OAN Staff Abril Elfi
1:04 PM – Thursday, August 28, 2025
Vice President JD Vance has criticized MSNBC host Jen Psaki after she attacked those praying following the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minnesota.
On Thursday, Vance responded to an X post by Psaki, where she attacked those sending thoughts and prayers to the victims of the shooting.
“We pray because our hearts are broken. We pray because we know God listens. We pray because we know that God works in mysterious ways, and can inspire us to further action,” Vance said, adding, “Why do you feel the need to attack other people for praying when kids were just killed praying?”
AdvertisementIn a follow-up post, Vance wrote, “Of all the weird left-wing culture wars in the last few years, this is by far the most bizarre. ‘How dare you pray for innocent people in the midst of tragedy?!’ What are you even talking about?”
In her post, Joe Biden’s former White House press secretary slammed people for offering thoughts and prayers in response to the tragedy.
“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,” she said.
During a press conference, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also criticized Psaki’s statement.
“I saw the comments of my predecessor, Jen Psaki, I think they’re incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer,” she said.
Two children, ages eight and 10, were fatally shot during their 8:15 a.m. Mass on Wednesday. The shooter killed himself after opening fire on the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school. Nineteen others were also injured during the incident.
The now-deceased gunman has been identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as 23-year-old Robin Westman.
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