Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) has long performed a key role for many on the left. When there is an argument barred by decency or decorum, Wasserman Schultz is happy to make it, from attacking journalists in her defense of censorship to attempting to rig an election and bar Republicans from ballots as part of her defense of democracy. However, on Friday, the Florida representative set a new low in American politics: attempting to assign some of the blame for the shooting of two National Guardsmen on President Donald Trump.
On CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Wasserman Schultz declared that
“This is a deeply concerning situation, but, you know, it’s one that I think we have to — it begs the question, would an individual have flown across the country to target law enforcement officers in Washington, D.C.? And, I mean, the answer is likely no. So why wasn‘t the president‘s first thought, ‘Wow, you know, maybe I should reconsider deploying military troops in the nation‘s capital or in any city?’ Particularly not when they haven‘t coordinated closely with the leadership of these cities and when we have law enforcement that are quite capable of handling the criminal justice issues that are — that we need law enforcement to focus on, and not our military.”
There is a good-faith debate over the deployment of National Guard personnel in cities. However, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has worked with the Administration on that deployment, and crime has fallen in the Capitol. They have been coordinating with the city.
Nevertheless, Wasserman Schultz pressed on:
“I just think, you know, the president looks everywhere except inward to blame his own policies. We need to make sure that we don‘t have our military deployed in our cities, doing — handling law enforcement responsibilities. And we need to make sure that we address gun violence. We certainly need to make sure we always have the proper and appropriate and tight, tight vetting processes, and those should be reviewed. But it‘s never the president‘s fault or his policies when it comes to his reaction, and it’s pretty disgusting.”
D.C. has some of the strongest gun control measures in the nation. Moreover, this is a crime committed with a handgun brought from another area with strong gun control, Washington State.
Wasserman Schultz is also assuming that it was the deployment that motivated the shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national. Lakanwal entered the U.S. on September 8, 2021, under Operation Allies Welcome, a program established by former Democratic President Joe Biden after the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
The father of slain Guardsman Staff Sgt. Darin “Taylor” Hoover blamed the “feckless Biden Administration” for the death of his daughter the day of Wasserman Schultz’s statement.
Wasserman Schultz, however, does not blame former President Biden for Lakanwal’s presence in the United States. (Lakanwal, a former member of a CIA unit in Afghanistan, was reportedly granted asylum under the Trump Administration in April).
Investigators are still working to discover the motive of Lakanwal for murdering one soldier and critically wounding another. However, Wasserman Schultz feels entirely comfortable in suggesting that it was the deployment of the Guard in cities over Democratic objections. Of course, a few other possibilities come to mind. First, it could be an act of religious-based terrorism. Second, it could be an act of mental illness. Third, it could be a personal grievance with the U.S. government.
Killing soldiers in the nation’s Capitol can be appealing for any of these motivations or a combination of motivations. It is not obvious that someone travels across the country because this is where you can find personnel on the streets. After all, there are also troops deployed in other states closer to Washington state. There are also large bases in Washington state where military personnel are present in large numbers in public areas.
A shooter with any of these motivations could view the location as amplifying his grievances against the government. Wasserman Schultz seems to suggest that Trump is responsible for making troops targets due to the controversial use of the Guard and supplying targets for a terrorist.
The most important point for Wasserman Schultz is a familiar one: Trump did it.
Yet, blaming the deployment is like blaming the Republican members for the mass shooting at the 2017 softball field. After all, if they had not made themselves targets, James T. Hodgkinson would not have gone there. Hodgkinson, a former Bernie Sanders supporter, hated Republicans and would have found another gathering to carry out his murderous plan. In the same way, Lakanwal may have been on the hunt for any soldiers as a symbol of the United States in the Capitol.
The point is that we do not know. The effort to use this tragedy for political purposes is to dishonor the victims. Few would feel comfortable getting into the head of a homicidal madman without any evidence or support. However, that appears to be a unique skill set for Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
This column ran on Fox. com
“Soldiers shouldn’t be deployed because they may be shot at” is possibly the most incredibly stupid argument advanced by liberals (the incredibly stupid argument grandmasters) during this entire millennium. Compared to that, “9 year old kids can’t drink alcohol but can be trusted to elect sex change operations because I say so” is positively persuasive.
The face that sunk a thousand ships.
