{"id":2479833,"date":"2025-08-28T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-schools-begged-for-tiny-security-budget-from-state-walz-dems-refused-despite-17-billion-surplus-and-similar-grants-to-public-schools\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:15:51","slug":"catholic-schools-begged-for-tiny-security-budget-from-state-walz-dems-refused-despite-17-billion-surplus-and-similar-grants-to-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-schools-begged-for-tiny-security-budget-from-state-walz-dems-refused-despite-17-billion-surplus-and-similar-grants-to-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Schools Begged for Tiny Security Budget from State &#8211; Walz, Dems Refused Despite $17 Billion Surplus and Similar Grants to Public Schools"},"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\">46<\/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%2Fcatholic-schools-begged-for-tiny-security-budget-from-state-walz-dems-refused-despite-17-billion-surplus-and-similar-grants-to-public-schools%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=2479833&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 criticizes the typical political responses following mass shootings in the United States, highlighting predictable narratives that assign blame based on the shooter&#8217;s identity or presumed motives-whether racial, ideological, or related to gun ownership. It centers on a recent shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis,where a transgender former student,described with strongly negative terms and various ideological accusations,killed children during Mass. The piece calls out Minnesota&#8217;s Democratic governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for focusing primarily on gun control as the root cause, while ignoring other factors and failing to provide adequate school security, especially for non-public religious schools.<\/p>\n<p>The article argues that Walz previously rejected funding requests from the Minnesota Catholic Conference that aimed to include non-public schools in state security grants, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-josh-shapiros-first-budget-sheds-light-on-priorities-for-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s First Budget Sheds Light on Priorities for Pennsylvania\">surplus state funds<\/a>. It accuses Walz of prioritizing politically popular initiatives like &#8220;trans refuges&#8221; over school safety and failing to take pragmatic steps to protect students, including those in private and parochial schools.Mayor Frey is also criticized for refusing to acknowledge any potential link between transgender identity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anderson-cooper-other-networks-are-promoting-second-u-s-civil-war\/\" title=\"Anderson Cooper: \u2018Other Networks\u2019 Are \u2018Promoting\u2019 Second U.S. Civil War\">politically motivated violence<\/a>, instead defending the transgender community in the shooter&#8217;s wake. The author laments the repetitive, politically motivated blame-shifting by leaders who avoid practical solutions, resulting in ongoing tragedies that could otherwise be prevented.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is all too sadly tiresome to be outraged over the obvious narrative-rigging every time a mass shooting occurs in this country.<\/p>\n<p>Was the motive white supremacy? Whites are responsible. No? Is the motive theoretically conservative in some way, shape, or form? Conservatives are responsible. No? Was the target a liberal demographic or a public space? Hate is responsible. No? Is the target something conservative and the shooter from a typically liberal demographic? The gun was responsible.<\/p>\n<p>So imagine my wearied non-surprise to see this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/national\/minnesota-lawmakers-urge-action-against-gun-violence\/2025\/08\/27\/0e7446ba-6806-4245-89d0-a6430b9d9e01_video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a> headline beside a clip from Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaking outside the site of a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/photos-trans-shooters-anti-trump-anti-israel-obsession-media-doesnt-want-talk-graphic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perpetrated<\/a> by a God-hating, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamalas-stepdaughter-endorses-anti-semitic-pro-hamas-radical-socialist-major-political-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jew-hating<\/a>, Trump-hating former student who identified as transgender: &ldquo;Minnesota lawmakers urge action against gun violence.&rdquo; Because when the gun is what&rsquo;s responsible, the left needs to get ahead of some fairly unpleasant optics posthaste.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking outside the Annunciation Church and Catholic School on Wednesday &mdash; where a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-proclaims-using-wrong-pronouns-could-be-an-act-of-violence-do-they-remember-what-happened-in-nashville\/\" title=\"Uni says using &#039;wrong&#039; pronouns may be violent. Remember Nashville?\">transgender shooter killed<\/a> at least two children while firing into the church as students celebrated Mass &mdash; Walz said that the shooting was part of a pattern &ldquo;all too common &mdash; not just in Minnesota, but across this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One would be tempted to agree if he were talking about a pattern of mentally ill and\/or transgender attackers specifically targeting Catholics, the faithful, or conservatives and having pro-progressive or anti-religious motivations, but that &mdash; naturally &mdash; is not what he was talking about.<\/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\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The clip from the Post shifted to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey talking about how &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve got more guns in this country than we have people. And it&rsquo;s on all of us to recognize the truth and the reality that we can&rsquo;t just say this shouldn&rsquo;t happen again and then allow it to happen again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another sad irony, since one man allowed it to happen and another seems content to allow it to happen again.