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MAGA Outrage Collapses After New Report Links Shooter’s U.S. Status to Trump
The MAGA outrage machine kicked into high gear the moment news broke that 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal had been arrested for allegedly shooting two National Guardsmen in downtown Washington, D.C. The soldiers remain in critical condition, and the motive is still unknown. But...
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The MAGA outrage machine kicked into high gear the moment news broke that 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal had been arrested for allegedly shooting two National Guardsmen in downtown Washington, D.C. The soldiers remain in critical condition, and the motive is still unknown. But that didn’t stop Donald Trump from leaping ahead of the facts and pinning the blame on Joe Biden’s immigration policies.
In a video posted to Truth Social, Trump claimed, “The suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan — a hellhole on earth. He was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021… His status was extended under legislation signed by President Biden … This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation.”
It was a clean, simple narrative — the kind Trumpworld loves. But by Wednesday afternoon, that narrative ran head-first into a wall.
CNN analyst John Miller, a former senior intelligence official, reported that new details suggest the accused shooter’s presence in the United States is actually trace back to Trump’s own administration — not Biden’s.
According to Miller: “He applies for asylum in December of 2024. Now, he goes through another vetting process involving that, and he’s approved for asylum in April of this year, under the Trump administration.”
So the man Trump is railing against as Biden’s “imported threat” was, in fact, granted asylum months after Trump took office.
And suddenly, the MAGA outrage machine fell remarkably silent.
On social media, the backlash came fast. Writer Wajahat Ali hit the irony head-on: “Why did Trump invite a man who shot the National Guard?” He added, “Am I doing this right, MAGA? I am, right? I’m following your logic. So, yeah, Donald Trump should be blamed entirely.”
Colorado State University professor Maria Isabel Puerta Riera underscored the point bluntly: “The [alleged] shooter was granted asylum this year.”
Others demanded answers from officials now tied to Trump’s national security circle. Author Don Winslow asked, “WHY DID THE FBI LEAVE THIS OUT OF THEIR BRIEFING? WHY DIDN’T KASH PATEL MENTION ANY OF THIS?”
Researcher Arif Ammar, meanwhile, urged people not to lose sight of the still-unanswered questions about the attack itself, noting there are “many questions” still unresolved — including the motive, who sponsored Lakanwal’s evacuation from Afghanistan, and any “possible adverse affiliation of the suspect.”
What’s clear is this: Trump attempted to weaponize a tragedy to attack Biden, only to have the story boomerang back toward his own administration. And after hours of loud finger-pointing, the MAGA crowd seems to have suddenly misplaced its voice.