*. Wrong use of “begs the question” by Ms. Shlutz. She means raises the question.
To be fair, most people don’t know the original meaning of the phrase. Which is to assume the truth of what is being said without providing actual evidence. It seems to have morphed into meaning the same thing as “raises the question”.
The full name of the esteemed Congresswoman is Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Please note the correct spelling.
The full name of the esteemed Congresswoman is Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Please note the correct spelling.
Please note this is how Democrat Useless Idiots confess to the world they don’t know the meaning of the word “esteemed”, without taking the time to post their full confession.
Blowback from staffer scandal burns Wasserman Schultz
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/10/debbie-wasserman-schultz-scandal-241466
“Gaslighting Debs” (as she’s known on the hill) is still remembered for being canned from the position of DNC chairwoman that Obama had appointed her to as one of his acts of pushing identity politics.
Those older than 15 years of age remember that the party canned her ass after they discovered that during the 2016 DNC primary, Gaslighting Debs had carried out an undercover silent party insurrection, when she rigged the process in order to have Hillary Clinton (who was badly trailing Bernie The Commie Sanders), win the primary and become the 2016 presidential election candidate instead of Bernie The Commie.
That did NOT work out as planned for Clinton.
Gaslighting Debs might have survived her corrupt party insurrection being discovered if Clinton had managed to win the 2016 election.
But she didn’t, so the DNC fired Gaslighting Debs’ ass. All while the DNC had to pay Bernie The Commie massive reparations and commie party favors regarding steering the DNC further into DNC neo-communism.
And then there’s Gaslighting Debs having half of Pakistan’s spy agency working for her in her office as “IT support”, giving them full access the DNC’s Congressional computers, email, documents, and hard drives.
Oh, Gaslighting Debs is REALLY esteemed, all right.
Hillary never trailed Sanders.
Poodle
Sadly this is on par with asking for a kleenex when any facial tissue is acceptable. It does suck, but the common language use has left the barn and there’s no door left to close.
Send her to Gaza on a fact finding mission! I would recommend one of those tunnels
Her words are chilling as it is the same formula used on women when we stand against men in our spaces. We are the problem -we’re transphobic!! We are told to just shut up and take it. The same with letting men in the country, unvetted, from countries where women are not considered equal. I feel as if we are being psychologically being beaten into submission until we just disappear.
Bravo! Thanks for your voice contra the MAGA violence.
How’s Bangladesh this time of year?
“We need to make sure that we don‘t have our military deployed in our cities, doing — handling law enforcement responsibilities. (Schultz)
Does she know that Governor Hochul deployed some 1,000 NG at NYC subways to handle “law enforcement responsibilities?”
She is also ignoring the fact that the soldier who was killed was part of a National Guard military police unit. Which means that she and many of those with her were trained in a lot of the same law enforcement procedures and techniques as civilian law enforcement.
Trump and Hegseth have created the chaotic American landscape they want. The shootings of the two National Guard members is on them, likewise the murder of Venezuelans on the Caribbean. This is the stuff of war crimes. Does the delusional orangutan-in-chief really think he has authority to close down Venezuelan air space?
Anonymous suits your low-level postings.
Does the delusional orangutan-in-chief really think he has authority to close down Venezuelan air space?
Suffering from psychotic episodes now that The Oval Office House Plant is no longer in power to continue supplying you with cute Furry Tranny bed buddies?
Tell us how peaceful rather than chaotic our Southern border was while The Oval Office House Plant was running the show when compared to today.
“Particularly not when they haven‘t coordinated closely with the leadership of these cities . . .” (Schultz)
So the would-be killer, really just a peace-loving father from the state of Washington, was enjoying family time watching the news. Then he was whipped into a frenzy by the report that Trump did not coordinate the NG deployment with Mayor Bowser:
“That’s it. Time to go on a killing spree.”
People fall for that garbage?!
P.S. He *drove*, not flew, across country.
Sam, agree; indeed, I immediately questioned why he would drive that far, and then realized it might be because of TSA checks and didn’t he have an expired visa or something? I haven’t been following this story because of holiday weekend; hope yours was relaxing.
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Two options. Either he had the gun on him, and wouldnt be able to smuggle it through our ostentatious TSA (*snort*), or his handlers didn’t want as clear of an itinerary and time-and-place.