Gavin Newsom Joins Democrats in Mocking Child Victims of Catholic School Shooting

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) joined other Democrats in mocking the idea of prayer in the wake of the mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis this week, noting that the children were praying at the time.

In a post on X, responding to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s claim that “prayer works,”, Newsom said: “There children were literally praying as they got shot at,” implying that prayer does not work.

These children were literally praying as they got shot at. https://t.co/H7RGZhCTFc

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 28, 2025

Democrats have long attacked the idea of offering “thoughts and prayers” for the victims and their families in the wake of mass shootings, arguing that political action is needed, particularly gun control legislation.

They have treated “thoughts and prayers” — a common expression of condolences — as a way of avoiding the legislative or constitutional measures that, they argue, would prevent mass shootings.

(In the Minneapolis case, for example, one commentator called for “red flag” laws that allow guns to be taken away from mentally ill people — except that Minnesota already has such laws in place, among other gun control measures.)

A trans person murdered praying Christians, and the Democrats' response was to attack prayer and defend the trans community. It was a classic Leftist victim/perpetrator reversal. They associated the victims of a horrific tragedy—praying children—with their political opposition. pic.twitter.com/NhVK6k0k0J

— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 29, 2025

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