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Exclusive: Minnesota, the highest state in Congress, accused his state’s Democratic governor of focusing on the wrong issues after the fatal shooting at the Minneapolis Catholic School.
“Tim Walz And there are people around them who are not trying to solve this problem. They’re just exacerbating the problem, and over the past few years, they’ve been exacerbating the problem,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. told Fox News Digital.
“So yes, I do put it on their legs and if we’re going to fix that, then I think Tim Walz and the Democrats in my state really need to sit down and have a thoughtful discussion on how we deal with the mental health issues they encourage.”
A 23-year-old man opened fire at a mass held in the Catholic Church on Wednesday, and students from his affiliated schools are attending.
House majority whip Tom Emmer, right, is a pro-trade policy in Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the deadly shooting. (Getty Image)
Authorities said two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed. 15 other children aged 6 to 15 and 3 adults were injured.
The shooter was identified as Robin Westman, whose name was originally Robert Westman. Federal officials, including Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem, said Westman claimed to be transgender.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey publicly urges people not to use the shooting “as an opportunity to make the demons in our trans community.”
But Emmer criticized Democrats in his state and Congress Promote gun control The shooting happened. “It starts at the top,” he said.
“If the gun is not available, explicitly based on this young man, we know nothing about it now, and he will find another way to perform this outrageous behavior,” Emmer said. “That won’t stop him, and that’s not what caused the problem. What caused the problem is all the transgender chaos caused by Tim Walz and his Democratic colleagues.”
“I want our governor, rather than calling us a trans shelter, why doesn’t he say we are a shelter for all faiths, and we will protect them all?”

An undated photo of the driver’s license shows Robin M. Westman, 23, identified by police as a gunman, opened fire at a mass at a Catholic church and school in Minneapolis on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Acquired by Fox News)
He refers to the law signed by Waltz, making the state a “sanctuary” for trans people. Walz touted his policy earlier this week DNC’s Summer Meeting: “Minnesota is a safe haven for trans people, which is the highest per capita.”
But Emmer said Sagittarius “apparently has some mental health problems.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told ABC News The shooter “feels hatred of all kinds of people and a group of people” and also shows “obsession” with the mass shooter.
this New York Post Westman’s manifesto reportedly shows that the 23-year-old is struggling to have a transgender identity.
“I regret to be trans,” the shooter reportedly said before the attack. “I wish I was a girl. I just knew that the technology I had today wouldn’t achieve that body. I can’t afford it, either.”
Robin Westman is the suspect in the Minneapolis Catholic School shooting?

Susan Saly, right and Meagan Pierlouissi placed flowers in the Memorial Hall of the Catholic Church after a school shooting in Minneapolis Thursday, August 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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Shooter It is also reported Hate of Jews and complaining about the media “only talking about brown people dead, I don’t care about them.”
As far as Waltz is concerned, he has no comment on the shooter’s identity. The governor’s latest statement thanks law enforcement and the condolences of those affected.
“Students should start a school year full of hope and excitement,” Walz said on X Thursday afternoon.
Fox News Digital contacted Emmer with the governor’s office, but there was no response.

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