EPISODE · Jun 13, 2026 · 17 MIN
ESSAY: Melissa Hortman's Killer Called Himself a Preacher - Will MAGA Christians Tone Down the Rhetoric?
from Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke · host Pat Kahnke
One year after Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her own home, Vance Boelter has pleaded guilty — and the motive that MAGA spent a year denying is now a matter of federal record. Boelter, a self-described preacher and Christ for the Nations graduate, hunted lawmakers by name with a police disguise and a 70-person target list. This is the story of how spiritual-warfare theology stopped being a metaphor.
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One year after Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her own home, Vance Boelter has pleaded guilty — and the motive that MAGA spent a year denying is now a matter of federal record. Boelter, a self-described preacher and Christ for the Nations graduate, hunted lawmakers by name with a police disguise and a 70-person target list. This is the story of how spiritual-warfare theology stopped being a metaphor.
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ESSAY: Melissa Hortman's Killer Called Himself a Preacher - Will MAGA Christians Tone Down the Rhetoric?
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