President Donald Trump said he would not call "whacked out" Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following the assassination of state Representative Melissa Hortman and the attempted assassination of state Senator John Hoffman over the weekend,

Democratic politicians blamed President Trump for a violent political atmosphere in the wake of a Minnesota state lawmaker being murdered and another injured in a pair of shootings.

Following the tragic shooting deaths of two Minnesota state legislators and their spouses, President Trump sparked controversy by refusing to contact Governor Tim Walz. Trump dismissed Walz as "slick" and "whacked out,

Suspect Vance Boelter has been charged with murder over the shooting deaths of a Minnesota Democrat and her spouse.

California Sen. Alex Padilla blamed President Donald Trump’s first election campaign and its “tone" for escalating political tensions to the point of violence.

Minnesota State Representative Samantha Vang reacted to the fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, as well as the wounding of a second lawmaker and his wife, on Saturday.

The suspect, identified by authorities as Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was arrested after state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed, and State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times and wounded in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, two neighboring suburban cities 10 to 20 miles outside Minneapolis.

Boelter, 57, the man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and wounding another legislator and his wife in a “politically motivated” attack on Saturday morning. On Sunday morning,