Trump Shares Conspiracy Theory Blaming Gov. Walz for Lawmaker's Assassination

President Donald Trump shared a social media post on Truth Social promoting a baseless conspiracy theory that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was involved in the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. The post included a video falsely claiming that Walz directed the alleged assassin to carry out the murder. Hortman's children publicly condemned Trump and requested he remove the post, calling it a 'false narrative.' Democrats described Trump's actions as 'dangerous' and 'depraved,' while law enforcement officials have repeatedly rejected such conspiracy theories. Minnesota Republicans declined to condemn Trump's post.

"Trump shared a video alleging Gov. Tim Walz is behind her assassination" — Description of Trump's Truth Social post promoting the conspiracy theory