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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Trump can’t resist a dig at Gov. Tim Walz during conversation about Minnesota lawmaker assassinations

Donald Trump couldn’t resist taking a partisan potshot at Minnesota’s Democratic governor when he responded to a reporter who asked if he’d speak with Tim Walz in the wake of a deadly targeted assassination of a Democratic lawmaker and the attempted politically motivated murder of another in the state.

Trump was asked by ABC’s Rachel Scott over the weekend if he would speak on the phone with Walz, who condemned violent political rhetoric and “mean tweets” after a Democratic lawmaker and her husband were murdered by a man who police say was impersonating a member of law enforcement as he carried out a sick campaign of revenge against his political enemies.

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