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OKIsItJustMe

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Tue Jun 17, 2025, 01:55 PM Jun 2025

Trump says he won't call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would 'waste time'

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would “waste time.”

A spokesperson for Walz said the governor wishes Trump “would be a President for all Americans.”

One lawmaker and her husband were killed, and the second legislator and his wife sustained serious injuries in the shootings early Saturday. A suspect surrendered to police on Sunday.

The Republican president spoke to reporters early Tuesday aboard Air Force One as he flew back to Washington after abruptly leaving an international summit in Canada because of rising tensions in the Middle East between Israel and Iran. Asked if he had called Walz yet, Trump said the Democratic governor is “slick” and “whacked out” and, “I’m not calling him.”



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-walz-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-call-064092d14bea4c3141da31b7a5e5c9b3

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Trump says he won't call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would 'waste time' (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Jun 2025 OP
Widdle Donnie pouts "Mommy, he called me weird!" jls4561 Jun 2025 #1
Taco chickens out! MacKasey Jun 2025 #2
That's a big FU to Dem governors. Or any Dem for that matter. What a vile creature. Evolve Dammit Jun 2025 #3
Which considering the source is a Badge of Cha Jun 2025 #6
Good point! Evolve Dammit Jun 2025 #9
Time better spent golfing, or watching a shitty "perade." rsdsharp Jun 2025 #4
Gov Walz: Thank God.. It sure as Hell Would! Cha Jun 2025 #5
Why even ask if he called Walz? The Media strikes again. Raven123 Jun 2025 #7
Because it's his job mac56 Jun 2025 #8
Hey, Trump got this one RIGHT! Talking to him Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #10
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