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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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Vance Tells Prayer-Bashing Leftists To ‘Get New Politics’ - Real News Now
Vice President JD Vance delivered a blistering rebuke Thursday to left-wing figures who publicly sneered at prayer in the aftermath of the Minneapolis school shooting that left two children dead. Appearing on Fox News, Vance condemned the attacks on faith as “a sickness of the soul” and called on those pushing such rhetoric to “get new politics.” “If two beautiful babies are murdered while praying, and your instinct is to condemn prayer — not t…
Vance Gets Brutal Reminder After Accusing Jen Psaki Of 'Attacking' People For Praying Following School Shooting
Vice President JD Vance was criticized after he lashed out at MSNBC host Jen Psaki for saying that "prayer is not freaking enough" to end school shootings after a shooter killed two children and wounded 17 others during the first week of classes at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.Psaki spoke out on X shortly after the shooting occured, to stress that "thoughts and prayers" don't actually address or prevent mass shootings and gun viol…
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