WASHINGTON — The third-ranking House Republican called Thursday for Minnesota to repeal its “trans refuge” law in an exclusive interview with The Post following Wednesday’s deadly shooting targeting Catholic school students in Minneapolis .

“We got to respect everyone. We got to have compassion for everyone. But we got to understand that we’ve got some serious mental health issues that are being exacerbated by these types of messages by people like Tim Walz and everybody who supported that law,” said House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, whose district covers many of the Twin Cities’ outer northern and western suburbs.

“They should immediately repeal it, but they won’t,” Emmer added. “They have been encouraging this type of confusion. This poor young man was tortured. He clearly had serious

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