying from the top sends a lethal message.”

While the shooter’s motives were unclear at the time of publication, the governor’s comments could easily incite violence.

Legacy media have been covering Boelter as if he committed the killings for conservative beliefs. The Associated Press amplified reports that he was “deeply religious and politically conservative,” and CBS News said he was a “Trump supporter.” 

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But there is far more to the story.

As The Dallas Express reported at the time, Boelter left flyers for the “No Kings” mobilization against President Donald Trump in his car, suggesting he could have acted on left-wing ideology.

And just days before Hortman’s assassination, she broke with Democrats to cut taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal aliens, as The Dallas Express previously reported. She was visibly shaken from the pressure, breaking down in tears at a press conference.

In 2019, Walz appointed Boelter to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board. At the time, the governor signed a document attesting to the “special trust and confidence I have in [Boelter’s] integrity, judgment, and ability.” Then-Gov. Mark Dayton, also a Democrat, appointed him to the same council in 2016.

Democrats have a long history of inciting violence.

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Let’s not forget that, after leftists compared Trump to Adolf Hitler for years, someone finally took their words to heart – and took action. A sniper shot Trump on the campaign trail last year, as The Dallas Express reported. Those on the left continued to push violent rhetoric. Then, another shooter waited on the golf course to ambush the now-president. Later that year, a far-left activist murdered the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. 

Just last week, violent anti-ICE rioters surrounded and attacked federal agents in Los Angeles, as The Dallas Express also reported. Left-wing activists then doxxed ICE agents, publishing personal information to make them easy targets. 

This followed years of violence from the left, from mobbing conservatives on college campuses, to trying to assassinate a Supreme Court justice, to destroying cities in the name of “Black Lives Matter.” 

Going back to Boelter, it is also possible that Boelter had no clear ideology, but was driven insane by his ego.

Boelter held a long list of obscure jobs—from food service to 7-Eleven to the “Red Lion Group” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to The Washington Post, after returning from Africa, he reportedly took a job extracting eyeballs from corpses. 

Perhaps, after living in relative obscurity, Boelter wanted to be someone, even if it meant being notorious.

But the bloodshed in Minnesota is a warning of what happens when far-left leaders like Gov. Tim Walz normalize hatred and force through reckless rhetoric.