The Newtown Massacre and Mike Huckabee’s Offense
“We ask why there’s violence in our schools but we’ve systematically removed God from our schools. Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?” said Mike Huckabee in an interview regarding the Newtown Massacre. Peter Wehner of Commentary criticizes Huckabee’s comments, writing that though the pastor “may have thought he was defending God,” the grief-stricken moment “called for some measure of grace, humility, and wisdom … Huckabee offered an explanation I found flippant and offensive.”