ABC White House Correspondent Calls Out Trump Over School Shooting: Hasn’t Thrown ‘Weight’ Of His Office Into Addressing ‘This Epidemic’

Joe DePaolo Aug 27th, 2025, 2:08 pm

ABC News White House correspondent Mary Bruce called out President Donald Trump for not throwing “the weight and the heft” of his office into addressing mass shootings.

In a report from outside the White House during ABC’s special report coverage of the Minneapolis school shooting on Wednesday, Bruce noted that Trump and Vice President JD Vance called for prayers for the victims. But Bruce then echoed comments from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) — who rejected the calls for thoughts and prayers .

“As you heard from the mayor there in his heartfelt remarks saying, you know, praying isn’t enough at th

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