He fits the MAGA profile all right:
The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.
Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was captured late Sunday following a two-day manhunt authorities described as the largest in the state’s history. Boelter is accused of impersonating a police officer and gunning down former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home outside Minneapolis. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz described the shooting as “a politically motivated assassination.”
Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were shot earlier by the same gunman at their home nearby but survived.
Friends and former colleagues interviewed by AP described Boelter as a devout Christian who attended an evangelical church and went to campaign rallies for President Donald Trump. Records show Boelter registered to vote as a Republican while living in Oklahoma in 2004 before moving to Minnesota where voters don’t list party affiliation...
"Deeply religious" "devout Christian" "conservative" -- terms that have lost all real meaning to these cult members (and to much of the sanewashing corporate media, too). More accurately, he's a murdering psychopath, an extreme anti- abortion fanatic, and a member of the Malignant Fascist's cult of violence. Now he needs to be prosecuted in a court of law and a just verdict rendered. That's more of a break than he gave his innocent victims.
(Photo: Boelter under arrest, via AP)
Honestly, I thought a kind of reverse underground railroad would have gotten the and his wife out of the country. Given that Pam Bondi will refuse to issue federal charges, will Minnesota's prosecution be enough? Or does Trump simply issue a preemptive pardon?
ReplyDeleteIf Boelter is convicted at the state level, legally Trump can't pardon him. Not that Trump gives a fig about the law.
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