A Democrat congressman on Thursday referred to last month’s ambush terrorist attack against two West Virginia National Guard soldiers in Washington D.C. as an “unfortunate accident.”
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) made the inappropriate remark to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing that began at 10 a.m. EST.
Noem testified alongside National Counterterrorism Center (NCC) Director Joe Kent and FBI National Security Branch Operations (NSB) Director Michael Glasheen, with the session focused heavily on the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Noem was also questioned about the administration’s plan to expand its travel ban to over 30 countries after Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal murdered National Guard specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounded Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, in an ambush-style attack on November 26, using a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver.
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