#Minnesota state Sen Julia Coleman (R), who has repeatedly condemned the peddling of the #misinformation involving #MelissaHortman’s death, told WaPo in a statement on Saturday that “the American people, grieving families, & the legacies of those lost deserve far better” than the spread of false, harmful conspiracies.

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“In covering for an actual serial killer, he is going to get more innocent people killed,” Gov #TimWalz said Saturday. “America is better than this.”

State #Republicans have also sought to debunk #ConspiracyTheories tying the fraud allegations to #MelissaHortman.

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The video was one of several #ConspiracyTheories #Trump shared Saturday related to the #Minnesota fraud scandal.…

The video references a vote #MelissaHortman made in June, when she crossed party lines to vote with Republicans to cut access to the state’s health care benefits program for undocumented immigrants over the age of 18. Her vote was part of a deal with Republicans in the state’s split legislature to pass a budget.

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In the video #Trump shared Saturday night, an unnamed narrator claims without citing any credible facts that #TimWalz, also a Democrat, directed Boelter to assassinate #MelissaHortman because she voted against “a multibillion-dollar money laundering fraud” — a reference to a years-long welfare fraud investigation over day care centers in #Minnesota that has been amplified in recent weeks.

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#MelissaHortman, a #Democrat, was serving in the #Minnesota Capitol when she & her husband were killed in June by a gunman impersonating a police officer. Vance Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, MN, has been indicted by the #DOJ on federal #murder charges.

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