Hours after the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prominent conservative influencers spun unsubstantiated theories that the suspect was a left-wing extremist who targeted the Democratic-aligned leaders for voting against party lines, and did so with the blessing of the state’s top Democrat, Gov. Tim Walz.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz implored “leading with grace and compassion” after a madman with a kill list targeted a pair of lawmakers and their spouses in his state — a different tune from two weeks prior, when he urged his fellow Dems to “be a little meaner” and “bully the s–t” out of people like President Trump.

The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.

Several MAGA members have called out the state's Democratic leader over his previous appointment of the suspect to the governor's workforce development board.

Gov. Tim Walz said that Minnesota Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also each shot multiple times.

The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in