CNN’s Don Lemon opens show with a devastating indictment of an America that does nothing to stop school shootings

The Santa Fe high school shooting has dominated news coverage, but CNN's Don Lemon had one clear message to America about how we are "failing" are students.

"No other way to put it. This is horrible. It is disgusting. It's terrifying," Lemon said. "But what it's not, sadly, is surprising. Nobody should be surprised to hear this terrible news. This is the 22nd school shooting in this country since the beginning of this year."

He said that drills are not enough and that America must do better.

"It happened at a school that had a safety drill, just a few weeks ago. And yet ten people are dead tonight. The latest school shooting is proof positive that drills and school safety procedures alone are just not enough," Lemon said.

He continued: "It's not enough to teach our kids to run faster and to hide better. We adults and leaders are failing them, pretending that they're safe, pretending that it can't happen here is a luxury that American students just don't have. We can't afford that."

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