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Sep 21 2025
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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.”
Trump wouldn't call Minnesota governor after Democrat was slain but now blames him for raised flags
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Interesting that WBIR reported this information. Not yet worried about losing their license.