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- Vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance said he didn’t like that school shootings are “a fact of life.”
- He made the comments in response to a Wednesday shooting at a Georgia high school that left four dead.
- Vance suggested that increased security at schools could help address the problem.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance called for more security while saying that he didn’t like that school shootings are a “fact of life” during a Thursday rally.
Vance’s comments come one day after a 14-year-old suspect opened fire at a Georgia high school in a rampage that left two teachers and two students dead.
“If these psychos are going to go after our kids, we’ve got to be prepared for it,” Vance said, according to The Associated Press. “We don’t have to like the reality that we live in, but it is the reality we live in.”
The senator from Ohio continued, saying he didn’t “like” that such shootings are “a fact of life” but said American schools are “soft targets.”