JD Vance and Usha met with protesters at Annunciation Church visit
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, visited Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on September 3, 2025, shortly after a tragic shooting during the school’s opening Mass that left two children dead and 17 others injured. Upon their arrival to pay respects by laying flowers at a vigil outside the church, they were met by protesters demanding stronger gun laws and the protection of children’s lives. Protesters shouted phrases like “You’re a coward” and “Do better,” held signs calling for common-sense gun legislation, and displayed a rainbow flag. The vances did not respond to the protesters. This visit followed a previous campaign speech by JD Vance about the harsh reality of school shootings in America and the need to be prepared for such violence.
JD and Usha Vance met with protesters at Annunciation Church visit
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance visited Minneapolis’s Annunciation Church on Wednesday and were met with protesters upon their arrival.
This visit comes a week after a gunman opened fire during the school’s opening Mass, killing two children and injuring 17 others. Vance and his wife arrived to lay flowers at the vigil outside the church.
“Protect our kids,” one protester shouted.
“Do this for our children,” another protester said.
The Vances passed protesters without acknowledging them.
J.D. Vance and Usha Vance enter Annunciation Church in Minneapolis.
Leftist protestors proceed to shout “You’re a coward” and “do better” while flying a rainbow flag. pic.twitter.com/ZVmLlL85wg
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) September 3, 2025
“You’re a coward,” a protester said.
“Do better,” another said.
Protesters also held signs that read, “Kids’ lives over guns,” “Enough,” and “Common sense gun laws now,” among other slogans.
Vance’s trip to Minnesota coincidentally comes almost a year after a Trump campaign event in Arizona, where he spoke about school shootings.
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In that campaign speech last year, Vance said, “If these psychos are going to go after our kids, we’ve got to be prepared for it. We don’t have to like the reality that we live in, but it is the reality we live in. We’ve got to deal with it. I don’t like that this is a fact of life.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to the vice president’s office for comment.
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