RAVING MAD

Minnesota Suspect Filmed Dancing Over ‘Excitement About God’

Vance Boelter was filmed hopping around on stage during a sermon in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2021.

Footage has emerged of the Minnesota murder suspect dancing because he was “excited about Jesus.” A video posted by La Borne Matadi, an evangelical church based in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, appears to show Vance Luther Boelter, 57, hopping around on stage in front of a crowd in 2021, imploring people to praise God. “When I get excited, I want to dance ... what Jesus did for me. Jesus is God, almighty God. He saved my life,” Boelter shouts into a microphone. “Whoo. I’m excited about God, and I want to worship him. [Jesus] is coming again, and he’s got plans and purposes for each one of you and for me.” Boelter then calls on members of the congregation to “get out of the boat.” He says, “Stop looking around at what other people are doing, just get out of the boat and walk on the water. If you’re getting closer to Jesus, you will win. You will succeed.” Boelter’s speech is translated in real time into French for the audience, which offers muted applause to the antics on stage. It was not immediately clear why Boelter was in the Congo. Boelter is the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband and a second attack on a state Senator and his wife in Minnesota on Saturday.

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