<\/p>\n<p>On the latter category, we can dispense with this quickly by playing a clip of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minneapolis-mayor-twists-catholic-school-shooting-make-trans-community-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor Frey appearing<\/a> on CNN and proving he won&rsquo;t &ldquo;recognize the truth and the reality&rdquo; that we have a serious problem involving the correlation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shocking-new-legal-motion-threatens-release-transgender-nashville-shooters-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between those who identify as transgender<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chilling-trend-shows-tesla-terrorists-now-know-exactly-many-came\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">those involved in political acts of violence<\/a>. Instead he said that those who &ldquo;use this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any community has lost touch with a common humanity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey says this is the time for America to stand up for the trans community after a trans shooter killed Catholic children in his city.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anybody that is gonna use this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any community has lost&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFmA55ye15\">pic.twitter.com\/kFmA55ye15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1960847639781761038?\">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>As for Walz, it turns out he could have gone a long way in preventing this. Twice in two years, the Minnesota Catholic Conference &mdash; described by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/news\/minnesota-school-security-funds-exclude-non-public-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Catholic Register<\/a> as &ldquo;the public policy voice of Minnesota&rsquo;s six dioceses&rdquo; &mdash; explicitly asked Gov. Walz for security against school shootings. Security that, as it turns out, public schools receive.<\/p>\n<p>They were rebuffed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are approximately 72,000 students enrolled in Independent, Catholic, Jewish, Christian and Muslim nonpublic schools in our state,&rdquo; the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncatholic.org\/letter_to_governor_walz_school_safety_in_nonpublic_schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> from the Minnesota Catholic Conference to Walz read. &ldquo;The latest school shooting at a nonpublic Christian school in Tennessee sadly confirms what we already know &mdash; our schools are under attack. In Minnesota, nonpublic schools, particularly our Jewish and Muslim schools, have experienced increased levels of threats, all of which we must take very seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That shooting, by the way, was also perpetrated by a transgender individual &mdash; which is one of the reasons why it got scuttled from the front pages posthaste.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are asking for your assistance in making sure the Minnesota Legislature enacts your budget recommendation of $50 million to establish the Building and Cyber Security Grant Program and include all schools as eligible for funding, whether they are public, charters or nonpublic schools. The exclusion of one sector of schools &mdash; as you know, nonpublic schools serve many students and families in need of services and resources &mdash; is a discriminatory act against our students,&rdquo; the letter continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since 2020, nonpublic schools have been advocating to be part of the Safe Schools Program that provides funding to school districts for emergency response training, security upgrades, mental health services, and security resources. The legislation supported by our collective organizations provides state aid to school districts, intermediate school districts, charter schools and nonpublic schools for this program. Unfortunately, this program currently does not cover nonpublic schools, charter schools and intermediate school districts and it is a levy-only program for school districts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Had the resources been granted, Catholic and other non-public schools could have had additional security or school resource officers. Indeed, the requests came as Minnesota was running a $17.6 billion budget surplus in 2023, per the National Catholic Register.<\/p>\n<p>But Gov. Walz, who now deplores these &ldquo;all too common&rdquo; shootings in schools, didn&rsquo;t want to spend the $50 million to ensure non-public school students were safe.<\/p>\n<p>Walz&rsquo;s office responded to the National Catholic Register&rsquo;s request for comment, saying that the governor &ldquo;cares deeply about the safety of students&rdquo; and had &ldquo;signed into law millions in funding for school safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fact-check: False. &ldquo;The Register confirmed, however, that none of the previously signed funding bills applied to non-public school safety,&rdquo; the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2022, after a bill to expand the funding to non-public schools stalled, Minnesota&rsquo;s bishops urged Walz to call a special session and pass an expansion to Safe Schools. The measure would have provided $44 per student for security costs, regardless of their school&rsquo;s affiliation,&rdquo; the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The House version of the bill was supported by multiple members of the Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party, the Minnesota affiliate of the national Democratic Party, indicating bipartisan support. However, Walz did not call a special session to pass the legislation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jason Adkins, executive director of the MCC, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/minnesota-catholic-school-leader-warned-tim-walz-of-urgent-and-critical-need-to-secure-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> that while Catholic authorities had pressured Walz, he said he&rsquo;d do things he didn&rsquo;t actually do.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was raised in discussions between the bishops and Gov. Walz, and he communicated his belief that people should feel safe in their schools and places of worship,&rdquo; Adkins told the conservative outlet. &ldquo;But the appropriation was not created.