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Celerity

(51,696 posts) Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:12 PM Wednesday

MAGA Loses It After Minneapolis Mayor's Emotional Speech on Shooting

The right is pissed about the speech Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey gave after the tragic shooting at a Catholic school.

https://newrepublic.com/post/199698/maga-reaction-minneapolis-mayor-speech-school-shooting-thoughts-prayers

On Wednesday afternoon, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivered emotional remarks about the tragedy at a Catholic school in the city earlier that day. In the wake of the shooting—in which the gunman killed two schoolchildren and injured 17 others, before killing himself—Frey emphasized that platitudes about “thoughts and prayers” are not enough. “And don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now,” Frey said. “These kids were literally praying! It was the first week of school. They were in a church. These are kids that should be learning with their friends. They should be playing on the playground. They should be able to go to school or church in peace, without the fear or risk of violence.”

Online, many on the MAGA right villainized the Democratic mayor for these remarks, mischaracterizing his comments on the insufficiency of hollow condolences as an attack on people of faith. The right-wing news site Daily Caller reported that Frey had used the shooting to “slander Christians.” Right-wing advocacy group America First Works called the comments “disgraceful.”

MAGA influencer Chaya Raichik (known as Libs of TikTok) said Frey had “slam[med] people who are praying for the victims.” Curtis Houck of the conservative site NewsBusters said he had “kick[ed] dirt on children praying.” Alt-right commentator and Pizzagate conspiracy monger Jack Posobiec accused him of spreading “anti-Christian hate.” A prominent anonymous X user with the handle @_johnnymaga called the mayor “the ultimate POS [piece of shit],” saying he had insulted “the faith of the children who were just gunned down in his city.”

In reaction to the speech, several MAGA accounts with significant followings ridiculed Frey for having knelt and wept before the casket of George Floyd in 2020. For instance, Juanita Broaddrick, a pro-Trump figure who accused Bill Clinton of rape in 1999, shared a clip of Frey at Floyd’s funeral, writing of the mayor: “He is a real Piece of Sh*t. Here he is sobbing and praying at George Floyd’s gold casket. But he doesn’t want you to pray for these kids today.”

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MAGA Loses It After Minneapolis Mayor's Emotional Speech on Shooting (Original Post) Celerity Wednesday OP

These right-wingers are not only despicable, they're out of their minds. bif Wednesday #1

These Magas are irredeemable. Shun them. Joinfortmill Wednesday #2

Probably the best speech I've heard after a shooting like this. Silent Type Wednesday #3

If the right wing loses their reliance on 'thoughts and prayers' Torchlight Wednesday #4

This is why we will never have an end to these mass murders..MAGA can't even understand what the mayor is saying Deuxcents Wednesday #5

They are all bad actors these groups. Isn't there applegrove Wednesday #6

Here is something written by the pastor of Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis Jilly_in_VA Wednesday #7

bif

(26,187 posts)

1. These right-wingers are not only despicable, they're out of their minds.

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:18 PM

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Joinfortmill

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2. These Magas are irredeemable. Shun them.

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:20 PM

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Silent Type

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3. Probably the best speech I've heard after a shooting like this.

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:23 PM

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Torchlight

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4. If the right wing loses their reliance on 'thoughts and prayers'

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:24 PM

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they’ll have nothing to say after the next tragedy. That is their only response. Sure, it comes in a billion variations, but it’s always the same: thoughts and prayers.

Their loyal sealions will offer weak follow-ups (‘we can’t stop it from happening,’ ‘may as well arm yourself,’ ‘isn’t it just like buying car insurance?’), but without the anchor of ‘thoughts and prayers,’ these meritless monotone monologues collapse into flaccid and ineffectual emptiness.

Deuxcents

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5. This is why we will never have an end to these mass murders..MAGA can't even understand what the mayor is saying

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:25 PM

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Enough thoughts and prayers have been sent for the innocents of children in schools, people in church, restaurants, clubs, workplaces but the killings keep coming. Time to do something else..like change the laws so gun manufactures can be held to account for the misuse of their products, ammunition for military type weapons need to be reined in as well as the weapons. Until something is seriously changed, we’re gonna be collateral damage..imo

applegrove

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6. They are all bad actors these groups. Isn't there

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 06:15 PM

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something about thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. This is what Frey said:

Frey emphasized that platitudes about “thoughts and prayers” are not enough. “And don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now,”

Jilly_in_VA

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7. Here is something written by the pastor of Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 06:31 PM

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which some of the students at Annunciation Catholic School attend (yes, non-Catholic kids go to Catholic schools. Mine did,). It was posted on MSNBC earlier today:

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus once said, “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” So why in God’s name are politicians who proudly declare Jesus as their Lord and Savior not filled with conviction and responsibility for causing harm to these little ones? They are the ones who have the power and capacity to bring change.

The Annunciation kids, and all our kids, deserve more than our thoughts and prayers. They deserve our passion and commitment to making their world safe. They deserve our outrage. They deserve our commitment to do everything possible to "un-normalize" school shootings. Not because one of those kids just might save one of our lives, but so we can save theirs.

There's more at https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/minneapolis-school-shooting-annunciation-church-rcna227537

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