MADISON, Wis. – Several Wisconsin lawmakers are reacting to news of their names appearing on either a list of targets compiled by the man alleged to have shot multiple Minnesota lawmakers, or subsequent documents connected to the shooter.
WTMJ has confirmed Wisconsin’s US Senator Tammy Baldwin was among the 11 Democratic legislators from the state on Vance Boelter’s list.
“Senator Baldwin was informed by law enforcement that she was included on the alleged shooter’s list of names,” a spokesperson of Senator Baldwin told WTMJ. “She is grateful for law enforcement’s swift action to keep the community safe and remains focused on the things that matter most here: honoring the legacy and life of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, praying for the other victims who are fighting for their lives, and condemning this abhorrent, senseless political violence.”
Representative Mark Pocan confirmed to our partners at TMJ4 News law enforcement informed him his name was found in notebooks inside Boelter’s car.
“I will not back down in the face of terror, however, we as elected officials, must do better to lower the temperature. That said, my schedule remains unchanged,” said Pocan.
Congresswoman Gwen Moore posted on X late Monday confirming her name was also on the list.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Dan Bice told WTMJ’s Wisconsin’s Morning News the 11 Wisconsin legislators on the list of 70 lawmakers allegedly targeted by Vance Boelter included eight women and three men. All of the legislators were Democrats, according to Bice.
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The identities of the other 8 Wisconsin legislators is not known.
Federal charges against Boelter were filed Monday. The 57-year-old is accused of killing Democratic Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounding Democratic state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in “political assassinations,” according to acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Joseph Thompson.
According to Boelter’s LinkedIn profile, he attended Cardinal Stritch University, receiving a Master of Science and Management in 2010 and a Doctorate in Leadership in 2016, and was employed at Johnsonville Sausage in Sheboygan Falls between 2004 and 2008. According to Sheboygan County property records, Boelter and his wife owned a home in the Town of Sheboygan from 2005 to 2013.
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