{"id":383662,"date":"2021-04-03T12:56:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T16:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=383662"},"modified":"2021-04-03T12:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T16:56:42","slug":"ilhan-omar-other-leftists-distract-from-capitol-attack-by-focusing-on-gun-control-and-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-other-leftists-distract-from-capitol-attack-by-focusing-on-gun-control-and-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar, Other Leftists, Distract From Capitol Attack By Focusing On Gun Control And 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\">30<\/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%2Filhan-omar-other-leftists-distract-from-capitol-attack-by-focusing-on-gun-control-and-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=383662&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-467.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The U.S. Capitol Police announced on Friday afternoon that a suspect had been fatally shot by police after \u201cramming a car into two police officers at the Capitol building and then proceeding to charge at officers on-foot while wielding a knife.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Later that day, the U.S. Capitol Police department announced in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/capitol-police-identifies-officer-killed-following-car-attack\"><span>brief statement<\/span><\/a><span> that one of the two officers hurt in the attack, Billy Evans, passed away from his injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Soon after, it was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-capitol-attack-suspect-identified-claimed-to-be-follower-of-farrakhan-admired-malcolm-x\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cThe deceased assailant who rammed two U.S. Capitol Police officers Friday and emerged from his car wielding a knife before police shot him has been identified as Noah Green, 25, an African American man who believed Louis Farrakhan is an incarnation of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While some verified Twitter users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-blue-checks-rush-to-assume-capitol-attack-suspect-was-a-white-trump-supporter-theres-just-one-problem\">rushed to assume<\/a> that the suspect was \u201cwhite\u201d or a \u201cTrump insurrectionist,\u201d it became clear that this narrative was being falsely promoted as soon as Green\u2019s identity was revealed by police. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response, several high-profile figures pivoted, rebranding Green\u2019s attack on U.S. Capitol Police officers in support of other political positions, such as gun control or the existence of alleged systemic racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHeartbroken to learn another CP was killed while protecting the Capitol,\u201d tweeted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). \u201cMy thoughts and prayers go out to the officer\u2019s family and the entire Capitol Police force.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe death toll would have been worse if the assailant had an AR-15 instead of a knife,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5593220338983\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heartbroken to learn another CP was killed while protecting the Capitol. My thoughts and prayers go out to the officer\u2019s family and the entire Capitol Police force. The death toll would have been worse if the assailant had an AR-15 instead of a knife.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ilhan\/status\/1378086058999570436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Talbert Swan tweeted, \u201cI see the white supremacists are overjoyed to report that the suspect in the Capitol incident was a Black man, Noah Green.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGreen, allegedly armed with a knife, was shot dead,\u201d he continued, \u201cBy contrast, Robert Aaron Long, the Atlanta spa murderer, was armed with an AR 15. He\u2019s alive and well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"19.212121212121\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I see the white supremacists are overjoyed to report that the suspect in the Capitol incident was a Black man, Noah Green.<\/p>\n<p>Green, allegedly armed with a knife, was shot dead.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Robert Aaron Long, the Atlanta spa murderer, was armed with an AR 15. He\u2019s alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalbertSwan\/status\/1378081813952921605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>This wasn\u2019t the first controversial tweet of the day from Swan. He also tweeted earlier that day, \u201cAs soon as we heard the suspect in the Capitol attack was shot dead by police, we knew he wasn\u2019t white.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.171974522293\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As soon as we heard the suspect in the Capitol attack was shot dead by police, we knew he wasn\u2019t white.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalbertSwan\/status\/1378084038850834434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Finally, Swan added, \u201cWhat\u2019s the difference between the Black man suspected of attacking the Capitol on April 2 and the\u2026white man who killed 10 people in Boulder CO \u2026 white man who killed Asians on March 16, and white insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6? The Black man is DEAD.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"15.358024691358\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What\u2019s the difference between the Black man suspected of attacking the Capitol on April 2 and the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>white man who killed 10 people in Boulder CO<\/p>\n<p>white man who killed Asians on March 16, and<\/p>\n<p>white insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6?<\/p>\n<p>The Black man is DEAD.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalbertSwan\/status\/1378181662958362628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It should be noted that the Boulder, Colorado shooter was of Syrian descent.<\/p>\n<p><span>MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan tweeted, \u201cImagine if today\u2019s Capitol attacker had gotten out of his car not with a knife but with an AR-15. Imagine the police death toll. Just imagine.\u201d His tweet concluded with \u201c#guncontrol.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7817258883249\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine if today&#8217;s Capitol attacker had gotten out of his car not with a knife but with an AR-15.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the police death toll. Just imagine. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/guncontrol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#guncontrol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1378080396131373059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Tariq Nasheed tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span>All the white supremacists are now trying to falsely tie in Noah Green to the Nation of Islam (he wasn\u2019t a member..The media is just using the \u2018Im white and I say so\u2019 defense) and blame Louis Farrakhan for the incident at the US capitol as a way to deflect from the Capitol Riots.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.8149171270718\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All the white supremacists are now trying to falsely tie in Noah Green to the Nation of Islam (he wasn&#8217;t a member..The media is just using the &#8220;Im white and I say so&#8221; defense) and blame Louis Farrakhan for the incident at the US capitol as a way to deflect from the Capitol Riots <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uCsGekbbR1\">pic.twitter.com\/uCsGekbbR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tariq Nasheed \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@tariqnasheed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tariqnasheed\/status\/1378118772326768645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Capitol Police announced on Friday afternoon that a suspect had been fatally shot by police after \u201cramming a car into two police officers at the Capitol building and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311612,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-467.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Ilhan Omar, Other Leftists, Distract From Capitol Attack By Focusing On Gun Control And Racism","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-467.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Ilhan Omar, Other Leftists, Distract From Capitol Attack By Focusing On Gun Control And Racism","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383662","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=383662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}