Jean-Pierre Dismisses Classifying Nashville School Shooting as Hate Crime

Karine Jean-Pierre appeared mildly annoyed when asked if the White House supported classifying the Nashville school shooting as a hate crime.

“Former Vice President Pence said that if the shooter who killed six people in that Christian school in Tennessee was motivated by a hatred towards Christians, that the crime should be categorized as a hate crime.  I’m wondering what the President thinks of that kind of designation” one reporter asked. 

“It’s not for us to decide,” KJP coldly replied. 

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While a motive hasn’t yet been released to the public in the shooting, many have speculated that the school was targeted for being Christian. Police did say they “strongly believe” the attacker had other targets, including a mall, which could be interpreted as evidence to the contrary. However, the attacker’s unreleased manifesto is likely to hold the ultimate truth behind what motivated the attack. 

In the days following the shooting, the administration didn’t acknowledge that the attack was on a Christian school, or even use the word “Christian” once. 

In past hate crimes, real and suspected, Biden was quick to mention the identity of the victims. When four Muslim men were found murdered in Albuquerque in August 2022, Biden put out a statement that he was “angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque,” and condemned the “hateful attack.” Though in that case, the man arrested and charged in the murders turned out to be Muslim himself, ruling out the possibility of a hate crime. 

Matt Palumbo is the author of Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry and The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros