Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz spoke highly of President Donald Trump this week after a tragic shooting at a Minneapolis school.
During a press conference on the horrific shooting at a school church on Wednesday, Walz spoke about the tragedy — which left two children dead and 17 injured.
“Well, good afternoon, everyone. Certainly a day and a news conference that no one wants to be at. The community behind us—Annunciation Church and School—committed to academics, service, and Catholic values, filled with the first days of school of beautiful children going to learn those values, share with their teachers and their classmates. And instead of that joy and that curiosity and that learning, they were met with evil and horror and death,” Walz began.
“And we often come to these and say these unspeakable tragedies, or there’s no words for this. There shouldn’t be words for these types of incidents because they should not happen, and there’s not words that are going to ease the pain of the families today. On behalf of all the people of Minnesota, our deepest sympathies. A wish that any of these words would make what you’re feeling now better, but it won’t,” Walz continued.
“A place that’s founded on community, founded on service, founded on family. I’d like to give special thank you to the mayor and the team in Minneapolis, Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota State Patrol, the BCA, so many agencies, our federal partners in the FBI, the first responders, and the heroic work that’s happening now as we speak at multiple medical locations, including Hennepin County Medical Center, where most of our children were transported to receive the life-saving care. The thoughts and prayers and the hopes and the support that we need to give them in this moment, too, is critical,” he added.
“Speaking with all the people here and grateful to our federal partners, Senator Klobuchar speaking early this morning and receiving a call from President Trump, who was with his leadership team of the attorney general and the vice president, expressing their deep condolences amongst the horror that happened and an offer to provide the support to the folks here in Minnesota of what’s needed,” Walz said, offering gratitude to President Trump.
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“So a lot of cameras here, and unfortunately, we have been through these types of things. They will be gone at some point—all of you, you have to do your jobs. But what happened here today will not be gone. Minnesotans will not step away,’ Walz continued.
“We’ll stand with this community. We’ll redouble ourselves to do the best we can to understand what we can do to prevent any parent from having to receive the calls they received today, from any school dedicated to children having to respond to a situation that, as we said, is unthinkable but that’s all too common, not just in Minnesota but across this country,” Walz declared.
“It’s Minnesota’s day today, and it’s my strongest desire that no state, no community, no school ever experiences a day like this,” the governor added.
“So I ask the rest of folks around the country who are watching, keep us in your thoughts and prayers. But also keep us in the thoughts for action. Keep us in ideas that we can work together. And it’s on these days like this, I think—and I hope we can hold on to it—we are unified as a community. Everybody across the country today is part of the Annunciation Parish, and they’re with those families,” he added before leaving the press briefing and allowing other officials to speak on the situation.