{"id":2515255,"date":"2025-11-27T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-criticizes-media-for-blaming-dc-shooting-on-deployment\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:53:34","slug":"trump-administration-criticizes-media-for-blaming-dc-shooting-on-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-criticizes-media-for-blaming-dc-shooting-on-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration criticizes media for blaming DC shooting on deployment"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-administration-criticizes-media-for-blaming-dc-shooting-on-deployment%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=2515255&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 Trump administration strongly criticized media figures who appeared to blame the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-house-gun-control-bills-perplexing\/\" title=\"McConnell: House gun control bills \u2018perplexing\u2019\">recent shooting<\/a> of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C.,on their deployment to the city. Officials and the White House&#8217;s Rapid Response team condemned comments from journalists like Ken Dilanian of MS NOW and New Yorker writer Jane Mayer, accusing them of unfairly demonizing the Guardsmen and politicizing the tragedy. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung harshly rebuked Mayer for her remarks, while Attorney General pam Bondi labeled the criticism by some progressives and media as &#8220;disgusting&#8221; and is reviewing whether any comments incited violence. Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell also condemned the victim-blaming narrative, noting D.C.&#8217;s high crime rates justify the Guard&#8217;s presence. Former president Trump denounced the shooter, called him an &#8220;animal,&#8221; promised severe consequences, and blamed the Biden administration for permitting the suspect-a reported Afghan national-into the U.S. Additionally, Trump requested the deployment of 500 more troops to D.C. to strengthen security.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration criticizes media for blaming National Guardsmen shooting on DC deployment<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2415586\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> officials directly and forcefully attacked several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-senate-acquits-trump-seven-republicans-vote-guilty\/\" title=\"BREAKING: U.S. Senate Acquits Trump; Seven Republicans Vote Guilty\">media personalities<\/a> who appeared to &ldquo;blame the victim[s]&rdquo; in Wednesday&rsquo;s Washington, D.C., shooting of two National Guardsmen.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Dilanian of MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, said Wednesday that there is &ldquo;so much controversy&rdquo; happening in the country, noting that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3900335\/dhs-virginia-beach-principal-arrest-evidence-growing-threats-ice-agents\/\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officers are patrolling the United States and &ldquo;some Americans might object to that.&rdquo; He added, &ldquo;apparently this shooting has happened,&rdquo; prompting ire from the White House&rsquo;s Rapid Response account on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901150\/colombian-president-claims-trumps-venezuela-fight-about-oil-instead-of-drugs\/\">Colombian president claims Trump&#8217;s Venezuela fight is &#8216;about oil&#8217; instead of drugs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3901129\/biden-administration-afghan-refugee-vetting-vows-resurface-dc-attack\/\">Biden administration&#8217;s Afghan refugee vetting vows resurface after DC attack: &#8216;Care to circle back?&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901113\/france-new-military-service-program-address-russian-threat-europe\/\">France announces new military service program to address Russian threat to Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;.@KDilanianMSNOW, two heroes were just shot protecting our nation&rsquo;s capital &mdash; and this is your takeaway? Democrats have relentlessly demonized these Patriots, calling them &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; and even suggesting THEY might start shooting Americans. Get help. You are beyond sick,&rdquo; the White House&rsquo;s Rapid Response said on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDilanianMSNOW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KDilanianMSNOW<\/a>, two heroes were just shot protecting our nation&rsquo;s capital &mdash; and this is your takeaway?<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have relentlessly demonized these Patriots, calling them &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; and even suggesting THEY might start shooting Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Get help. You are beyond sick. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/08WHbYawWB\">https:\/\/t.co\/08WHbYawWB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1993789756136935785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The account also lobbied criticism toward&nbsp;<em>New Yorker&nbsp;<\/em>staff writer Jane Mayer, who said the National Guard should&rsquo;ve never been deployed in Washington, D.C., and it was &ldquo;for political show&rdquo; despite crime dropping drastically since the deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You sick, disgusting ghoul.<\/p>\n<p>Two of these heroes were just SHOT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. The Guard has saved countless lives &mdash; backed up by evidence (which you&rsquo;re clearly too stupid to notice).<\/p>\n<p>They are American Patriots. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TpARu2c9eL\">https:\/\/t.co\/TpARu2c9eL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1993805340253815289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>White House Communications Director Steven Cheung issued his own rebuke, telling Mayer to &ldquo;shut the f*** up for trying to politicize this tragedy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were protecting DC and trying to make the nation&rsquo;s capital safer. People like you who engage in ghoulish behavior lose all credibility. Not like you had any to begin with,&rdquo; Cheung said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jane, respectfully, shut the fuck up for trying to politicize this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>They were protecting DC and trying to make the nation&rsquo;s capital safer.<\/p>\n<p>People like you who engage in ghoulish behavior lose all credibility. Not like you had any to begin with. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzVX7Adg96\">https:\/\/t.co\/DzVX7Adg96<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenCheung47\/status\/1993834793969037818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi said the criticism of National Guard deployment by &ldquo;progressive left idiots&rdquo; and some news anchors is &ldquo;disgusting&rdquo; on Thursday morning. She added that she is looking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">comments made<\/a> by these lawmakers and anchors to see if they incited violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3255186&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=248ca2a0eff5a8fe5e5fed4d216f80db\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell also rebuffed an online claim that National Guard troops were only in the nation&rsquo;s capital &ldquo;because Trump fabricated a need for them,&rdquo; despite the White House citing statistics showing the District of Columbia had the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fourth-highest homicide rate<\/a> of any American city in 2024, and vehicle thefts at more than three times the national average.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yikes. Blaming the victim is so ugly. There is no excuse for this,&rdquo; Grenell <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/1993857506368507985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1993857506368507985%7Ctwgr%5E7a169804086ede9a6fbcb7a3972237f20316108a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D3901177action%3Dedit\">said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3901080\/bondi-confirms-death-penalty-possible-for-monster-national-guardsmen-shooter\/\"><strong>BONDI CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY POSSIBLE FOR &lsquo;MONSTER&rsquo; NATIONAL GUARDSMEN SHOOTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump condemned the &ldquo;animal&rdquo; who shot the two National Guardsmen on Truth Social, warning the suspect will &ldquo;pay a very steep price.&rdquo; He also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3900833\/trump-dc-national-guard-shooting-biden-afghanistan\/\">blamed his predecessor<\/a>, former President Joe Biden, for letting the suspect, an Afghan national, into the country under the Biden administration&rsquo;s Operation Allies Welcome.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115617866419112089\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that Trump asked him to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3900553\/trump-500-troops-dc-national-guard-shooting\/\">send 500 additional troops to D.C.<\/a> The secretary said he will ask Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to approve the deployment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump officials slam media for blaming Guardsmen shooting on deployment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2515256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/122525_WEX_TURKEY_PARDONING-19-e1764099791406.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[67774,23437,33295,3634,32640],"class_list":["post-2515255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-dc-shooting","tag-deployment","tag-media-criticism","tag-trump","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/122525_WEX_TURKEY_PARDONING-19-e1764099791406.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515255","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515259,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515255\/revisions\/2515259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}