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‘It Was Breaking My Heart’: Fox News Anchor Tears Up, Shares Bible Verse After School Shooting

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By Tré Goins-Phillips
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May 25, 2022

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner broke down in tears Wednesday, just one day after the horrific shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left at least 19 children and two teachers dead.

After reading the names of several of the children gunned down, Fox News contributor Kaleigh McEnany asked the “Outnumbered” co-host about her decision to post Matthew 19:14 to her Twitter account on Tuesday.

Lifting up a verse 🙏🏼 for the loved ones grieving in Uvalde, Texas on this first torturous night. #UvaldeMassacre #RobbElementary

Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

— HARRISFAULKNER (@HARRISFAULKNER) May 24, 2022

McEnany told Faulkner her Scripture-based post “said it all,” adding, “They were sitting at their desks, but 20 minutes from now yesterday, they entered heaven.”

“I have not heard my words read back; that’s all I have,” said Faulkner, clearly overtaken by emotion. “I was looking at what was on social media and it was breaking my heart that people felt so hopeless. So I tweeted that. Just maybe somebody might see it.”

"It was breaking my heart that people felt so hopeless," @HARRISFAULKNER fights back tears, explaining why she chose to share Matt. 19:14.
"But Jesus said, let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." pic.twitter.com/Idea6pwccO

— Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) May 25, 2022

Later in the brief segment, Faulkner apologized for “breaking down.”

“I was on the air, Trace, I think we were on the air together in some fashion on the day of Sandy Hook,” she said, referring to her co-host Trace Gallagher. “And I said 26 dead on that day. Never again. Look at where we are.”

One of the other co-hosts, Emily Compagno, shared her thoughts while Faulkner composed herself.

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“I keep thinking of those families who had missing children for so long and had to wait for that inevitable news that their child had gone to heaven,” said Compagno. “I can’t imagine what that pain was like.”

She went on to say she “can’t imagine what that feeling is like in this moment today for millions of Americans who are carrying the burden and the tragedy and the pain in empathy and sympathy for the community of Uvalde.”

“My heart just breaks and my deepest prayers for all of those families there in Uvalde, for all of them,” she added.

CBN’s Faithwire team discussed the spiritual aspect of the tragic shooting today:

***As the number of voices facing big-tech censorship continues to grow, please sign up for Faithwire’s daily newsletter and download the CBN News app, developed by our parent company, to stay up-to-date with the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.***

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