U.S. Reps. and said their names appeared on a list of targets compiled by the assassin who has been charged with killing the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting two others on Saturday.
Authorities said Vance Boelter, 57, had a list of 45 elected officials, all Democrats, on his 鈥渉it list.鈥�
In a Monday statement, Escobar of El Paso said that a string of recent politically motivated violence, including made against Texas lawmakers, serves as 鈥渏arring reminders that right-wing extremism has a foothold in our country.鈥�
鈥淧olitically motivated violence, and violence of any kind, have no place in our democracy and we all have a role to play in moving our country toward healing,鈥� she said.
Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, was also named in Boelter鈥檚 writings, according to his communications director, Katherine Schneider. The news was by the San Antonio Express-News.
Boelter鈥檚 writings included 鈥渕any, many notebooks full of plans, lists of names, surveillance efforts that he took to surveil and locate the home addresses and family members,鈥� U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said at a Monday press conference.
Prominent Minnesotans were also on the list, including Gov. Tim Walz and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. But others from outside of the state have also reported they were named including Ohio Democrat Rep. Greg Landsman.
It is unclear whether any other Texas lawmakers were targeted or named by Boelter.
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