During the month of May, Minnesota’s Democratic Party Governor, Tim Walz, met with GOP leaders to secure a deal to pass the budget. Part of that deal was a promise to sign a bill, HF1, repealing free healthcare for adult illegal aliens if the GOP could pass it in both the House and Senate. Since January of this year, all illegal aliens have been eligible for free healthcare at taxpayer expense under MinnesotaCare. So far, the amount of adult illegal aliens who have signed up will already cost an estimated $60 million per year. However, this cost would continue to rise if the program is continued.
On June 9, a special joint session was held to vote on numerous bills that were part of a broad compromise. HF1 passed the State Senate 37–30, with four Democrats crossing party lines to support it. The House passed it 68–65, with only one Democrat, House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, voting with Republicans.
Radical left-wing activists staged a “die-in” inside the state capital and said HF1 would result in the deaths of large numbers of illegal aliens. Hortman immediately became a target of the far left and was seen nearly crying on the local NBC/CW+ affiliate KTTC.
On June 12, Vance Boelter, a 57-year-old recent former appointee of Governor Tim Walz, allegedly shot and killed Hortman and her husband. Boelter then went to the home of Democrat State Senator John Hoffman, where he shot and wounded Hoffman and his wife. Both are currently in stable condition. Boelter is still on the run.
Some large monetized engagement farming social media accounts have falsely said Hoffman also voted for HF1. However, Hoffman is generally seen as a moderate, and several media reports indicate that Hoffman was a leader in negotiating the compromise deals with the GOP and the Governor to pass the budget.
Boelter’s car was captured, and it contained a “manifesto” with the names of both Democrats and Republicans, as well as flyers advertising the “No Kings” protests. Minneapolis authorities have already declared that the public will not be allowed to see the manifesto.
Saturday evening, Tim Walz signed HF1.
