“Fox & Friends” host Ainsley Earhardt fought back tears as she described a sense of bewilderment after a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school this week that left at least 19 children dead.
“I’m just sitting here thinking, hear the phrase in church … that we all put Jesus on the cross. It wasn’t just a group. We were all guilty of that because He had to die on the cross for our sins.” Earhardt, a devout Christian who often speaks openly about her faith, said Wednesday on the network’s morning program.
“Are these all our mistakes?” she asked. “I mean, as a country, we’re very divided. We are: do you hate anyone else because they vote differently than you? You know, what makes these people do this to grab a gun and come in and kill our kids? Why do we have to worry about that now? ”
Earhardt’s voice broke and stopped to regain composure as he continued.
“And think about what these parents are going through and they will never see their children again, you know, and even if they have three children, it doesn’t replace what they lost,” she said, her voice trembling. .
“But what about the mother who has a son, and she will never be a grandmother because this man went to these schools and did this. What do we have to do to heal as a country and make sure that these gunmen like this … do they stop before they reach this point? ”
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old attacker shot and killed at least 19 schoolchildren and two adults during a shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Authorities say the suspect, who was killed by police during a shooting, also allegedly shot his grandmother before starting his commotion at school.
The incident has sparked a growing call for stricter gun control measures by Democrats, activists and families of victims of school shootings. Republican politicians and Conservative experts have responded widely, saying the incident should be seen as proof of the need for more school safety measures.
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Earhardt said parents should help children in need.
“Parents, take your children to church. I don’t know what’s going on in these people’s hearts, but they have a void. They have a hole in their hearts and they’re bad and unhappy. Help them get help. And I know not it’s always the parents ’fault, because parents are trying in many cases and when there is a mental illness involved, sometimes you’re at the end of your wits and you can’t do much more,” he said.
“I do not know what the solution is. I don’t know how to fix this. But I know you love your neighbor as yourself. This is what the Bible tells us to do. Don’t say no to your neighbor if you’re a Democrat or a Republican. And our country is very divided and I’m tired of all this evil and I don’t know what the solution is, but we definitely have to love each other and go back to where we were after 9/11, when they were one country. ” .