Trump’s Post About Slain Minnesota Lawmaker Dismays Her Children
The New York Times••general
Key Points:
- The children of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman have asked former President Trump to remove a social media post that promoted a conspiracy theory about the politically motivated assassination of their parents in June.
- Melissa Hortman, a former Democratic speaker, and her husband were killed by a gunman impersonating a police officer; two other lawmakers were critically injured in the attack.
- Trump reposted a video on Truth Social falsely implicating Governor Tim Walz in the assassination, based on the shooter's prior involvement in a state panel under Walz’s administration.
- Authorities state the shooter, Vance Boelter, trafficked in conspiracy theories and has pleaded not guilty; the video also baselessly accused Hortman of involvement in a Minnesota
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