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.”
A Walz spokesman said the governor wants a short “to be the president of all Americans.”
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 managers, mayors and other elected officials during the tragedy, such as after mass killings or natural disasters to offer compassion and, if necessary, federal aid.
On the plane, Trump sounded without interest that he had such a connection with 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? “
Teddy Tschann, a Walz spokesman, responded on Tuesday with a statement stating: “Governor Walz wants the President Trump to be the president of all American, but the tragedy is not related to short or Walz.
“It is about the Hortman family, the Hoffman’s family and the Minnesota state, and the governor continues to focus on helping all three to recover,” Tschann said.
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 merchant who worked at the same state labor development board as the old John Hoffman of the democratic state, shows records, though it was unclear whether they knew each other well.
The authorities say that Hoffman and his wife Yvette were seriously injured in a few miles from the former chairwoman of the Democratic Chamber Melissa Hortman, who was fatally shot with her husband Mark, at home early Saturday in the Northern Minneapol.
Friends and former colleagues interviewed by Associated Press described Boelter as a worship of Christians who participated in the Evangelical Church and went to Trump’s campaign rallies.
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 Tuesday, Walz had no public shows, but on Monday he thanked Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford in social media for his call, expressing his condolences to the Hortman’s family and the people of Minnesota.
“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.
In an interview with Minnesota public radio, as well as on Monday, Walz said he was not surprised by a short shortage, saying, “I think I understand where it is.”
Walz said he talked to Vice President JD Vance and was “grateful” for the call, and also talked to former President Joe Biden and Harris.
“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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The story was corrected to kill Hotman, not Hoffman, and Hoffman, not Hoffman, not Holyman, worked at the State Labor Self -Development Board with Boelter.
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Associated Press Writers Sarah Brumfield, Cockeysville, md., And Steve Karnowski contributed to this report in Minneapolis.