Left’s response to National Guard shooting blames Trump amidst ongoing political tension.
Beege has been covering this all afternoon into the evening. I just wanted to add that it appears the talking points have gone out and the left is circling in on a uniform response to this tragic situation. The response is to blame Trump for calling the Guard to DC in the first place. Beege already posted this tweet (and the reaction to it).
This is so tragic, so unnecessary, these poor guardsmen should never have been deployed. I live in DC and watched as they had virtually nothing to do but pick up trash. It was for political show and at what a cost. https://t.co/ABkOHNHAvG— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) November 26, 2025
This argument makes no sense whatsoever as Charles Cooke pointed out.
Your argument is that it’s the fault of those who deployed them, who are responsible for their being attacked. Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 26, 2025
You can disagree with the deployment but the deployment didn’t cause the shooting.unless you’re saying it did. I think this is the looming worry that has so many leftists echoing the same talking points this afternoon.
It’s honestly sickening. These National Guard troops were only in Washington, DC because Trump fabricated a need for them. And now he’ll twist this tragedy into another excuse to flood American cities with even more military presence.
This never should’ve happened. Those troops… pic.twitter.com/T8dPu6v22W— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) November 26, 2025
He’s really doubling down on this. If the National Guard hadn’t been called, some deranged nutter wouldn’t have shot them. So it’s literally Trump’s fault. That’s the argument and there’s no doubt about it.
