President Donald Trump, himself the target of two assassination attempts in 2024, said the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were investigating the shooting and that "horrific violence will not be tolerated".
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the shootings "will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law". FBI deputy director Dan Bongino announced that the "FBI is fully engaged on the ground in Minnesota and is working in collaboration with our local and state partners."
U.S. House speaker Mike Johnson called the shootings "horrific political violence" that "every leader must unequivocally condemn". House majority leader Steve Scalise, who was seriously injuired in the 2017 congressional baseball shooting, said "there can be no tolerance of political violence and it must be stopped".
