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A brazen ambush just blocks from the White House left two West Virginia National Guard members badly wounded while they performed a routine, high-visibility patrol meant to protect the people and institutions of our capital. The gruesome scene — a lone gunman opening fire in a crowded downtown corridor — is a chilling reminder that the safety of our troops and citizens cannot be taken for granted.
Authorities say the suspect is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who arrived in the United States in 2021 under the Operation Allies Welcome program and who reportedly worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan before coming here. The FBI has characterized the attack as a terrorism probe and investigators are executing warrants in multiple states as they search for motive and connections. Those facts should alarm every American who believes in secure borders and responsible vetting.
On Fox News Live, Rep. Buddy Carter rightly exploded at the culture that excuses anti-authority bile and left-wing rhetoric as if it’s harmless opinion instead of a corrosive force that emboldens attackers. Conservatives are right to demand that political leaders stop normalizing hostility toward law enforcement and our Guard troops — this isn’t political theater, it’s about protecting lives and the rule of law.
This attack drives home the catastrophic consequences of sloppy policy choices and open-door rhetoric that let dangerous individuals slip through the cracks. Senior officials have acknowledged the suspect’s past work with U.S. operations in Afghanistan, and the fallout has already forced a pause on Afghan processing while the feds scramble to answer hard questions about vetting and national-security safeguards. If Washington won’t secure the border and fix vetting now, who will?
Americans should be furious that volunteers who left their homes and jobs to protect the capital were left vulnerable to an ambush on American soil. The FBI-led investigation must be relentless, the CIA and Justice Department must be transparent about what they knew, and elected Republicans must press for immediate changes to protect our troops and citizens — including stronger vetting, accountability for failed policies, and adequate forces on the ground. We owe these Guardsmen nothing less than swift justice and real reforms so this never happens again.
