{"id":2479725,"date":"2025-08-27T20:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-mayor-twists-catholic-school-shooting-to-make-trans-community-the-victims\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T20:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:05:48","slug":"minneapolis-mayor-twists-catholic-school-shooting-to-make-trans-community-the-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-mayor-twists-catholic-school-shooting-to-make-trans-community-the-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Mayor Twists Catholic School Shooting to Make &#8216;Trans Community&#8217; the Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-mayor-twists-catholic-school-shooting-to-make-trans-community-the-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2479725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a tragic shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, where two young children were killed adn 17 others injured during morning Mass. The shooter, Robin Westman, a 23-year-old who identified as transgender, left a disturbing manifesto online that included hateful messages against Christians and Jews, and also trans pride symbols. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded by urging people not to blame the transgender community for the attack, emphasizing the need to avoid hatred toward any group. However, the article criticizes Frey for shifting focus to transgender rights instead of addressing the shooter&#8217;s apparent anti-Christian and anti-Semitic motives. Frey also challenged the common phrase of offering &#8220;thoughts and prayers,&#8221; noting that the victims were praying during the attack. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-fbi-agent-told-islamist-terrorist-to-tear-up-texas\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: FBI Agent Told Islamist Terrorist To &#039;Tear Up Texas&#039;\">piece highlights ongoing concerns<\/a> about violence involving individuals who identify as transgender and criticizes political responses that downplay these aspects.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is proving himself to be a caricature of a far-left politician with impassioned pleas not to blame the &ldquo;trans community&rdquo; for Wednesday&rsquo;s Catholic school shooting that left two children dead and many others injured.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Westman, 23, formerly known as Robert Westman, was a male who identified as a female, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/who-suspect-annunciation-catholic-school-shooting-minneapolis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter d a bizarre manifesto in a YouTube video, which has since been taken down. &ldquo;One page had a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >trans pride flag sticker<\/a> with &lsquo;Defend equality&rsquo; printed across the bottom, A black AK-47 sticker laid on top of it,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us-news\/minneapolis-mayor-uses-catholic-school-shooting-presser-to-speak-out-about-transgender-rights-as-gunman-robin-westman-idd-as-trans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kristi-noem-kash-patel-confirm-twisted-details-catholic-school-shooter-hate-crime-investigation-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westman<\/a> opened fire during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School, shooting through stained-glass windows into the church, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/minnesota-school-shooting-suspect-robin-westman\/story?id=125029777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing<\/a> an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old student while injuring 17 more.<\/p>\n<p>As more details emerged about the shooter, Frey shifted to talking about transgenderism, because what else is a leftist mayor to do?<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Because last I checked, Americans have not been going around shooting up trans-identifying people, but the reverse is certainly not true.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Colorado Springs shooter identified as non binary.<\/p>\n<p>The Denver shooter identified as trans.<\/p>\n<p>The Aberdeen shooter identified as trans.<\/p>\n<p>The Nashville shooter identified as trans.<\/p>\n<p>One thing is VERY clear: the modern trans movement is radicalizing activists into terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1640477904839614466?\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Frey added, &ldquo;Anybody who is using this&hellip; as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate for anyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To note that trans shooters have targeted Christian school students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shocking-new-legal-motion-threatens-release-transgender-nashville-shooters-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple times now<\/a> is not villainizing a community. It&rsquo;s stating a fact.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference following the shooting, he also denigrated the importance of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>With a great deal of emotion in his voice, Frey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sick-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-lashes-prayer-catholic-school-shooting-press-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> reporters, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was the first week of school. They were in a church,&rdquo; the mayor added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks after at least two people were killed in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, sources said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DDDRKlgkKo\">https:\/\/t.co\/DDDRKlgkKo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ai1faAXKZO\">pic.twitter.com\/Ai1faAXKZO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1960736224391368831?\">August 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Frey&rsquo;s subtext appeared to be, &ldquo;Praying does not work. The kids were in a church, and God didn&rsquo;t protect them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If the mayor really is concerned about hatred, he should stick to the views expressed by Westman in his YouTube manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the video, conservative commentator Charlie Kirk posted, &ldquo;The suspect wrote notes on the weapons he used including &lsquo;Kill Trump Now!,&rsquo; &lsquo;McVeigh,&rsquo; &lsquo;Where is Your God?,&rsquo; &lsquo;Burn Israel&rsquo; and &lsquo;6 million was not enough.&rsquo; He had a human-shaped target with Jesus&rsquo;s face attached to it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Evidence is emerging of the suspected shooter in Minneapolis and appears to be psychotic, manic 22-year-old young man, possibly trans, who left an 11-minute manifesto video on YouTube just hours before the shooting happened. The video has been taken down. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sick-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-lashes-out-at-prayer-in-catholic-school-shooting-press-briefing\/\" title=\"Sick: ... Lashes Out at Prayer in ... Press Briefing\">suspect wrote notes&#038;hellip<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kM46W23OHp\">pic.twitter.com\/kM46W23OHp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1960751523551699104?\">August 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So the shooter hated Christians and Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p>If Frey wanted to spend his camera time well, he should have been speaking about the evils of anti-Christian and anti-Jewish bigotry, not transgenderism.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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