Four days have passed since Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot. Minnesota Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also seriously injured by the same suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, who was taken into police custody on Sunday. The president had yet to call Walz about the matter and he said he had no plans to.
“I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I’m not calling him. Why would I call him?” Trump told a gaggle of press as he boarded Air Force One Tuesday to leave the G7 Summit. “I could call him and say, how are you doing? The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a mess. So I could be nice and call him, but why waste time?”
Trump also made reference to Walz’s appointment of the suspect, Vance Boelter, to the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce in 2019. This was a reappointment from former Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton in 2016 and was not a political appointment.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Walz’s office for comment.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris chose Walz as her running mate in her campaign against Trump last November. Walz has continued to publicly criticize Trump and is seeking reelection in Minnesota next year.
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Authorities suspected that Boelter had more targets in his planned attack after police found a list in his car of potential targets, including other politicians and abortion providers. Also in the car, officials found fliers for the anti-Trump “No Kings” protests happening that day.
The FBI called the event a “political assassination” while announcing the federal charges against him yesterday. The murder charges against Boelter make him eligible for the death penalty, but the FBI didn’t announce if they would seek that punishment. He did not enter a plea during his first court appearance Monday.
Walz has since called on Minnesotans to move forward with “humility, and grace, and compassion” to honor Hortman’s memory.
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