The shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers early Saturday signal that “we live in a toxic environment,” where rhetoric could “flip the switch” in a person wanting to do harm, former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman said on Newsmax, Sunday. 

“We live in a toxic environment where those on the other side are described as Hitler, going to destroy the country,” the Minnesota Republican told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “But all that said and done, I just want to be real clear that there is evil and that there are madmen who are out there.”

Federal and state authorities are still searching for the suspect, Vance Boelter, 57. The FBI has issued a reward of up to $50,000 for his arrest and conviction. 

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