Washington (AP). President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected Tim Walz, the name of the Minnesota Government’s head, after the targeted shootings of the two state lawmakers, saying he would do a “waste time.”
One legislator and her husband were killed, and the second legislator and his wife injured shootings early Saturday. The suspect surrendered to the police on Sunday.
The Republican President told reporters early Tuesday Air Force One when he flew back to Washington after abruptly leaving an international summit in Canada due to the growing tension in the Middle East between Israel and Iran. Asked if he had yet called Walz, Trump said the Democratic governor was “slender” and “knocked out” and “I do not call him.”
Presidents often turn to other elected officials, including governors and mayors, during the tragedy, for example, after mass killings or natural disasters to offer compassion and, if necessary, federal aid.
On the plane, the short sounded without being interested in contacting Walz, which was 2024. Vice President Candidate for 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump. During the campaign, Walz often called short and other Republican politicians as “just strange.”
“I really don’t call him. He’s slippery – he assigned this guy to the position,” Trump said. “I think the Minnesota Governor is so thrown out. I don’t call him. Why would I call it?
“I could call him and say, ‘Hi, how are you doing?’ He is a, he is a mess. So, you know, I could be nice and call him, but why was it waste? “
Trump mentioned that “this guy” was appointed to the position, and it turned out to be a reference to the Vance Boelter-suspect, who surrendered to the police after almost two days of Minnesota.
Boelter is a former political concept who has worked at the same state labor force development board as former President of Democratic Palace Melissa Hortman, according to records. Hoffman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in their home early Saturday in the suburb of Northern Minneapolis. It is unclear whether the Hoffman and the Boeler knew each other well.
Friends and former colleagues interviewed by Associated Press describes Boelter as a worship Christian who participated in the Evangelical Church and went to Trump’s campaign rallies.
The authorities say Boelter also shot Democrat John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, injuring them in his place of residence of about 9 miles (about 15 kilometers). Federal prosecutors have accused the Boester of murder and observation, which can be convicted of the death penalty. His main lawyer refused to comment.
On Monday, Walz announced a thanksgiving report on Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford for his call, expressing his condolences to Hortman’s family and Minnesota people.
“In the time of the tragedy, I am sincere when people of different views and even different nations can come together around our common humanity,” Walz wrote.
On Monday’s interview with Minnesota public radio, Walz said he was not surprised by Trump, saying, “I think I understand where it is.”
Walz said he talked to Vice President JD Vance and was “grateful” for the call and talked to former President Joe Biden, Harris and Ford.
“I am always open, you know, people who express gratitude. Vice president Vance assured us and he has given the FBI there as partners with us to do it,” Walz said. “It had to be done.”
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Associated Press writer Sarah Brumfield, Cockeysville, Md., Contributed to this post.