"But Bruce then echoed comments from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) who rejected the calls for thoughts and prayers. As you heard from the mayor there in his heartfelt remarks saying, you know, praying isn't enough at this point, Bruce said. These children were quite literally praying when they were gunned down."
"We have said this far too often, Bruce said. There simply is not the political will in this town, and there hasn't been for some time now, to take meaningful action on gun reforms. President Trump cast himself as a tough-on-crime president. Right now in Washington, D.C., members of the National Guard are here on the street. The administration has taken significant steps to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department here. But he has not, so far, thrown really the weight and the heft of his administration behind doing something to meaningfully address this epidemic in this country."
Calls for prayers followed the Minneapolis school shooting, while city leadership rejected thoughts and prayers as insufficient because children were praying when they were killed. Political inertia in Washington has repeatedly prevented meaningful gun reform despite recurring mass shootings. The White House emphasized law-and-order measures, including National Guard presence and moves to control the Metropolitan Police Department, but did not apply full presidential authority to advance gun policy changes. Attention will return to federal leaders to determine whether any substantive action will follow this tragedy, as similar incidents continue to afflict schoolchildren.
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