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BumRushDaShow

(160,037 posts) Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:47 AM 19 hrs ago

Trump wouldn't call Minnesota governor after Democrat was slain but now blames him for raised flags

Source: AP

Updated 8:45 PM EDT, September 15, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he would have ordered flags lowered to half-staff following the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker this summer had he been asked by the state’s governor. But Trump at the time refused to even call Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to express his condolences, saying it would only “waste time.”

The president made the remark during an unrelated Oval Office event as he defended his decision to lower U.S. flags after last week’s slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

After announcing that he was deploying the National Guard to Memphis, Trump was asked why he signed an order lowering flags nationwide after Kirk’s killing during an event in Utah, but didn’t do so after former Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in June.

Trump replied, “Well, if the governor had asked me to do that, I would have done that.” “But the governor of Minnesota didn’t ask me,” the president said. He continued, “I wouldn’t have thought of that. But I would have if somebody had asked me,” and added: “Had the governor asked me to do that, I would have done that gladly.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-walz-kirk-political-killings-201fb03ea74da3a0f528c69578b426e9

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Trump wouldn't call Minnesota governor after Democrat was slain but now blames him for raised flags (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago OP

"I hadn't thought of that". That's the tell johnnyfins 19 hrs ago #1

"Had the governor asked me to do that, I would have done that gladly." OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #2

That is not the corruption we need. Blue-Gill1972 18 hrs ago #3

For anyone that expected Fair and Balanced Blue Dotty 18 hrs ago #4

Perfect Fux Nooze Moniker mdbl 18 hrs ago #5

So, he won't order flags lowered unless asked SpankMe 15 hrs ago #6

Walz Should Have Called DrFunkenstein 15 hrs ago #7

johnnyfins

(2,887 posts)

1. "I hadn't thought of that". That's the tell

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:52 AM

19 hrs ago

He didnt think of it because they were Democrats. Plain and simple.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,036 posts)

2. "Had the governor asked me to do that, I would have done that gladly."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 08:15 AM

18 hrs ago

Sure, you would have.

Fucking liar.

Blue-Gill1972

(8 posts)

3. That is not the corruption we need.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 08:17 AM

18 hrs ago

Trump showed no remorse when Republican New Mexico state politician Solomon Peña hired hit men to kill opponents who defeated him. He also hired them to murder people who didn’t go along with Trump. The President showed no care when five people were murdered in the Capitol Riot he organized. He had no sorrow when rioters set up gallows to kill Pence. The people who tried to assassinate Trump were angry MAGA voters.

Gavin Newsom can’t defeat Trump along. The Democrats need to reboot, reform, and reconnect with voters they lost. Being lazy and arrogant are not the answers. If Trump can energize the Republicans with lies and shock appeal, the Democrats must plan better for the future.