Schumer Torched for Blocking School Safety Bill After Uvalde Shooting

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is taking heat after he blocked a school safety bill.

Following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) asked for unanimous consent to pass the Luke and Alex School Safety Act.

The bill, which is named after Luke Hoyer and Alex Schachter — victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting — would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to “establish a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices for use by state and local educational and law-enforcement agencies, institutions of higher education, health professionals, and the public,” according to a summary of it.

It adds:

“The bill requires DHS to collect clearinghouse data analytics, user feedback on the implementation of best practices and recommendations identified by the clearinghouse, and any evaluations conducted on these best practices and recommendations. In addition, DHS must coordinate with the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice to assess and identify best practices and recommendations and establish an advisory board to provide feedback and propose additional recommendations.”

However, on Wednesday, Schumer tweeted, “GOP Sen. Johnson just tried for a bill that could see more guns in schools—I blocked it. The truth: There were officers at the school in Texas. The shooter got past them.”

“We need real solutions—We will vote on gun legislation starting with the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act,” he added.