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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Democratic pleas for ‘more than prayers’ after Minnesota church shooting give Republicans a pivot off gun control

Democrats have responded with anger and frustration over GOP efforts to stymie gun control legislation after a deadly shooting at a church school in Minneapolis this week.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, with his voice breaking from emotion, told Americans not to call for prayers in the wake of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now, these kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school, they were in a church.”

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