In mid-June 2025, a rumor began to spread that Vance Boelter, the accused shooter of two Minnesota Democratic state lawmakers and their spouses on June 14, had once been appointed a member of the Governor's Workforce Development Board by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. One of the targeted couples died.

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.

Within hours of the shooting of two lawmakers and their spouses in the US state of Minnesota, social media posts began claiming, without evidence, that Governor Tim Walz ordered a "political hit" on his rivals,

Several MAGA members have called out the state's Democratic leader over his previous appointment of the suspect to the governor's workforce development board.

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.

Jack Brewer, a former Vikings and Gophers player, speaks out on the Minnesota shootings allegedly involving a suspect who was a Walz appointee, claiming the state has become dangerous.

Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden took to social media to lambast Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz following last weekend's shootings.

Former NFL player, Jack Brewer, blasted Tim Walz after the death of a Minnesota lawmaker and called him "weak" and "emasculated."

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.