The biggest conversation on the Hill last night wasn’t reconciliation. It was about lawmakers feeling safe after the tragic events in Minnesota. One of that state’s senators (and former lieutenant governor), Tina Smith, confronted Sen. Mike Lee after the Utah Republican’s viral post saying the murder of a state legislator and her spouse, as well as the shooting of another lawmaker and his spouse, are “what happens when Marxists don’t get their way.”
What she said: Smith told reporters she wanted to convey “how much pain that caused me and the other people in my state, and I think around the country, who think that this was a brutal attack.”
Rep. Hillary Scholten canceled a town hall in Michigan after her name appeared on the alleged shooter’s extensive list of targets. She said she plans to reschedule it, but fear among elected officials like her is palpable right now.