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President Donald Trump said he would not call the Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, following weekend shots This killed a legislator of the Democratic State and injured another.
Trump denounced shots as an act of “horrible violence” in a declaration during the weekend. But on Tuesday, he confirmed to journalists that he would not try WirelessWho was the running mate of his rival during the 2024 presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris.
“I think the Governor of Minnesota is so complicated. I don’t call it. Why should I call her? ” Trump told journalists on Air Force One. “The guy has no idea. He is in disorder. So I could be nice and call it, but why waste time?
Walz, for his part, said that he was not surprised by Trump’s lack of interest in calling him. However, he pointed out that he spoke with vice-president JD Vance.
“I am always open to people, you know, people expressing their gratitude. The vice-president Vance assured us, and he delivered, that the FBI would be there as partners with us to do so,” said Walz. “This is what should be done.”
The suspect in shots is 57 years old Vance BoelterFather of five children who was arrested on Sunday evening.
He has since been accused of federal accounts of murder and harassment as part of the shootings early Saturday, which led to the murders From Melissa Hortman, a better democrat in the House of Representatives of Minnesota, and her husband, Mark Hortman.
Boelter is also accused of having fired The Senator of the Democratic State John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who both survived.
The prosecutors said that Boelter had visited the houses of the legislators carrying a facial mask and a body armor for usurp the identity of a police officer. He would have struck the Hoffmans door, identifying himself as the police.
The prosecutors said on Monday that Boelter had sent a message to his family after the shots, who said: “Dad went to war last night.”
The law enforcement officials said they were still investigating a potential reason in the attack. But the investigators recovered notebooks from the suspect with the names of the Democratic legislators and defenders of abortion rights.
“Political assassinations are rare,” said Joseph Thompson, an actual American lawyer in Minnesota, at a press conference. “They strike at the very heart of our democracy.”
He added that the authorities are looking for in Boelter notebooks but did not find a “manifesto” clearly exposing his motivations. Boelter’s friends, on the other hand, told journalists that the suspect was a supporter of Trump and opponent of abortion rights.
The killings have stimulated increased concerns about political violence in the United States. In the past year, Trump has faced an assassination attempt, and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro saw the manor of his governor targeted in an alleged criminal fire act.
Between January 6, 2021 and October 2024, the reuters news agency said that it had collected more than 300 cases of political violence in the United States.
The day after last weekend shots, Conspiracy theories Affirming that the alleged shooter was a left -wing ideologist began to circulate, with the support of certain Republican legislators.
Boelter had previously served with other members of the community on a board of directors of the state labor under two Democratic governors, including Walz, a fact that contributed to fuel rumors.
He had also worked as director of security patrols in a security service company which the website said it was “involved in security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, notably the West Bank, the South of Lebanon and the Gaza Strip”.
Boelter appeared briefly before the court on Monday but did not plead. He should appear in court on June 27.
