Homeland Security Secretary Blames Biden For National Guard Shooting
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Kristi Noem refused to hold the Trump administration accountable, even though it granted asylum to the suspect earlier this year.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deflected questions about whether the Trump administration had fully vetted the suspected National Guard shooter, an Afghan national, when it granted him asylum earlier this year, then repeatedly shifted the blame to former President Joe Biden.
Appearing Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Noem told host Kristen Welker: “We believe [the suspect] was radicalized since he’s been here in this country.”
“We will never allow this to continue to happen in our country, allow individuals who came to our country that were unvetted by Joe Biden, allowed to run free and loose,” she added. “We are going to bring them to justice and make sure that they’re returned out of this country if they aren’t here for the purposes of being an American.”
Noem’s remarks came after Trump announced plans to “permanently pause migration from all third-world countries” following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Thanksgiving eve in an ambush attack tied to suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Lakanwal, who moved to the U.S. to serve in a special CIA-backed Afghan Army unit, faces charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
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