{"id":2515054,"date":"2025-11-26T22:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-national-guardsmen-shot-after-dems-dubbed-them-occupation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:45:27","slug":"2-national-guardsmen-shot-after-dems-dubbed-them-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-national-guardsmen-shot-after-dems-dubbed-them-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"2 National Guardsmen Shot After Dems Dubbed Them \u2019Occupation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2F2-national-guardsmen-shot-after-dems-dubbed-them-occupation%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=2515054&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 shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., who had been deployed to assist in reducing crime as part of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s initiative to restore order in the capital. Despite clear reductions in violent crime following the national Guard&#8217;s presence, many Democrats had opposed and condemned the deployment, labeling it illegal and authoritarian.The alleged shooter is identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who reportedly overstayed his U.S. Special Immigrant Visa.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Democratic figures, including House and Senate members, accused Trump of using the National Guard for political theater and authoritarian control, with some even suggesting racial motives and fears of martial law. democratic governors and media further criticized the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-dont-feel-safe-san-francisco-dem-wants-radical-prosecutor-out\/\" title=\"\u2018People Don\u2019t Feel Safe:\u2019 San Francisco Dem Wants Radical Prosecutor Out\">crime-fighting strategy<\/a>, characterizing it as an attack on civil liberties and democratic processes.<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting, some on the political left tried to shift blame from the perpetrator to the Trump governance&#8217;s decision to deploy the Guard. The article highlights the stark political divide over the National Guard&#8217;s role in Washington, D.C., noting that while <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >crime rates dropped significantly<\/a>, opposition from Democrats remained fierce and vocal.  <\/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>\n<p>Two National Guardsmen sent to Washington, D.C., to assist in the Trump administration&rsquo;s quest to clean up the capital city were shot on Wednesday after Democrats spent months claiming the Guardsmen&rsquo;s presence in the Swamp was &ldquo;authoritarian&rdquo; and illegal.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/26\/us-news\/afghan-national-rahmanullah-lakanwal-idd-as-alleged-gunman-in-shooting-of-2-national-guard-members-in-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly overstayed<\/a> the U.S. Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) offered to him by the Biden administration during the country&rsquo;s 2021 collapse.<\/p>\n<p>While the suspect&rsquo;s exact motive has yet to be confirmed, even D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy7ypm6zxp2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> President Donald Trump&rsquo;s National Guard plans an &ldquo;authoritarian push,&rdquo; agreed it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jordylancaster\/status\/1993801243693862926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1993801243693862926%7Ctwgr%5Ec3c94d1d8d55a40c63cf97656686610884d5ddb9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailysignal.com%2F2025%2F11%2F26%2Fwhat-democrats-have-recently-said-about-national-guard%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeted shooting. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever since Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/11\/trump-takes-control-of-dc-police-to-restore-safety-pride-and-beauty-to-nations-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced in August<\/a> that he would return policing control in Washington, D.C., to federal law enforcement, Democrats have vilified the National Guard in the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>The National Guard&rsquo;s presence <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-in-one-week-proves-democrats-are-destroying-their-cities-by-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indisputably curbed D.C.&rsquo;s crime rate<\/a>. One week into National Guard boots on the ground in the nation&rsquo;s capital, the city known for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rit.edu\/liberalarts\/sites\/rit.edu.liberalarts\/files\/docs\/CPSI%20Working%20Papers\/2025-02_CPSI%20Working%20Paper_US%20City%20Homicide%20Stats.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/employee-at-chocolate-shop-who-refused-service-to-cop-loses-job\/\" title=\"Employee At Chocolate Shop Who Refused Service To Cop Loses Job\">high homicide rate<\/a><\/a> went seven days without a single murder. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/trump-cleaning-up-dc-in-one-week-proves-democrats-are-destroying-their-cities-by-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Almost immediately<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the crime reduction, Democrats continued to condemn Trump and the Guard. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-cant-boot-biden-without-denying-primary-election\/\" title=\"... Can&#039;t Boot Biden Without &#039;Denying&#039; Primary Election\">blue party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s allegations that the Guardsmen&rsquo;s presence was an <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.dc.gov\/release\/attorney-general-schwalb-sues-end-illegal-national\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;occupation&rdquo;<\/a> led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=haUV_tfXZd0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protests<\/a> where ranks were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FordFischer\/status\/1964115029474578744?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ridiculed<\/a> for following orders.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Trump&rsquo;s August declaration, House&nbsp;Democratic&nbsp;Leader&nbsp;Hakeem Jeffries <a href=\"https:\/\/democraticleader.