Don Beyer tweeted the following:
"Educators are supposed to help our kids learn, to inspire them, and help them grow. Our schools are supposed to be places of learning, not fortresses.Teachers should not have to be first responders."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Don Beyer:
"Something I'm thinking about as we learn more about this shooting: Congress' failure to do anything about gun violence is putting teachers across the country - a profession that is already terribly undervalued - into a horribly dangerous position. It's absolutely unacceptable."Read on Twitter
"A fourth-grader at Robb Elementary says "his teachers, Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles, saved [the] lives" of himself and other children who survived the shooting.These teachers were heroes and all of us should remember and honor them. kens5.com/article/news/s"Read on Twitter
"We must prevent police misconduct, while protecting the public and building healthier communities. I will keep pushing for the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act to advance that goal.I also introduced the Cost of Police Misconduct Act, a reform to boost local accountability: twitter.com/voxdotcom/stat" on May 25Read on Twitter