Sick: Leftist Protesters Target JD Vance as He Pays Respects at Site of Catholic School Shooting

Vice President J.D. Vance traveled to Minneapolis this week to mourn with the community of Annunciation Catholic School, where students and staff are still reeling from last week’s horrific mass shooting. But instead of solemnity, Vance was met with jeers from left-wing agitators who turned the occasion into a platform for their radical ideology — the same ideology embraced by the shooter, Robert Westman.

Footage posted on X by Townhall columnist Dustin Grage showed Vance and his wife arriving at the school as protesters shouted over them. Chants of “Protect our kids” and “Do better” echoed across the street, as if blaming the vice president and his family for the actions of a deranged killer.

Signs carried by the protesters revealed even more of the movement’s hostility. One declared, “This is your job. Protect our kids.” Another sneered, “When you pray, move your feet,” mocking the Christian community’s calls for prayer and spiritual healing in the aftermath of tragedy. Further back, an LGBT flag waved above the crowd — an unmistakable signal of the cultural agenda on display.

Other videos showed demonstrators with signs reading “Hate won’t make America great again” and “Fascism won’t save our children.” One individual bizarrely danced in front of the cameras, turning a solemn moment into a circus of left-wing slogans.

Commentator Libs of TikTok reposted the clips, writing: “It takes a special kind of derangement and evil to PROTEST Vance paying respects to dead kids who were killed by a trans trrorist.”*

The outrage is understandable. Vance is a devout Catholic, a husband, and a father. His visit was a show of compassion for a grieving community, not a political stunt. The vice president understands the heartbreak of families who watched their children live through terror — and in two tragic cases, lose their lives while worshiping Jesus Christ.

What makes the protesters’ behavior even more grotesque is the reality of who Robert Westman was: an angry, unstable, self-identified transgender who openly expressed hatred for President Donald Trump and Christian faith. He wasn’t inspired by prayer or conservative values — he was consumed by the toxic stew of pride, envy, and radical gender ideology.

Blaming Vance, law-abiding gun owners, or prayerful Christians for Westman’s evil act is not only wrong, it’s obscene. The true responsibility lies with the poisonous ideology that radicalizes vulnerable individuals and celebrates rebellion against God’s natural order.

If the protesters in Minneapolis want to point fingers, they ought to start by looking in the mirror. It is their cultural movement — not Trump, not the Second Amendment, not the Catholic faith — that continues to warp minds and destroy lives.