Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz advised MSNBC’s Jen Psaki on Tuesday night time that he was not stunned President Donald Trump didn’t know the title of Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota Democrat who was assassinated in her residence alongside her husband in June.
“It’s been fairly traumatic in Minnesota, and I feel Minnesotans, actually each Minnesotan, is aware of Melissa Hortman’s title and most first rate folks do,” Walz stated when requested about her homicide and the Republican Get together’s noteworthy silence about it over the summer time. “What goes by way of my thoughts is, ‘Nothing surprises me.’ There’s no compassion. There’s no empathy on this man, and there’s no sense of governing for the entire nation.”
When requested why he didn’t order the White Home’s flags to be lowered to half workers in reminiscence of Hortman the identical method he did for murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Trump first requested for clarification on who Hortman was. He then stated he would have lowered the White Home’s flags if Walz, who ran in opposition to Trump and Vice President JD Vance final 12 months as Kamala Harris’ chosen VP candidate, had requested him to take action.
“You simply see the disrespect and the way simple that rolled off his tongue, but we’re presupposed to imagine that they’re positively involved about political violence?” Walz remarked in response. “They’re not concerned about fixing this. We in Minnesota are.”
“All throughout this nation you’ve received folks pushing again,” he added, referencing the protests and pushback Trump and his administration have acquired all year long. “You’ve received a president that sees the presidency as his private kingdom and revenge tour. He’s doing nothing to enhance folks’s lives. Insurance coverage prices are at a 15-year excessive. We see electrical energy prices going up. He’s not fixing something for anybody, and it’s all smoke and mirrors.”
Along with Hortman’s homicide in June, Minnesota was additionally the location of a church taking pictures in late August, which killed two kids and injured 21 others. “Two weekends in a row, we’ve gone to memorial companies for an 8 and 10-year-old to listen to about these lovely lives,” Walz somberly recalled. “I assure you Donald Trump doesn’t know their names. He doesn’t care.”
Whereas he doesn’t count on any significant assist from the Trump administration, Walz stated he plans on fixing America’s public and political violence issues in his state.
“We’re going to proceed to attempt to enhance lives, and I don’t count on any assist,” he stated. “I simply count on the president to proceed to intervene as a result of this isn’t about enhancing lives. This isn’t about uniting the nation. That is about his warped view of the place issues are at, and I can let you know, it’s not the bulk opinion.”
