Trump says he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Walz
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Days after a Minnesota state lawmaker was killed and another injured in a "politically motivated assassination," President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would not call the state's governor, eschewing a traditional presidential response to tragedies.
Members of Congress are attending emergency security briefings after the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker.
After a 43-hour manhunt and intense search authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses. Vance Boelter, 57, now faces both federal and state charges in connection with the killings of Melissa Hortman and her husband,
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he did not plan to call Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2024, after a weekend shooting left one of the state's lawmakers dead and another injured.
Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.
The killing of a Minnesota lawmaker is the first deadly attack against a politician in the state in more than three decades.
In the hours after the weekend shooting spree targeting Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, information was still just trickling out.