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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 101 points 3 days ago (13 children)

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgv4y99n7rt?post=asset%3A1323ea47-f9de-4300-bae2-fb4ea0797aac#post

Hortman joined Republicans as the lone Democratic vote in support of a provision preventing adult undocumented migrants from accessing the state’s low-income health insurance system.

Hortman defended her vote as part of a larger compromise to pass a budget in the narrowly divided chamber.

"I did what leaders do, I stepped up and I got the job done for the people of Minnesota," she said.

Hortman was killed four days later.

The only principled liberal. She said people don't need healthcare and then she died.

shrug-outta-hecks

[–] dead@hexbear.net 58 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm highly doubting that the motivation of the shooter was that he supported free healthcare. The suspected shooter worked for private security, had US military ties, and owned a cop car.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't mean that. To me he's chud-coded. I just mean that I'm happy she's dead for that reason.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago

I am clarifying because right wing twitter have declared the shooter to be a left wing radical. I'm suspecting right wingers will create conspiracy theories similar to the David DePape situation, where they claimed that the attack was motivated by a lover's quarrel.

[–] johnbrownn1917@hexbear.net 44 points 3 days ago

Seems he also wanted to kill Ilhan Omar and a bunch of abortion rights activists. Seems the only kind of healthcare that was involved in his thinking was about preventing woman from access to it.

[–] LetsGoBombTelAviv@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago

yeah ofc, but also rip-bozo

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago

yeah he's probably not even a luigi

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We must reach across the aisle to heal the partisan divide that's tearing this great nation apart

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[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 28 points 2 days ago

It's so annoying being local to this news right now, because the liberals are UPSET and are revising history as if she was a saint.

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Of fucking course she was a ghoul, even among Dems. 0 sympathy now

[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Damn, that's kind of ironic.

This person and her family can honestly go pound sand.

I'm glad they have to deal with death because of how much they support it.

I hope people send them lots of "fuck you, you deserved this" cards.

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

well well well.

crab dance?

I've heard worse reasons

hexcrab-party L hexcrab-party M hexcrab-party A hexcrab-party O hexcrab-party ! hexcrab-party

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[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 78 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team

Dr. Vance Boelter has been involved with security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, including the West Bank, Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. He brings a great security aspect forged by both many on the ground experiences combined with training by both private security firms and by people in the U.S. Military. He has worked for the largest U.S. oil refining company, the world's largest food company based in Switzerland and the world's largest convenience retailer based in Japan.

Vance has focused all this experience to make sure Praetorian Guard Security Services covers the needs you have to keep your family and property safe.

fidel-wut

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Praetorian Guard Security Services

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as whatever the fuck this is.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They're dabbing on us folks matt-jokerfied

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 54 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The gringo years of lead are gonna be full of old, pasty, bargain bin Rambos aren't they

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

someone in the news mega came up with Years of Lead Paint, https://hexbear.net/comment/6240466, which is just chefs-kiss

[–] astronot@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago

Someone in another thread came up with Years of Lard, which I also thought was magnificent

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[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wow CEO's are just executing politicians now??

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Business Plot, except this time the CEOs are even worse at business and plots. Probably planned his psy-op with Chat-GPT.

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[–] CutieBootieTootie@hexbear.net 48 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Why's he got a Lego star wars ass profile picture

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 28 points 3 days ago

He's a secret unlockable character in Lego United State The Movie The Game

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[–] dead@hexbear.net 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Finger@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago

no more half measures walter

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[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago

He even looks like a Diehard villain

[–] hollowmines@hexbear.net 36 points 3 days ago

local witch covens please be more specific in your efforts to bring about a "Vance assassination"

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The fliers in his car for the protest make this whole thing very sus

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 3 days ago

The pics looked like he just made one with a sharpie and then made photocopies on office paper. Totally hamfisted

[–] dead@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 51 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not saying this man did it, but "CEO of Praetorian Guard Security Services" is compelling.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 41 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This is the suspect that the police announced. He's very fed-coded. ~~I think he's also South African.~~

Editing this comment because I can't confirm that he was from South Africa. He was a member of "Minnesota Africans United", a connection for the network of African immigrants in Minnesota.

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 48 points 3 days ago

We have to stop letting boers into the USA until we figure out what is going on.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 days ago

Boer name

Worked in the Congo

Roman weeb

Yeah this mf did it

[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Praetorian Guard Security Services

sure, I'll hire a security service named after the guys who famously kept assassinating the emperors they were supposed to guard clueless

Also I just found a different Praetorian Guard (apparently several genius entrepreneurs had the same idea), and these motherfuckers even have a scorpion as their emblem! You know, the famously trustworthy scorpion (although maybe that particular fable's not as famous in South Africa, I dunno, but still)

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[–] dead@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago (4 children)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vance-boelter-e-d-d-b7814715 can't archive this page.

[–] HelluvaBottomCarter@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago

This guy went from being the highest manager at a 7/11 store to running a security company in the Congo. Fargo ass life.

[–] Test_Tickles@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago

that's a rather depressing resume and then CEO in Congo

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

What the fuck is a doctorate in leadership? No wonder the US has such an enormous research output, they give a Ph.D. with your happy meal

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[–] CutieBootieTootie@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago

What the hell happened to him in the congo

make lawmakers afraid again

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