RIGHT SPEAK: ICYMI: Two National Guardsmen Shot After Democrats Dubbed Their Presence In DC An ‘Occupation’: Democrats Have Relentlessly Fomented Fear and Hatred of Troops Deployed to Help Reduce Crime and Violence; Afghan National Rahmanullah Lakanwal, Who Came to US in 2021 Withdrawal, ID’d as Alleged Terrorist Gunman in Shooting of 2 National Guard Members in DC

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Two National Guardsmen Shot After Democrats Dubbed Their Presence In DC An ‘Occupation’:

Democrats have relentlessly fomented fear and hatred of troops deployed to help reduce crime and violence.

Two National Guardsmen sent to Washington, D.C., to assist in the Trump administration’s quest to clean up the capital city were shot on Wednesday after Democrats spent months claiming the Guardsmen’s presence in the Swamp was “authoritarian” and illegal.
The conditions of the Guardsmen as of Wednesday night were still unclear. Information about the alleged suspect, however, pointed to 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who allegedly overstayed the U.S. Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) offered to him by the Biden administration during the country’s 2021 collapse.

While the suspect’s exact motive has yet to be confirmed, even D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who once called President Donald Trump’s National Guard plans an “authoritarian push,” agreed it was a targeted shooting.

Ever since Trump announced in August that he would return policing control in Washington, D.C., to federal law enforcement, Democrats have vilified the National Guard in the capital city.

The National Guard’s presence indisputably curbed D.C.’s crime rate. One week into National Guard boots on the ground in the nation’s capital, the city known for its high homicide rate went seven days without a single murder. Almost immediately, carjackings also decreased by 83 percent, robberies fell by 46 percent, car thefts dropped by 21 percent, and overall violent crime reduced by 22 percent.
Despite the crime reduction, Democrats continued to condemn Trump and the Guard. The blue party’s allegations that the Guardsmen’s presence was an “occupation” led to protests where ranks were ridiculed for following orders.
Shortly after Trump’s August declaration, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries claimed the plan to federalize D.C. law enforcement “has no basis in law and will put the safety of the people of our Nation’s capital in danger.”
“We stand with the residents of the District of Columbia and reject this unjustified power grab as illegitimate,” Jeffries concluded.
Rep. Maxine Waters added to the dogpile by arguing that the deployment confirmed “Trump clearly hates Black people.”
“This would be dictator is using confrontational tactics to provoke Blacks, Latinos, and others into a standoff. He is just itching to invoke Martial Law, and yes, even push for civil war,” Waters continued.
Rep. Jamie Raskin added that the National Guard was a “textbook authoritarian maneuver,” and Sen. Chris Van Hollen called it “a total abuse of power” so Trump could “play dictator in Washington.” --->READ MORE HERE

Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who came to US in 2021 withdrawal, ID’d as alleged terrorist gunman in shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC:

The crazed gunman who shot two National Guard troops in a possible terror attack near the White House Wednesday has been identified as a 29-year-old Afghan national who came to the US during the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal was allegedly lying in wait before he rounded the corner near the Farragut West Metro Station in Northwest DC around 2:15 p.m., then opened fire, striking a female guard in the chest before shooting her in the head, according to law enforcement sources.

Lakanwal, who entered the country under Operation Allies Welcome and resettled in Bellingham, Washington, then allegedly fired at and struck the second guard — until a third guard stationed nearby rushed to the area and took him down, the sources said.

The two armed soldiers, who were patrolling the streets when the suspect launched his rampage, were taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, authorities said.

The suspect, who was reportedly shot four times, was hauled away nearly naked in an ambulance and acted alone.

Lakanwal is a husband and father of at least five children, according to his former landlord in Bellingham.

He served alongside American troops in Afghanistan and was injured in battle before coming to the US, a relative told NBC News. He was a member of the Afghan Army stationed in Kandahar, where he supported US Special Forces in the region, according to the family member.