Vice President JD Vance will visit Minneapolis on Wednesday with his wife, Usha, to honor victims of last week’s Catholic school shooting that killed two children.
His office said he will hold private meetings to offer condolences to affected families. This comes after police confirmed 23-year-old transgender Robin Westman opened fire during morning Mass on the first day of school at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, killing 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, and injuring 21 others.
A Catholic since his 2019 baptism in Cincinnati, Vance criticized former White House press secretary Jen Psaki after she said “prayer is not freaking enough” following last week’s shooting.
“We pray because our hearts are broken. We pray because we know God listens. Why do you feel the need to attack other people for praying when kids were just killed praying?” Vance said.
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