The White House blamed Democrats on Monday for the fatal shooting of anti-U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement protester Alex Pretti in Minnesota, even as President Donald Trump spent much of the last 24 hours trying to calm tensions over the incident.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the day’s press briefing that the escalation in Minnesota between federal immigration agents and protesters resulted from the actions of Democratic elected officials, specifically Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.