{"id":2491154,"date":"2025-09-25T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-nyt-blame-gop-for-noticing-anti-ice-shooters-motives\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:51:59","slug":"axios-nyt-blame-gop-for-noticing-anti-ice-shooters-motives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-nyt-blame-gop-for-noticing-anti-ice-shooters-motives\/","title":{"rendered":"Axios, NYT Blame GOP For Noticing &#8216;Anti-ICE&#8217; Shooter&#8217;s Motives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faxios-nyt-blame-gop-for-noticing-anti-ice-shooters-motives%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2491154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the media response following a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility, where the gunman, Joshua Jahn, killed one detainee adn wounded two others before dying by suicide. jahn left behind ammunition inscribed with &#8220;ANTI-ICE,&#8221; suggesting a left-wing motive. However, major outlets like The New York Times and Axios downplayed the significance of these leftist motives and criticized Republicans for highlighting them. The article argues that the &#8220;propaganda press&#8221; is more concerned with Republicans pointing out the left-wing ideology behind such acts of political violence than with the violence itself. The piece accuses these media sources of deflecting attention away from the ideological roots of attacks and framing acknowledgment of this threat as premature or partisan.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qpjpeerLhNA\">WFAA\/Youtube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/axios-nyt-blame-republicans-for-noticing-leftist-motives-of-anti-ice-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Axios,%20NYT%20Blame%20Republicans%20For%20Noticing%20Leftist%20Motives%20Of%20%E2%80%98Anti-ICE%E2%80%99%20Shooter&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/axios-nyt-blame-republicans-for-noticing-leftist-motives-of-anti-ice-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Axios,%20NYT%20Blame%20Republicans%20For%20Noticing%20Leftist%20Motives%20Of%20%E2%80%98Anti-ICE%E2%80%99%20Shooter&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/axios-nyt-blame-republicans-for-noticing-leftist-motives-of-anti-ice-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/axios-nyt-blame-republicans-for-noticing-leftist-motives-of-anti-ice-shooter\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Axios,%20NYT%20Blame%20Republicans%20For%20Noticing%20Leftist%20Motives%20Of%20%E2%80%98Anti-ICE%E2%80%99%20Shooter&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/axios-nyt-blame-republicans-for-noticing-leftist-motives-of-anti-ice-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In the aftermath of Wednesday&rsquo;s shooting at a Dallas immigration facility, the propaganda press is more upset that Republicans are noticing the left-wing motives behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairman-warns-democrats-not-denouncing-political-violence-are-causing-it-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"GOP Chairman warns Democrats not denouncing ... are \u2018causing\u2019 it - Washington Examiner\">recent political violence<\/a> than about the violence itself.<\/p>\n<p>In Wednesday&rsquo;s shooting an individual identified by authorities as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn opened fire on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/09\/24\/dhs-issues-statement-targeted-attack-dallas-ice-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICE transportation<\/a> vehicle in Dallas. Jahn fatally shot one detainee, while injuring two others. Jahn died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dallas-ice-facility-shooting-shooter-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcing<\/a> additional rounds found near Jahn were inscribed with &ldquo;ANTI-ICE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1980245776\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yet members of the propaganda press were quick to question the significance of the evidence to suggest that the real problem was not the violence itself, but Republicans acknowledging who and what is behind such violence.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent example of this, The New York Times&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/24\/style\/jd-vance-jon-favreau-dallas-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesse McKinley<\/a> asserted that the motive of the gunman is unclear while critiquing President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance for pointing out the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/the-american-left-is-resurrecting-the-bloody-legacy-of-john-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">left-wing ideology<\/a> of the shooter. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[The shooter], who had an extensive online profile, had voted in a Democratic primary in 2020 in Texas, but showed little obvious interest in politics,&rdquo; McKinley wrote. Despite a clip of ammunition left behind by the gunman that read &ldquo;ANTI-ICE,&rdquo; McKinley said such an inscription doesn&rsquo;t give much information about the motive.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;messages written on bullets found at the scene of the crime led to&nbsp;a great deal of conjecture&nbsp;after the fact, with numerous assumptions being made about what could be derived about the shooter&rsquo;s motivation,&rdquo; McKinley wrote. Noting that Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s assassin also put inscriptions (which were clearly far left in nature) on several rounds, McKinley suggested there&rsquo;s still no clear motive in either case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The actual motivation behind the messages written on the bullets in both Mr. Kirk&rsquo;s assassination and Wednesday&rsquo;s killing are still not known, and The Times has not confirmed details shedding light on the ammunition casing in Dallas.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>McKinley lamented, however, that Trump and Vance were &ldquo;clash[ing]&rdquo; with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-wing figures<\/a> and &ldquo;suggest[ing] liberals were to blame for the violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axios&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/24\/dallas-ice-shooting-blame-democrats-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josephine Walker<\/a> took a similar approach, asserting that Republicans who point out the string of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">left-wing violence<\/a> are participating in a &ldquo;partisan blame game before facts confirmed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump&nbsp;administration officials and MAGA world personalities quickly blamed Wednesday&rsquo;s shooting at a Dallas&nbsp;Immigration and Customs Enforcement&nbsp;facility on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-minnesota-student-government-representative-to-classmates-make-cops-lives-hell\/\" title=\"University Of Minnesota Student Government Representative To Classmates: Make Cops\u2019 Lives Hell\">anti-law enforcement rhetoric<\/a>,&rdquo; Walker wrote. &ldquo;The rush to point fingers before local police confirmed a motive or the identity of the victims mirrors the rush to assign blame following&nbsp;Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s&nbsp;death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the obvious leftist ideology behind both Wednesday&rsquo;s shooting and Kirk&rsquo;s assassination, The New York Times and Axios are upset that Republicans are noticing such motives. Instead, they&rsquo;re framing this acknowledgment as premature or opportunistic rather than a legitimate observation of a growing threat.<\/p>\n<p>By portraying the act of noticing as the real problem, the propaganda press is deflecting away from the ideology and rhetoric that has fueled these attacks and that has come from the left. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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