
Ryan Faircloth
State Politics Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
State politics reporter @StarTribune. Alum of @PioneerPress, @mndailynews. Texan. Got a tip? 📧 [email protected]
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1 week ago |
thebrunswicknews.com | Jeff Day |Ryan Faircloth |Jeffrey Meitrodt
MINNEAPOLIS - In a rambling, conspiratorial letter addressed to the FBI, alleged assassin Vance Boelter claimed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz instructed him to kill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar so that Walz could run for the U.S. Senate, according to two people familiar with the contents of the letter. The letter is the clearest evidence yet of Boelter's mindset after the targeted violence against Minnesota politicians last week.
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1 week ago |
thebrunswicknews.com | Jeff Day |Ryan Faircloth |Jeffrey Meitrodt
MINNEAPOLIS - In a rambling, conspiratorial letter addressed to the FBI, alleged assassin Vance Boelter claimed he needed to kill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar so that Gov. Tim Walz could run for the U.S. Senate, according to two people familiar with the contents of the letter. The letter is the clearest evidence yet of Boelter's mindset after the targeted violence against Minnesota politicians last week.
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1 week ago |
arcamax.com | Jeff Day |Ryan Faircloth |Jeffrey Meitrodt
MINNEAPOLIS — In a rambling, conspiratorial letter addressed to the FBI, alleged assassin Vance Boelter claimed he needed to kill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar so that Gov. Tim Walz could run for the U.S. Senate, according to two people familiar with the contents of the letter. The letter is the clearest evidence yet of Boelter’s mindset after the targeted violence against Minnesota politicians last week.
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1 week ago |
dailyitem.com | Jeff Day |Ryan Faircloth |Jeffrey Meitrodt
MINNEAPOLIS — In a rambling, conspiratorial letter addressed to the FBI, alleged assassin Vance Boelter claimed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz instructed him to kill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar so that Walz could run for the U.S. Senate, according to two people familiar with the contents of the letter. The letter is the clearest evidence yet of Boelter’s mindset after the targeted violence against Minnesota politicians last week.
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gazettextra.com | Ryan Faircloth |Deena Winter |Elliot Hughes
In an age of social media tirades and escalating polarization, Vance Boelter did not strike people who knew him or worked with him as someone motivated by political rage. Boelter was apprehended by police Sunday night, officials said, and is alleged by law enforcement to have carried out a political assassination. He's been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the fatal shootings of state Rep.
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