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“Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church. These are kids that should be learning with their friends,” Frey told reporters after the shooting.
That statement was only the beginning. Frey then doubled down on CNN, making it clear that he sees prayer as meaningless.
“Thoughts and prayers, while they’re appreciated, they’re not enough,” Frey said. “These kids were literally praying. Of course, it’s on us to talk about doing the right things, but more importantly, it’s on all of us to act, to make a difference so that it’s not just, ‘this should never happen again.’”
The message couldn’t be more obvious: prayer is worthless, and faith is something to be scolded, not respected.
JD Vance Refuses to Stay Silent
Vice President JD Vance, himself a Catholic convert, was not about to let that kind of insult go unanswered.
Taking to X, Vance called out the Left’s hostility toward believers:
“It is shocking to me that so many left-wing politicians attack the idea of prayer in response to a tragedy,” Vance wrote. “Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action. We pray because our hearts are broken and we believe that God is listening.”
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, quickly echoed his words with a short but strong response: “Exactly.”
Vance’s timing was deliberate. He waited until Frey had shown his cards, revealing his disdain for Christianity, and then delivered a response that cut straight to the heart of the issue.
What This Really Shows About the Left
Frey’s words weren’t just insensitive. They exposed the deeper problem: a Left that has grown openly hostile toward Christianity in America.
For decades, Democrats have worked to strip prayer from schools, remove faith symbols from public life, and replace God with government.
Now, they’re so emboldened that they’ll look at children praying in a church and still use it as an excuse to attack faith.
Frey repeating the phrase “these kids were literally praying” wasn’t a call for compassion — it was his way of sneering at believers.
Any normal person would look at children seeking God in a house of worship and say, “Thank God they have faith to hold onto.”
But Frey and politicians like him see prayer as a nuisance, a political obstacle that needs to be “fixed.”
Vance and Trump Aren’t Backing Down
JD Vance’s defense of prayer shows that this administration isn’t going to sit back and let the Left push Christianity further out of public life.
Prayer isn’t a replacement for action. It’s a foundation — a source of guidance, comfort, and strength for millions of Americans in their darkest moments.
That’s what those families needed after the shooting, not a smug lecture from a woke mayor.
The fact that Vance spoke out so strongly, with Leavitt reinforcing his words, shows a clear shift. Unlike past Republican leaders who often stayed quiet, this White House is willing to fight for people of faith.
And that’s exactly why Americans put Donald Trump and JD Vance in office. To push back. To defend faith. And to stand up against a radical Left that wants government to be your god instead of the Almighty.
