Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is coming under fire for having apparently ignored a call for help from Catholic schools.
The schools wrote to Walz for additional security funding, similar to what some public schools had received.
The request was ignored, and now, two children are dead who may otherwise have been saved if Walz been looking out for his constituents instead of playing politics.
The shooting that took place this week in Minneapolis was horrific.
The alleged gunman fired through church windows, apparently on an obsessive mission to kill children.
He eventually turned his weapon on himself, taking the coward’s exit rather than facing the consequences of his actions.
The burning question now is whether added security on the premises could have prevented this tragedy from taking place.
Two years ago, the Minnesota Catholic Conference wrote Walz in an effort to get funding for added security for its schools.
The letter, in part, stated, “There are approximately 72,000 students enrolled in Independent, Catholic, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim nonpublic schools in our state."
It continued, “The latest school shooting at a nonpublic Christian school in Tennessee sadly confirms what we already know -- our schools are under attack.”
Private or public, I think we can all agree that we want to keep our children safe. And with the state having a budget surplus at the time, one would think this would have been an easy ask.
Needless to say, the request was ignored by Walz, and it was not the first time this had happened.
According to reports, in 2022, Minnesota bishops had asked Walz for $44 per student for security, and the measure had bipartisan support. However, rather than call a special session to bring the measure to the floor, where it likely would have passed, Walz let it sit there and collect dust.
Walz has spent plenty of state taxpayer money furthering the trans cause, but that is a big and important issue in the eyes of Democrats, whereas Catholic schools are considered the enemy.
I will not go so far as to say the added security would have prevented these deaths, but it surely would have given those children far better odds of survival. It is utterly shameful, in my opinion, that Walz never entertained the idea of providing the requested resources, likely only because the schools at issue were private ones, not public.