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/leader-jeffries-statement-donald-trumps-takeover-dc-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> the plan to federalize D.C. law enforcement &ldquo;has no basis in law and will put the safety of the people of our Nation&rsquo;s capital in danger.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We stand with the residents of the District of Columbia and reject this unjustified power grab as illegitimate,&rdquo; Jeffries concluded. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Maxine Waters added to the dogpile by <a href=\"https:\/\/waters.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/congresswoman-maxine-waters-releases-statement-on-trump-s-federalization-of-dc-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arguing<\/a> that the deployment confirmed &ldquo;Trump clearly hates Black people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Waters <a href=\"https:\/\/waters.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/congresswoman-maxine-waters-releases-statement-on-trump-s-federalization-of-dc-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin added that the National Guard was a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/26\/us-news\/dc-national-guard-shooting-follows-months-of-democrats-stoking-fear-about-an-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;textbook authoritarian maneuver,&rdquo;<\/a> and Sen. Chris Van Hollen called it &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/26\/us-news\/dc-national-guard-shooting-follows-months-of-democrats-stoking-fear-about-an-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a total abuse of power<\/a>&rdquo; so Trump could &ldquo;play dictator in Washington.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Their veiled threats only intensified after a district judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=joNkuf0Suzo&amp;list=RDNSjoNkuf0Suzo&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tried to hamper<\/a> the Trump administration with a ruling declaring the National Guard&rsquo;s D.C. deployment illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the so-called &ldquo;Seditious Six&rdquo; who encouraged the military to disobey orders, used her TV appearance days before the attack to suggest that the National Guardsmen tasked with quelling crime in major cities would &ldquo;get nervous, get stressed,&rdquo; and &ldquo;shoot at American civilians.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Sen. Elissa Slotkin went on TV last Sunday and claimed that National Guardsmen were going to start shooting at American civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Two Guardsmen have now been wounded after being shot on the streets in DC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lKKrqxYFWu\">pic.twitter.com\/lKKrqxYFWu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1993779623034016053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently called the White House&rsquo;s crime-fighting strategy an &ldquo;attack on the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>J.B. Pritzker claimed that President Trump&#8217;s deployment of the National Guard was an &#8220;attack on the American people&#8221; and will be used to &#8220;stop the 2026 elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two Guardsmen are now dead about being shot on the streets in DC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XWkqwbNn6R\">pic.twitter.com\/XWkqwbNn6R<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1993787164157673565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In October California Gov. Gavin Newsom similarly called the presence of federal agents in his state &ldquo;right out of the dictator&rsquo;s handbook.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>BREAKING: Donald Trump is sending federal agents to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>We know his playbook. We know what&rsquo;s next. Watch. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NeyCXNDo8q\">pic.twitter.com\/NeyCXNDo8q<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1981103617265586655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Corporate media also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/d-c-democrats-are-furious-at-trump-for-stopping-all-the-homicides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">did their part to sow controversy by publishing polls<\/a> that framed the deployment as the result of a dire decision that directly contradicted residents&rsquo; wishes. One PBS anchor piled on by wondering how D.C. residents were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/how-d-c-residents-feel-about-crime-and-the-federal-takeover-of-their-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;adapting to life under federal control.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even in their statements addressing the attack, Democrats were quick to redirect blame from the alleged perpetrator to the Trump administration for bringing the Guard to D.C. in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jacque Patterson Sr.,<a href=\"https:\/\/sboe.dc.gov\/page\/board-biographies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> the president and at-large representative<\/a> on the D.C. State Board of Education and 2026 candidate for DC Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DC_Edvocate\/status\/1993837982692847793?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">classified <\/a>the act of violence as the consequence of &ldquo;a commander-in-chief who unnecessarily is federalizing our city for political theater.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1993807754625175858?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Several accounts<\/a> on the left-wing platform Blue Sky took it further when they openly celebrated the Thanksgiving Eve attack. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two National Guardsmen aiding Trump&#8217;s D.C. cleanup were shot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2515055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/54748549919_9f4d01cbf1_k-e1764207923345.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[56744,5894,4300],"class_list":["post-2515054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-national-guardsmen","tag-politics","tag-shooting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/54748549919_9f4d01cbf1_k-e1764207923345.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515058,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515054\/revisions\/2515058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}