GOP Lawmaker Struggles to Explain Why He Voted Down Bill That Would Have Provided Mental Health Funding He Now Wants to Help Prevent Mass Shootings

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Aug 31st, 2025, 3:04 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) struggled to explain why he voted against a bipartisan bill promoting mental health services in an effort to stop gun violence — even as he argued that the Minneapolis Catholic school shooter was mentally ill.

Emmer was questioned by ABC’s Martha Raddatz on ABC’s .

“You talk about what can be done,” Raddatz began. “After mass shootings in Buffalo and in Uvalde, Texas. Congress passed the bipartisan Safer Communities Act . It provided hundreds of millions of dollars for schools to expand mental health services, enhance safety measures. You did not vo

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