After a spate of worrying political violence, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for more security.

On top of the targeted shootings of Minnesota lawmakers this weekend, a bystander was shot and killed at an anti-Trump rally in Salt Lake City when security responded to a gunman with an AR-15.

Joining me now to discuss this and more of the day's political news are Amy Walter of the Cook

Political Report with Amy Walter and Leanne Caldwell of Puck News.

Great to see you both.

Hello.

We're here.

So Leanne, Minnesota authorities said earlier that the lead shooter there had a hit list of a number of officials, all Democrats.

We know he targeted

Democratic lawmakers there. But as we reported earlier, we have seen political violence target both

Republicans and Democrats. Of course, the president targeted twice. Democratic governors like

Josh Shapiro and Gretchen Whitmer have been targeted. Is it fair to call this now a bipartisan

concern? What's the context for this message right now?

Absolutely. It's been a bipartisan concern for many years now. This really started when there

was a shooting on the baseball field with Steve Scalise, who's now the Republican leader,

was shot, nearly lost his life. There were calls for more security for lawmakers then

after January 6, 2021, when the Capitol was attacked, there was more calls for security then.

It has really played a role, actually, in members' views of their jobs as well.

Lawmakers have been quite concerned for many years about not only

their own security, but their family security as well. My former colleagues at the Washington Post

had a great story a couple of years ago that shows that members have increased their congressional

budgets on security spending alone 500% just from 2020 to

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