{"id":2515466,"date":"2025-11-28T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resurfaced-footage-vance-warned-about-refugee-program-used-by-national-guard-shooter-in-2021-rinos-cried-racism\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:03:39","slug":"resurfaced-footage-vance-warned-about-refugee-program-used-by-national-guard-shooter-in-2021-rinos-cried-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resurfaced-footage-vance-warned-about-refugee-program-used-by-national-guard-shooter-in-2021-rinos-cried-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurfaced Footage: Vance Warned About Refugee Program Used By National Guard Shooter in 2021, RINOs Cried Racism"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fresurfaced-footage-vance-warned-about-refugee-program-used-by-national-guard-shooter-in-2021-rinos-cried-racism%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=2515466&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 a controversial 2021 statement by J.D. Vance, then a Senate hopeful, who warned about potential terror risks posed by poorly vetted Afghan refugees entering the United States after the U.S.withdrawal from Afghanistan. At the time, Vance faced strong criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, who labeled him a racist for prioritizing the evacuation of American citizens over the rushed admission of refugees. However, Vance&#8217;s warning gained renewed attention in 2025 after Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national admitted to the U.S. during the Biden management&#8217;s Operation Allies Welcome, allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., resulting in one death.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights that early concerns about inadequate vetting of Afghan refugees were substantiated by a 2022 Department of Defense inspector general report, which identified security risks and missing individuals among those admitted. Vance&#8217;s 2021 message, once derided as xenophobic and anti-American, is now seen by some, including Elon Musk, as prescient.The piece also notes the political context, explaining how Vance&#8217;s position initially cost him support but was later vindicated, especially as President Trump promised scrutiny of Afghan arrivals under Biden&#8217;s administration. The article underscores broader debates around immigration, national security, and political courage.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Prescient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a word you&rsquo;d love to see Elon Musk drop beneath your post in most cases. But when the post dates back to 2021 &mdash; when you&rsquo;re J.D. Vance, a Senate hopeful yet to secure your seat, warning of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-homeland-security-committee-evaluates-u-s-security-since-9-11\/\" title=\"Senate Homeland Security Committee evaluates U.S. security since 9\/11\">potential terror attack<\/a> by poorly vetted Afghan migrants &mdash; it lands more as a grim vindication than a triumph.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stance drew fierce backlash<\/a>. Democrats and Republicans alike, including then-Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, branded Vance a &ldquo;racist&rdquo; for prioritizing American citizens&rsquo; evacuation over rushing in refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s Aug. 23, 2021 message is going viral again after 29-year-old Afghan national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/afghan-national-guard-shooting-suspect-worked-cia\/\">Rahmanullah Lakanwal<\/a> &mdash; who was let into the United States shortly after the video was recorded &mdash; allegedly shot two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., killing at least one. The other remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: DHS confirms my reporting that the suspect is an Afghan national who entered the US on 9\/8\/2021 as part of the Biden admin&rsquo;s Operation Allies Welcome.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5KR0z6oaP8\">https:\/\/t.co\/5KR0z6oaP8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1993869670185893990?\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/11\/27\/national-guard-shooting-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, Lakanwal, who was with &ldquo;CIA-organized counterterrorism squad&rdquo; in the Middle East nation until it fell, will likely face first-degree murder charges now that West Virginia National Guard Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-announces-female-national-guardsmen-died-following-dc-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has died<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the shooting, President Trump has already promised to look into &ldquo;every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden&rdquo; &mdash; something that Vance proposed in the wake of the Afghan withdrawal and which earned him significant backlash.<\/p>\n<p>For context: At the time, Vance was a pundit and venture capitalist best known for his memoir &ldquo;Hillbilly Elegy.&rdquo; He&rsquo;d announced a run for U.S. Senate in Ohio, but that was considered mostly quixotic at the time, with former state Treasurer Josh Mandel, businessman Mike Gibbons, and state Republican Party chair Jane Timken considered the front-runners for the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>(It wasn&rsquo;t until a last-minute endorsement by Trump that Vance pulled ahead of the field.)<\/p>\n<p>In a (they were called that once upon a time), Vance said that he saw Sen. Ben Sasse &ldquo;went on national television yesterday and attacked me for suggesting that we should focus on getting our own citizens out of Afghanistan rather than the Afghan refugees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He said that great countries honor their word. Of course, nobody disagrees with that; it&rsquo;s a ridiculous platitude,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/erika-kirk-signals-turning-point-usa-prepared-fully-support-vance-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> continued, &ldquo;The question is not whether we honor our word, the question is who we make promises to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He derided Sasse&rsquo;s &ldquo;open arms&rdquo; rhetoric as &ldquo;very sweet,&rdquo; predicting liberals would praise it. The real issue, Vance argued, was admitting refugees &ldquo;in a way that doesn&rsquo;t destroy our own sovereignty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure a lot of liberals will say very nice things about him because he said that,&rdquo; Vance continued, but he noted that the key was accepting refugees from Afghanistan &ldquo;in a way that doesn&rsquo;t destroy our own sovereignty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, let&rsquo;s have an honest question about what exists in Afghanistan. According to Pew, 40 percent of people there believe that blowing yourself up, committing a suicide bombing, is an acceptable way to solve a problem,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So yes, let&rsquo;s help Afghans that helped us, but let&rsquo;s ensure that we&rsquo;re properly vetting them, so that we don&rsquo;t get a bunch of people who should blow themselves up at a mall because somebody looked at their wife the wrong way,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Real leadership is accepting the tradeoffs of the situation, putting our own citizens first, and not dealing with fake platitudes because it gets people in the media to say nice things about you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here is my message to Ben Sasse and other establishment Republicans who seem to care more about bringing 30,000 unvetted Afghan refugees into our country than getting our own people out safely. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PSfoc2swdC\">pic.twitter.com\/PSfoc2swdC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/1429835612341874691?\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Today, that gets comments like Musk&rsquo;s:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prescient<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1994006697715630496?\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We need to make a new hat that says: &ldquo;JD Vance was right about everything&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattvanswol\/status\/1994209398344781944?\">November 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021, it was a different story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Disgusting lies in this video. The refugees are not unvetted.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylegriffin1\/status\/1429849805581393923?\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I live like a mile from you. I&rsquo;d take any of the 30K here &amp; now if we can catapult you out to live among your fellow fascist Taliban brethren, you cretinous jack in the box. They&rsquo;re more American than you&rsquo;ll ever be<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cliffschecter\/status\/1429873909025886215?\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JD vance going full anti-Muslim bigot. He warns that refugees from Afghanistan will blow themselves up at US shopping malls. I think he is confused with white MAGA bomber who drove his truck filled with explosives to DC last Thursday to start a &ldquo;revolution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeanObeidallah\/status\/1429905924681084933?\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You&rsquo;re not only xenophobic, but also anti American.<\/p>\n<p>Every patriotic American would support rescuing the people who fought alongside us. Shame on you!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RpsAgainstTrump\/status\/1429883872741822473?\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nobody wants to take ownership of these positions now that two National Guard troops have allegedly been shot by one of these Afghani migrants.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not as if the writing wasn&rsquo;t on the wall; concerns were raised about the logistics of this from the very start, and a February 2022 report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dod-admits-biden-admin-let-28-afghans-suspected-terrorist-ties-next-horrifying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense&rsquo;s inspector general<\/a> indicated that dozens of individuals let in were &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-dept-biden-brought-unvetted-afghans-to-u-s-many-flagged-with-security-concerns-cannot-be-located\/\" title=\"Defense Dept: Biden Brought Unvetted Afghans to U.S., Many Flagged with &#039;Security ...&#039; Cannot Be Located\">potentially significant security concerns<\/a>,&rdquo; including numerous refugees authorities had lost track of.<\/p>\n<p>What Vance knew at the time was an unpopular reality: not <em>if<\/em>, but <em>when<\/em>, these ugly realities came home to roost. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/afghan-national-guard-shooter-entered-us-biden-immigration-program-2021-afghan-withdrawal-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday&rsquo;s horror<\/a> suggests <em>when<\/em> arrived&mdash; and those who amplified the &ldquo;xenophobe&rdquo; label for media applause are, predictably, silent. 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But when the post is from 2021 &#8211; when J.D. Vance, then a Senate candidate yet to win his seat, cautioned about the risk of terror attacks by inadequately screened Afghan migrants &#8211; it feels more like a grim confirmation than praise. At that time, Vance faced harsh criticism. Both Democrats and Republicans, including then-Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, accused him of racism for emphasizing evacuating American citizens over quickly admitting refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s August 23, 2021 message has resurfaced after Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan who entered the U.S. shortly after that video was made as part of Biden&#8217;s Operation Allies Welcome program, allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington D.C., killing one and critically injuring another.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Washington Post, Lakanwal had been part of a CIA-organized counterterrorism unit in Afghanistan before its collapse and now faces first-degree murder charges following the death of West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this incident, former President Trump vowed to investigate every Afghan who entered under Biden&#8217;s administration-a proposal Vance had made earlier but which drew significant backlash at the time. Back then, Vance was primarily known as an author and venture capitalist running for Senate in Ohio; he wasn&#8217;t considered a frontrunner until Trump endorsed him late in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Vance criticized Senator Sasse for attacking his stance on prioritizing American citizens&#8217; evacuation over refugee admission. He argued that while honoring promises is important for great nations, it matters whom those promises are made to. He dismissed Sasse&#8217;s welcoming rhetoric as naive and predicted liberals would applaud it but stressed that refugee acceptance must not compromise national sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>He cited Pew data showing that 40% of Afghans believe suicide bombing is an acceptable solution and insisted on thorough vetting processes to prevent admitting individuals prone to violence against civilians here at home.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, many condemned Vance&#8217;s warnings as xenophobic or anti-Muslim bigotry; some called his claims lies or accused him of being un-American for opposing rapid refugee intake without proper screening.<\/p>\n<p>Now with this tragic shooting incident linked to one such migrant entrant-an outcome many had warned about-the critics have largely fallen silent. Reports from early 2022 already highlighted security concerns regarding some admitted refugees who were lost track of by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>What Vance foresaw was an unpopular truth: it wasn&#8217;t if such dangers would materialize but when they would-and sadly Wednesday&#8217;s attack appears to mark that moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>If you want me to condense or adjust tone further just let me know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2515467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-359.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67866,50526,67865,15469],"class_list":["post-2515466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-national-guard-shooter","tag-racism-2","tag-refugee-program","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-359.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515466","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515470,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515466\/revisions\/2515470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}