
Sara Foster suggested on social media that the murder of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman was connected to a state probe into alleged embezzlement of billions in federal funds. Hortman and her husband were killed at their home, with an anti-abortion evangelical identified as the suspect. Foster's claims, shared widely, have been labeled a conspiracy theory by a Minnesota Republican state senator who urged colleagues to cease promoting such narratives.
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