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
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AI commentaryThis event represents a dangerous escalation in Trump's pattern of promoting conspiracy theories that could incite violence against political opponents. By sharing a baseless claim that a sitting governor orchestrated an assassination, Trump is potentially putting Walz at risk of retaliatory violence from his supporters. The fact that the victim's family had to publicly plead for the post's removal, and that Minnesota Republicans refused to condemn it, demonstrates the normalization of such dangerous rhetoric within the GOP.