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What Walz&nbsp;<em>did<\/em> do with the state&rsquo;s money in 2023 was create a &ldquo;trans refuge&rdquo; in order to &ldquo;protect those <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >seeking gender-affirming care<\/a>,&rdquo; pro-LGBT outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outfront.org\/governor-walz-signs-conversion-therapy-ban-and-trans-refuge-bills-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OutFront Minnesota<\/a> reported in April of that year. By not instituting the funding, he also threw a sop to his friends in the teachers&rsquo; unions, who will do anything possible to keep money away from non-public schools, even if it puts the lives of students in danger.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of posturing was enough to get Walz a spot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-mocked-bizarre-interaction-kamala-harriss-allies-something-seriously-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the Democratic ticket last year<\/a>. It was not, however, enough to save the lives of two precious children.<\/p>\n<p>So of course, Walz is blaming the firearm. Because if he, heaven forbid, acknowledged his negligence in not spending available money to protect children in private and parochial schools, the media might have to stop focusing on that whole &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve got more guns in this country than we have people&rdquo; talking. It is tiring that the responsibility for such unspeakable tragedy is shifted by politicos in such a cynical and predictable manner that it can be predicted by a verbal flow chart.<\/p>\n<p>It should be a genuine outrage &mdash; and it is, and in novel and deplorable ways, too. But the reaction remains fixed, no matter how vile the act was. And the more wearied we get, knowing that men such as Walz and Frey will never pursue commonsense solutions to these problems, preferring instead to tilt at the windmill of your constitutional right to bear arms as if it excused their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minneapolis-passes-budget-cuts-millions-police-department-amid-spike-violent-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complete lack of pragmatic action<\/a> to stop the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-school-arming-teachers-thwart-mass-shooters-schools-follow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real madness behind these acts<\/a>.<\/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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If the motive is white supremacy, then white people are blamed. If it&#8217;s supposedly conservative, conservatives are blamed. If the target is liberal or public, hate is blamed. If it&#8217;s something conservative and the shooter comes from a typically liberal background, then guns are blamed. So it was no surprise to see a Washington Post headline alongside Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addressing a shooting at a Catholic school by a transgender former student who hated God, Jews, and Trump: &#8220;Minnesota lawmakers urge action against gun violence.&#8221; Because when guns are deemed responsible, the left rushes to manage optics quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking outside Annunciation Church and Catholic School-where at least two children were killed during Mass by this transgender shooter-Walz said such shootings are &#8220;all too common&#8221; nationwide. One might agree if he meant attacks specifically by mentally ill or transgender individuals targeting Catholics or conservatives with anti-religious motives-but that wasn&#8217;t his point.<\/p>\n<p>The Post clip shifted to Mayor Frey saying there are more guns than people in America and that everyone must face this reality instead of just hoping shootings won&#8217;t happen again-a bitter irony since one man allowed it once and another seems willing to let it continue.<\/p>\n<p>Frey also refused to acknowledge any link between transgender identity and political violence on CNN, condemning anyone who uses this tragedy to demonize trans people as lacking humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Gov. Walz had previously rejected requests from Minnesota&#8217;s Catholic Conference for $50 million in security funding for nonpublic schools-including religious ones-even though public schools receive such support. These requests came amid a $17.6 billion state budget surplus in 2023 but were denied despite rising threats against nonpublic schools.<\/p>\n<p>Walz claims he cares about student safety and has signed funding bills for school security-but none applied to nonpublic schools like Catholic institutions that requested help after previous shootings involving transgender perpetrators went underreported.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of funding these protections, Walz used state money in 2023 to create &#8220;trans refuges&#8221; supporting gender-affirming care while ignoring pleas from religious groups concerned about their students&#8217; safety-a move aligned with teachers&#8217; unions opposing funds for private schools even if lives are at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Now Walz blames firearms alone because admitting his failure would shift media focus away from gun control rhetoric he favors over practical solutions-an all-too-familiar pattern where politicians cynically deflect responsibility after tragedies rather than address root causes effectively.<\/p>\n<p>This repetitive cycle of blame-shifting grows increasingly frustrating as leaders like Walz and Frey avoid commonsense measures while fixating on constitutional rights debates instead of preventing further needless loss of life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2479834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Waltz-Security-Denial.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[62156,62158,62157,37181,38323],"class_list":["post-2479833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-catholic-schools","tag-education-grants","tag-security-budget","tag-state-funding","tag-walz-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Waltz-Security-Denial.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2479833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2479837,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479833\/revisions\/2479837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2479834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2479833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2479833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2479833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}