Afghan National Pleads Not Guilty in White House Shooting

Does the shooting expose the failed vetting of Afghan refugees, or does it unfairly punish allies who risked their lives for America?

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Afghan National Pleads Not Guilty in White House Shooting

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Above: A makeshift memorial honoring Sarah Beckstrom outside the Farragut West Metro station on Dec. 1, 2025. Image credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

The Spin

Right narrative

Pausing Afghan immigration is essential after a suspect who entered under Biden's rushed immigration program shot National Guard members while shouting Allahu Akbar. The vetting process clearly failed when over 190,000 Afghans were resettled without proper screening, and authorities refuse to acknowledge the ongoing risk of Islamic extremism.

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Left narrative

Punishing 77,000 law-abiding Afghan refugees who risked their lives helping America is morally bankrupt and will discourage future potential allies. The National Guard deployment was an unnecessary autocratic intimidation tactic that created the conditions for tragedy, and one criminal act does not justify threatening the status of interpreters and allies who fought alongside U.S. troops at great personal risk.

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