Minnesota lawmakers are sharing their thoughts Friday following a chaotic exchange in the Oval Office between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota attended a bipartisan meeting with Zelenskyy just hours before the heated meeting. 

After the meeting, she posted a photo on social media with Zelenskyy and said the following:

"There is strong bipartisan support in the Senate for Ukraine's freedom and democracy."

Klobuchar got on a plane for Minnesota following her meeting and says she was shocked to see the notifications about the chaos and the video of the shouting match.

"I just watched that video and I thought President Zelensky has stood up for three years now," she said. "He has lost hundreds of thousands of men and women in Ukraine; they have stood up for freedom. They have stopped Vladmir Putin from advancing not just into their nation, but other European nations as well."

Klobuchar said now is the time to show strength and negotiate, and not surrender. 

Klobuchar has worked on issues surrounding Ukraine since before the war began. She has been to Ukraine both before and after the war started, and she has repeatedly visited the Minneapolis Ukrainian American Center. On Feb. 22, Klobuchar was at the facility greeting Ukrainian soldiers and thanking them for their service.  

Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota reposted the tense exchange on X and said the following:

"Peace through strength is the only way forward. That's the America First leadership @POTUS and @VP showed today. The bloodshed must end, and President Trump is the master negotiator and peacemaker who can get it done."

Afterward, the Ukrainians left the Oval Office to head to a "separated room," while the U.S. team stayed in the Oval Office, a White House official said. While the Ukrainians were waiting in the other room, federal officials told them to leave. 

The signing of a key minerals agreement with Ukraine was canceled after the Oval Office meeting.