Donald Says He Won't Call Gov. Walz After Trump Fan Assassinated A Democrat
Even though the suspect in the Minnesota home invasion shootings, which took two lives, and even though the alleged assassin, Vance Boelter, was a Trump supporter with a list of Democrats he planned to target next, Donald Trump said, "Why waste time?" in calling Gov. Tim Walz.
Well, Donald, because that's what presidents do. It is customary for presidents to call state leaders to offer support after deadly shootings, and this time, Democrats were specifically targeted. Instead of calming the waters amid more political violence, Trump ratcheted it up by lashing out at Walz, calling the Democratic Governor “whacked out” and “a mess.”
“I don’t really call him,” Trump told reporters during his flight back to Washington. “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I’m not calling him. Why would I call him?”
Trump added, “The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a mess. So, you know, I could be nice and call him, but why waste time?”
Trump said that Walz appointed Boelter to a state advisory board, but these are not appointments to a position in the governor’s office or Cabinet. The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that Boelter was first appointed to the board in 2016 by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.