Tom Emmer was unable to explain why he voted against the bipartisan Safer Communities Act that funded expanded school mental-health services and safety measures. He told ABC that he did not remember his reasons for opposing the bill and argued that communities need resources and action on root causes to prevent shootings. Martha Raddatz challenged whether the bill would have identified a dangerous individual beforehand. Emmer later posted on X blaming Governor Tim Walz's support for Minnesota's 'trans refuge' law for exacerbating a mental-health crisis and called for its repeal. The suspect, who took their own life after the shooting, reportedly identified as tr
You talk about what can be done, Raddatz began. After mass shootings in Buffalo and in Uvalde, Texas. Congress passed the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions of dollars for schools to expand mental health services, enhance safety measures. You did not vote for that bill. Why? she asked. Emmer seemed peeved by the line of questioning. I don't remember the reasons that I didn't vote for that bill, Emmer answered.
I gotta tell you, we did a lot for Uvalde. But you can't replace those children, Martha. You can't. And you can't help that community. We're talking about getting on the front end, Martha, we're talking about we need to have the resources Raddatz interrupted, saying, This bill sounds like it might've done that. We need to get to the root cause, Emmer continued. Martha. Okay, that would have done that? That would have identified this young man's mental health condition?
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