The Left may have officially lost their minds. And it’s out there for all to see.
And now a top Democrat got utterly destroyed during a Congressional hearing.
Thompson’s Tone-Deaf Dismissal of National Guard Terror Attack
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, sparked outrage Thursday by labeling the brutal ambush that killed one National Guard member and critically wounded another an “unfortunate accident” during a hearing on national security threats.
The November 26 daylight attack near the White House—widely condemned as a premeditated terrorist strike—claimed the life of 20-year-old Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and left 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe fighting for his life after both were shot in the head at close range by Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who drove cross-country to carry it out.
Lakanwal, who entered the U.S. in 2021 under Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome program, was himself critically wounded in the ensuing shootout.
GOP Fury Erupts as Noem and Ogles Call Out the Insensitivity
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wasted no time correcting Thompson’s minimization, her voice rising in disbelief: “Unfortunate accident? It was a terrorist attack. He shot our Guardsmen in the head.”
Undeterred, Thompson doubled down: “It was an unfortunate situation. But you blamed it solely on Joe Biden.”
The exchange ignited further backlash from Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who exploded: “That was a murder that took place in DC. It was not an unfortunate incident. Those comments are f–king disrespectful. I expect better from the ranking member.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt piled on via X, slamming Thompson’s remarks as “a disgraceful thing to say,” amplifying the chorus of condemnation from conservatives who accused the Democrat of downplaying a tragedy tied to lax border policies.
Biden-Era Immigration Failures in the Spotlight
The hearing laid bare stark warnings about the fallout from Biden’s immigration decisions, with National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent revealing that U.S. intelligence tracks up to 2,000 known or suspected terrorists who entered via Operation Allies Welcome, which fast-tracked around 88,000 Afghans into the country with what critics call woefully inadequate vetting.
An additional 16,000 such individuals slipped in during Biden’s term, many linked to ISIS, al-Qaeda, or transnational gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13.
Kent’s testimony underscored how these unchecked entries have fueled a surge in domestic threats, directly connecting the dots to Lakanwal’s rampage—a point Thompson seemed eager to deflect by earlier demanding Noem’s resignation in his opening statement: “Do a real service to the country and just resign… that is, if President Trump doesn’t fire you first.”
The Mississippi Democrat accused Noem of prioritizing “her own interests above the law” in Trump’s immigration crackdown, bizarrely claiming it made America “less safe”—a stance that rang hollow amid revelations of Biden’s program unleashing potential killers on U.S. soil.
