We just had a horrible mass shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis during a mass attended by students from the attached Catholic K-8 grade school.
Two children were killed during the mass, and 17 were reportedly injured.
Yet, already, you had Democrats making bad remarks. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said something against thoughts and prayers. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), meanwhile, appeared to blame Republicans for not passing gun legislation Democrats wanted.
Former Biden White House Press Secretary and now MSNBC host Jen Psaki went all in on the bad takes.
When kids are getting shot in their pews at a catholic school mass and your crime plan is to have national guard put mulch down around DC maybe rethink your strategy
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) August 27, 2025
When kids are getting shot in their pews at a catholic school mass and your crime plan is to have national guard put mulch down around DC maybe rethink your strategy
She also said:
Prayer is not freaking enough. Prayers does not end school shootings. prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school. Prayer does not bring these kids back. Enough with the thoughts and prayers.
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) August 27, 2025
Prayer is not freaking enough. Prayers does not end school shootings. prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school. Prayer does not bring these kids back. Enough with the thoughts and prayers.
Sometimes you shouldn't hit the "post" button, and those tweets are a big example of why not. You're saying "Enough with thoughts and prayers" as people, including children, are attacked as they're praying at a mass? How grossly wrong and inappropriate to attack prayer here. It's the fault of people doing evil things. And is she saying we shouldn't be praying for those affected? That's crazy.
Then, too, she tries attacking President Donald Trump, because that's the only Democratic approach, no matter how tragic the situation may be. She's claiming Trump's plan to reduce crime is "about putting mulch down around D.C," so if kids get shot in Minneapolis, "maybe he should rethink" his strategy.
First, the statistics have shown that Trump's action has dramatically reduced violent crime in D.C., so maybe she's the one who should check her facts. D.C. went 12 days without a murder in the summer. Not only that, but polling shows people are supportive of the effort.
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Democrats could learn a thing or two from how Trump is handling it and how boots on the ground help to prevent crime. And Minneapolis isn't D.C. - is Psaki saying she wants Trump to turn his attention to Minneapolis crime? That city is run by a Democratic mayor, as I noted above.
Maybe she should have taken five seconds to care about the people affected by this, rather than making it into a political attack. Pray for the families, the victims, and others affected, despite what Jen Psaki says. What a bizarre thing that this was the person once charged with delivering the White House messaging day after day.
Psaki was wrecked by a massive amount of people for her horrible tweets, with many saying maybe Democrats should care less about dissing prayer and more about mental illness.
If your first instinct after a tragedy is to attack political opponents who are expressing sorrow for victims and praying for families, you might need serious help. https://t.co/ng6k5qvr09
— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) August 27, 2025
Is Jen Psaki demanding Trump send national guard troops to crime-ridden Minneapolis?
— Matt Murphy (@mattmurphyshow) August 27, 2025
Errr….ok. https://t.co/fcEzXGXL0U
Attacking prayer when people were just attacked while praying is disgusting.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 27, 2025
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