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Eugene

(67,313 posts)
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:24 PM Sep 2025

Trump defends not demanding flags be flown at half-staff for Minnesota Democrats shot.

“Oftentimes you have to say no”: Trump defends not demanding flags be flown at half-staff for Minnesota Democrats shot.

President Donald Trump defended not demanding flags be flown at half-staff for the Minnesota Democratic lawmakers shot in June, despite ordering them to be lowered following the assassination of far-right activist Charlie Kirk.

Minnesota state representative and former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman, as well as her husband and dog, were murdered at their home over the summer by suspect Vance Luther Boelter. The alleged gunman also shot state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, who were both injured and hospitalized.

“Do you think it would have been fitting to lower the flags to half-staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin as well?” a reporter asked Trump during a signing ceremony Monday in the Oval Office of the White House.

Uh, I’m not familiar. The who?” the president responded.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirks-death-trump-team-000810121.html
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Trump defends not demanding flags be flown at half-staff for Minnesota Democrats shot. (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2025 OP
The abject hypocrisy would be almost laughable B.See Sep 2025 #1
Deplorable is far too nice a word for them Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #2
Another day, another reason for absolute disgust with this asshole. dgauss Sep 2025 #3
I noticed how yahoo didn't use assassinations of the Hortman's MagickMuffin Sep 2025 #4
..."I'm not familiar...the who?" Tanuki Sep 2025 #5

B.See

(8,863 posts)
1. The abject hypocrisy would be almost laughable
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:30 PM
Sep 2025

if it weren't so DEPLORABLE.

Hillary had it right. They're DEPLORABLE.. and THEN some.

MagickMuffin

(18,362 posts)
4. I noticed how yahoo didn't use assassinations of the Hortman's
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 01:17 AM
Sep 2025

They even did it in this very article!

Almost every article of murder of kirk they choose to use an assassination of him. And yet, I don’t see his murder as an assassination but only another act of gun violence he promoted while infiltrating his brand of hate to influence young children and young adults.

I suppose he was successful and one of his own murdered him.

Live by the gun, die by the gun.

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