US president Donald Trump has misstated what occurred after the fatal shooting of a Minnesota state lawmaker.
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When asked why he ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff after Charlie Kirk’s killing, but not after the fatal shooting in June of a Minnesota state lawmaker, Trump initially said he was ‘not familiar’ with the case. The president then went on to suggest he might have ordered flags lowered following the shooting of state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband but he said that Democratic Minnesota governor Tim Walz never asked him. ‘Had the governor asked me to do that, I would have done that gladly,’ Trump said. Except that’s not what happened. Video from June shows Trump saying he wouldn’t speak to Walz, suggesting it would be a ‘waste of time,’ and referring to the former Democratic vice presidential nominee as ‘whacked out’ and ‘a mess.’
Trump at first says he is ‘not familiar’ with Minnesota Democrat’s assassination ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/trump-melissa-hortman-charlie-kirk-flags
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