Vance defends thoughts and prayers after school shootings
Vice President JD Vance criticized political opponents who dismiss prayers after the Minneapolis school shooting, emphasizing faith's role in healing and inspiring action amid debates on safety and policy.
- On Thursday, Vice President J.D. Vance paused his speech in La Crosse, Wisconsin to pray for two children killed in Minneapolis and defended faith against Jen Psaki's criticism.
- On Wednesday, a shooter attacked Annunciation Catholic School and Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing two children and wounding 17; the FBI investigates it as domestic terrorism and a hate crime, noting the shooter left anti-Catholic writings and later died by suicide.
- Jen Psaki wrote on X Thursday, `Prayer is not freaking enough,` and tearfully told MSNBC prayers alone won't stop mass shootings.
- Following the exchange, social media and news outlets lit up, with Democrats considering gun-control bills and Republicans pushing mental-health spending and hearings while critics accused some politicians of politicizing the tragedy and Fox News amplified calls for security measures.
- The incident fed broader debates over mental health, gender identity and gun policy, intensifying partisan conflict as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched studies on SSRIs and violence.
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JD Vance blasts Jen Psaki for post declaring prayer ‘is not freaking enough’ in response to Minnesota shooting
Vice President JD Vance criticized MSNBC host Jen Psaki after she took to X to address the aftermath of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minnesota.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said about the children shot by transgender people that there was no need for anyone to pray for them because when they were shot, they were praying themselves.
JD Vance echoes debunked claim about what's driving mass shootings
Vice President JD Vance is drawing on a decades-old conspiracy theory that falsely claims antidepressants are responsible for mass shootings.Speaking to steelworkers in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on Thursday, the Vice President addressed the mass shooting a day earlier at a Minneapolis Catholic school—where two young children were killed during Mass and 17 others were wounded, including a dozen children—when he declared that America faces a mental he…


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JD Vance Teaches Jen Psaki a Lesson About Prayer in Wake of Catholic School Shooting
One cannot help noticing that leftists have grown awfully bold in their attacks on everything good, true, and beautiful. For instance, in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting at the […] The post JD Vance Teaches Jen Psaki a Lesson About Prayer in Wake of Catholic School Shooting appeared first on The Western Journal.
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