Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted attack.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said they were hospitalized in critical condition.

The rare shooting of National Guard members comes as the presence of the troops in the nation’s capital and other cities around the country has been a flashpoint issue for months, fueling court fights and a broader public policy debate about the Trump administration’s use of the military to combat what officials cast as an out-of-control crime problem.

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[–] 44 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The sad part of it is that Trump will use this to further clamp down on dissent, regardless of who and why.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    He was going to anyways regardless if anyone does anything. It's why the whole "Peacefully protest so he doesn't have an excuse" is so misguided. He doesn't need an excuse.

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago

    Right after Trump got ordered to remove the troops and ostensibly agreed to do so. Seems suspicious.

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  • [–] 112 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    The silence on this matter means it's a Republican that is the suspect.

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  • [–] 48 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Can't wait to see what vaguely antifascist message is scribbled on the bullet casings.

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  • [–] 35 points 11 months ago

    They initially said the Charlie Kirk shooter was trans because TRN was imprinted on the bullets. Until someone pointed out that TRN was actually the bullet manufacturer .... headdesk

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    “God bless our Great National Guard, and all of our Military and Law Enforcement. These are truly Great People,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I, as President of the United States, and everyone associated with the Office of the Presidency, am with you!”

    What a disgusting piece of shit demented rapist.

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    Well that’s definitely part of it, but he’s using his office to divide people. People “not associated with the Office of the President” don’t like them at all according to his piggy face.

    It’s about twelve different kinds of wrong.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    Also: "The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen ... is also severely wounded, but regardless, will pay a very steep price". Lol until they discover he's a white Republican, then he'll just mysteriously disappear from public discourse, just like the trump assassin and the Charlie Kirk shooter ....

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    So lemme guess, it was a weird ass Republican who did this, yet it's going to cause Preznit Piggy to lash out at democrats for it, forcing more national guards to blue cities (including DC)? They'll use this to try and further their narrative.

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Conservatives before (and after) it's inevitably revealed that the shooter is a right wing nutjob:

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    What were they wearing?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Weird how the national guard was the target and not the people doing actual kidnappings. Like if you wanted a false flag the National Guard would be the natural choice.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    When the people who signed up to get shot at get shot at

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    People don't join the national guard to invade somewhere and get shot at. The national guard is supposed to be protecting people at home.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Remind me, who's homes are these out of state national guardsmen protecting, because it isnt their own

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    That's what I'm saying. If you signed up to defend and then got assigned to invade DC, getting shot at in DC isn't what you signed up for.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Don't go to McDonald's!

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    and nothing of value was lost.

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