JONATHAN TURLEY: Wasserman Schultz blames Trump, guns for DC attack, but spares Biden

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., has agelong performed a cardinal relation for galore connected the left. When determination is an statement barred by decency oregon decorum, Wasserman Schultz is blessed to marque it, from attacking journalists successful her defence of censorship to attempting to rig an predetermination and barroom Republicans from ballots arsenic portion of her defence of democracy. However, connected Friday, the Florida typical acceptable a caller debased successful American politics: attempting to delegate blasted for the shooting of 2 National Guardsmen not connected the attacker, but President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) speaks during a property league connected caller authorities to enactment Holocaust acquisition nationwide astatine the U.S. Capitol Building connected January 27, 2023 successful Washington, DC. A bipartisan radical of House Members held the property league to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and stock their stories astir their Jewish household members oregon Jewish constituents successful their district.  (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

On CNN’s "News Central," Wasserman Schultz declared:

"This is simply a profoundly concerning situation, but, you know, it’s 1 that I deliberation we person to — it begs the question, would an idiosyncratic person flown crossed the state to people instrumentality enforcement officers successful Washington, D.C.? And, I mean, the reply is apt no. So wherefore wasn‘t the president‘s archetypal thought, ‘Wow, you know, possibly I should reconsider deploying subject troops successful the nation‘s superior oregon successful immoderate city?’ Particularly not erstwhile they haven‘t coordinated intimately with the enactment of these cities and erstwhile we person instrumentality enforcement that are rather susceptible of handling the transgression justness issues that are — that we request instrumentality enforcement to absorption on, and not our military."

There is simply a good-faith statement implicit the deployment of National Guard unit successful cities. However, the politician of Washington, D.C., has worked with the Administration connected that deployment, and transgression has fallen successful the Capitol. They person been coordinating with the city.

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Nevertheless, Wasserman Schultz pressed on:

"I conscionable think, you know, the president looks everyplace but inward to blasted his ain policies. We request to marque definite that we don‘t person our subject deployed successful our cities, doing — handling instrumentality enforcement responsibilities. And we request to marque definite that we code weapon violence. We surely request to marque definite we ever person the due and due and tight, choky vetting processes, and those should beryllium reviewed. But it‘s ne'er the president‘s responsibility oregon his policies erstwhile it comes to his reaction, and it’s beauteous disgusting."

File photograph of National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom who was wounded successful a shooting incidental successful Washington D.C., connected the evening of November 26, 2025.  (Provided by Department of Justice)

D.C. has immoderate of the strongest weapon power measures successful the nation. Moreover, this is simply a transgression committed with a handgun brought from different country with beardown weapon control, Washington State.

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Wasserman Schultz is besides assuming that it was the deployment that motivated the shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national. Lakanwal entered the U.S. connected September 8, 2021, nether Operation Allies Welcome, a programme established by erstwhile Democratic President Joe Biden aft the U.S. subject withdrawal from Afghanistan successful August 2021. Wasserman Schultz, however, does not blasted erstwhile President Joe Biden for his beingness successful the United States. (Lakanwal, a erstwhile subordinate of a CIA portion successful Afghanistan, was reportedly granted asylum nether the Trump Administration successful April).

Investigators are inactive moving to observe the motive of Lakanwal for murdering 1 worker and critically wounding another. However, Wasserman Schultz feels wholly comfy successful suggesting that it was the deployment of the Guard successful cities implicit Democratic objections. Of course, a presumption different possibilities travel to mind. First, it could beryllium an enactment of religious-based terrorism. Second, it could beryllium an enactment of intelligence illness. Third, it could beryllium a idiosyncratic grievance with the U.S. government.

Undated record photograph of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the fishy successful the shooting of  two National Guard soldiers successful Washington, D.C., November 26, 2025. (Provided by Department of Justice)

Killing soldiers successful the nation's Capitol tin beryllium appealing for immoderate of these motivations oregon a operation of motivations. It is not evident that idiosyncratic travels crossed the state due to the fact that this is wherever you tin find unit connected the streets. After all, determination are besides troops deployed successful different states person to Washington state. There are besides ample bases successful Washington authorities wherever subject unit are contiguous successful ample numbers successful nationalist areas.

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A shooter with immoderate of these motivations could presumption the determination arsenic amplifying his grievances against the government. Wasserman Schultz seems to suggest that Trump is liable for making troops targets owed to the arguable usage of the Guard and supplying targets for a terrorist.

The astir important constituent for Wasserman Schultz is simply a acquainted one: Trump did it.

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Yet, blaming the deployment is similar blaming the Republican members for the wide shooting astatine the 2017 softball field. After all, if they had not made themselves targets, James T. Hodgkinson would not person gone there. Hodgkinson, a erstwhile Bernie Sanders supporter, hated Republicans and would person recovered different gathering to transportation retired his murderous plan. In the aforesaid way, Lakanwal whitethorn person been connected the hunt for immoderate soldiers arsenic a awesome of the United States successful the Capitol.

File photograph of National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe who was wounded successful a shooting incidental successful Washington D.C., connected the evening of November 26, 2025.  (Provided by Department of Justice)

The constituent is that we bash not know. The effort to usage this calamity for governmental purposes is to dishonor the victims and capitalize connected their deaths. Few would consciousness comfy getting into the caput of a homicidal madman without immoderate grounds oregon support. However, that appears to beryllium a unsocial accomplishment acceptable for Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

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