This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way

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Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, is facing widespread backlash following posts about the targeted shooting of two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota.

The suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, was arrested late Sunday following a nearly two-day statewide search. The Saturday morning shootings left State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, dead, and wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.

"This is what happens...When Marxists don't get their way," Lee posted on X (formerly Twitter), sharing a photo of Boelter wearing what appears to be a latex face mask.

https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lee-assas ... ta-2085891

And I note Elon Musk also claims the alleged killer of Minnesota Democrat politicians is a Democrat, though he doesn't bother with the "allegedly" bit. But then, Mr Musk often gets his facts appallingly wrong in matters outside his expertise.

What's interesting is that the chap - Vance - is detained. Alive. That's practically unamerican. Not like other terrorists. Not like Osama bin Laden. This one was arrested.

This one's white.

This one's a practising Christian preacher, ordained since 2002. With a PhD, presumably in evangelism but I don't know the topic of his thesis. How to kill godless gay-affirming lefties, presumably.

At the moment - though not for much longer, I suspect - his sermons are on YouTube, given by "Fr. VANCE BOELTER (Docteur)" or alternatively Dr VANCE BOELTER depending on where they were delivered. On Congo Nashville TV or Culte Dominical, whatever they are.

The friend claimed Vance Boelter was a Trump voter and hated abortion.

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1934068313434558596

He's a properly Trump-voting evangelical Christian preacherman, extremely anti-gay, allegedly pro-life but carrying a hit list of 70 Minnesota politicians and public servants. If I had to guess I'd say he's on the armed provisional wing of Catholicism.

At the moment I'm wondering what the chance is that he'll be found not guilty. Higher than most terrorists, I expect. Or he could force a quick trial, get a Presidential Pardon and be out by Christmas.

As for Senator Mike Lee, "a Utah Republican" - what a prat, eh?

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Glendale, AZ (November 14, 2024) —New post-election research shows that Christian support was crucial in Donald Trump’s 2024 landslide victory, showing that Christians made up 72% of the electorate and gave Trump 56% of their vote.

https://www.arizonachristian.edu/2024/1 ... rch-shows/

Give the devil his due, he knows all the right trigger words.

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But this chap in Minnesota. Doctor Vance. The Christian evangelist Republican preacherman, ordained for decades, allegedly crusading against a long list of Democrats two of whom he allegedly shot dead and two more of whom he allegedly put in hospital with seventeen rounds between them. Preaching on YouTube against all God's phobias - the devil, gays, people who despise the forgiveness of the Lord and refuse salvation - and my word he rants like there's no tomorrow. And having - what, three allegedly AK74s and two allegedly machine pistols in his car?

If you had to state all the negative attributes of America without which the place would be a joy unto the ages, that would be it. Well, that and the size of the wealth gap.

Eleven years from now he'll be running for President, mark my words. Assuming he can get Trump to wipe his record clean with that pardon I mentioned, so he doesn't have a felony against him. The archetypal poster boy. He could be the first President to run the NRA and his own Church of the Saved at the same time.

Guns don't kill people, God kills people. There, see what societal polarization went and did.

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But this chap in Minnesota. Doctor Vance. The Christian evangelist Republican preacherman, ordained for decades, allegedly crusading against a long list of Democrats two of whom he allegedly shot dead and two more of whom he allegedly put in hospital with seventeen rounds between them. Preaching on YouTube against all God's phobias - the devil, gays, people who despise the forgiveness of the Lord and refuse salvation - and my word he rants like there's no tomorrow. And having - what, three allegedly AK74s and two allegedly machine pistols in his car?

If you had to state all the negative attributes of America without which the place would be a joy unto the ages, that would be it. Well, that and the size of the wealth gap.

Eleven years from now he'll be running for President, mark my words. Assuming he can get Trump to wipe his record clean with that pardon I mentioned, so he doesn't have a felony against him. The archetypal poster boy. He could be the first President to run the NRA and his own Church of the Saved at the same time.

Guns don't kill people, God kills people. There, see what societal polarization went and did.

So far, the prosecution has made a point of only filing State charges. The Orange one cannot pardon State Charges. only Federal.

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So far, the prosecution has made a point of only filing State charges. The Orange one cannot pardon State Charges. only Federal.

The idea they might possibly believe a pardon could need defending against is astonishing in its own right.

How have you been getting on with all this driving?

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So far, the prosecution has made a point of only filing State charges. The Orange one cannot pardon State Charges. only Federal.

The idea they might possibly believe a pardon could need defending against is astonishing in its own right.

How have you been getting on with all this driving?

I've been mostly wandering, going to state an local park areas and obscure historic sites within a 200 mile radius of whatever location I start the day from. Seeing local Monuments and historical sites on the Plains. (all those historical sites that I always passed by because we had somewhere we needed to be by the end of the day.) The real driving starts end of the month, as I plan to head East to Georgia for an uncle's 90th Birthday. After that, I will meander in the general direction of the Olympia Peninsula.
I was born to meander.

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Ah. That paint your wagon thing. I'm not sure whether you can sing as well as Lee Marvin but it's a low bar.

Tip: They might sell phrasebooks for Georgia in the local shops.

To request refreshment in a public establishment the polite approach is "Pass the hooch barman. Leave the bottle".

To depart in timely fashion is to "get to getting".

And to commend someone as worth getting to know, he or she "slaps". Quite what that entails in practice I'd not hazard a guess.

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So far, the prosecution has made a point of only filing State charges. The Orange one cannot pardon State Charges. only Federal.

The idea they might possibly believe a pardon could need defending against is astonishing in its own right.

How have you been getting on with all this driving?

I've been mostly wandering, going to state an local park areas and obscure historic sites within a 200 mile radius of whatever location I start the day from. Seeing local Monuments and historical sites on the Plains. (all those historical sites that I always passed by because we had somewhere we needed to be by the end of the day.) The real driving starts end of the month, as I plan to head East to Georgia for an uncle's 90th Birthday. After that, I will meander in the general direction of the Olympia Peninsula.
I was born to meander.

The proper way to get to know a place - especially if it also involves navigating by intuition and frequently getting lost.

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The proper way to get to know a place - especially if it also involves navigating by intuition and frequently getting lost.

That's not getting lost! That's orienteering by car. I teach the advanced course.

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A strange chap all round, this Senator Mike Lee chap.

There’s a looseness about Lee’s social media persona that seems unrelated to his status as senator. “I’m 53 and I love dank memes,” he boasted in one post. “Dank” usually means “moist and damp,” but as a slang word it can refer to memes that are extremely weird.

His personal X account @basedmikelee is digital slang for a person unwired from decorum, good manners, a person who “tells it like it is.” Lee’s nocturnal tweets are “feeding time” for the “red meat” carnivores of MAGA.

“Over the 90-day span, Lee averaged more than 103 posts a day.”

The sheer volume of Lee’s tweets makes one wonder if he is a full-time, professional influencer. During the first three months of 2025, he created 9,310 posts on X, formerly Twitter, on pace to crush his eye-popping mark of 13,142 posts created in all of 2024. Over the 90-day span, Lee averaged more than 103 posts a day, working out to once every 15 minutes without stopping.

https://baptistnews.com/article/mike-le ... ial-media/