adminTwo West Virginia National Guard members were ambushed and shot just blocks from the White House on November 26, leaving Americans stunned and furious that uniformed defenders of our capital were targeted on duty. This wasn’t some random act of street violence — it was an attack on the men and women who volunteer to keep our streets safe, and every patriot should be sickened that our soldiers were put in that position.
Law enforcement has identified the suspect as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who came to this country in 2021 under evacuation programs and was living in Washington state; he was wounded and taken into custody after the confrontation. The facts here matter: Americans deserve to know how someone with that background ended up near the heart of our government and whether failures in vetting and immigration policy played a role.
Video and police accounts indicate the shooter “ambushed” the guardsmen in what investigators describe as a lone‑gunman, targeted attack — a scenario that underlines why the presence of disciplined, armed troops mattered that day. The incident has sharply escalated the debate over the Trump administration’s controversial National Guard deployment to Washington, and the president has ordered 500 additional troops to the capital in response as officials scramble to secure the area.
Remember who spent weeks denouncing the deployments as “militarization” and “unconstitutional” — Democratic governors and mayors who cheered for the removal of federal forces now look utterly tone‑deaf as our troops lie wounded. When political leaders call for troop withdrawals and lecture about civil liberties in the same breath they minimize violent threats, they aren’t protecting liberty — they’re endangering lives, and that hypocrisy must be called out.
Hardworking Americans know what real security looks like: strong borders, serious vetting, and unwavering support for our military and law‑enforcement. Lawmakers who spent years demonizing police and soldiers owe the nation an apology and a plan — not platitudes — and the priority now must be getting answers, shoring up protections for our capital, and standing with the brave guardsmen who answered the call to serve.
