Senators emerged from a security briefing Tuesday in rare agreement about the need to boost protection for lawmakers. But the conversations, in their early stages, are light on details.
The targeted assassinations in Minnesota over the weekend — the latest in a long line of shootings involving politicians, including President Donald Trump — are causing senators to more directly address persistent threats to their personal security. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer organized the briefing in response to senators’ concerns about their safety in light of the killing of a state lawmaker and her spouse in the Minneapolis suburbs. Another state lawmaker and his spouse were shot and seriously wounded.
