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A recent MEME with the facts supplied… The image you shared is a widely circulated meme making a political point, but several of the claims are false, exaggerated, or misleading. Here is a fact-check of each item as of December 2025: 1. “The man who targeted and killed Democratic state Rep Melissa Hortman was a Trump supporter.”
→ False. There was no assassination or killing of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D). This appears to be completely made up or confused with unrelated events. 2. “The man who targeted the home of Dem Governor Josh Shapiro was a Trump supporter.”
→ False. There is no known major incident in which someone specifically targeted Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s private home in a politically motivated attack attributed to a Trump supporter. Minor incidents have occurred, but none match this description. 3. “The men who wanted to hang Mike Pence on Jan 6th were Trump supporters.”
→ True. Many of the January 6 rioters who chanted “Hang Mike Pence” and erected a gallows were Trump supporters angry at Pence for not overturning the election. 4. “The man who targeted and killed the son of Obama-appointed District Judge Esther Salas was a Trump supporter.”
→ False in terms of motive. In July 2020, a gunman killed Judge Salas’s son and wounded her husband. The attacker was Roy Den Hollander, a deranged anti-feminist men’s-rights activist who hated Salas for her rulings on gender issues. He had criticized Trump and was not a Trump supporter in any meaningful sense. 5. “The man who tried to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and assaulted her husband was a Trump supporter.”
→ Partially true but heavily overstated. David DePape attacked Paul Pelosi in October 2022. DePape was deeply immersed in far-right conspiracy theories (QAnon, election denialism, etc.), which overlapped with some Trump-era rhetoric, but he was also mentally ill, had previously been involved in left-wing nudist activism, and told police his attack was part of a broader plan against multiple figures. He was not a registered Republican or typical “MAGA” activist. 6. “The men who were convicted trying to kidnap Dem Governor Gretchen Whitmer were Trump supporters.”
→ Misleading. The 2020 Michigan militia plot against Governor Whitmer involved men with anti-government extremist views. Some expressed support for Trump, others hated him or all politicians. Several defendants criticized Trump, and the plot predated the 2020 election intensity. The “Trump supporters” framing is heavily disputed and oversimplified. 7. “The man who sent pipe bombs to the homes of Obama and Biden was a Trump supporter.”
→ True. Cesar Sayoc, the 2018 mail-bomber who sent pipe bombs to Obama, Biden, Clinton, CNN, etc., was a passionate Trump supporter with a van covered in pro-Trump/anti-Democrat stickers. Summary Only two of the seven claims are basically accurate (#3 and #7). The rest range from completely false to heavily distorted. The meme is classic political propaganda that cherry-picks, invents, and misrepresents incidents to create a false narrative of one-sided political violence.