Members of Congress are reassessing their own security coverage following the Saturday attacks in Minnesota where a gunman shot two Democratic lawmakers, killing one and wounding the other.
Top leaders in Washington condemned the attacks in their immediate wake before turning to assess the security of federal politicians.
The suspected shooter, Vance Boelter, had a “hit list” of 45 elected Democrats. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Reps. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., and Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, have all said publicly that they were on that list.
Scholten cancelled a planned townhall in her district on Monday, saying, “Out of an abundance of caution and to not divert additional law enforcement resources away from protecting the broader public at this time, this is the responsible choice.”