Tulsi Gabbard rips Dem rep for infuriating claim DC National Guard shooting was unfortunate accident

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Friday it was absolutely “infuriating” that a Democratic House member referred to last month’s DC shooting, which killed one National Guard member and critically wounded another, as an “unfortunate accident” in a hearing on Capitol Hill.“This is someone who is a very, very senior leader in Congress, who for a long time has led the Homeland Security Committee,” Gabbard erupted during a “Fox and Friends” interview when discussing Rep.Bennie Thompson’s remarks before the House Homeland Security Committee.“He cannot and refuses to directly identify this attack for what it was: A terrorist attack on our own soil, against our National Guard men and women in this case, who are putting their lives on the line.”In Thursday’s hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Thompson (D-Miss.) referred to the murder of West Virginia Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom, 20 as an “unfortunate accident.”“It was an unfortunate situation,” Thompson told Noem.

“But you blamed it solely on Joe Biden.”“Unfortunate accident? It was a terrorist attack.He shot our Guardsmen in the head,” Noem corrected Thompson.The Mississippi Democrat was helped in cleaning up his remarks later Thursday during an appearance on CNN, when one of its anchors suggested Thompson may have “misspoke.”“The man is charged with first-degree murder.

Do you believe it was an accident?” asked anchor Kate Bolduan.“Oh, absolutely not.And obviously, let me be clear, I was moving toward the discussion that she could not blame Joe Biden on the situation because she approved this person’s asylum application.”“So you’re saying you misspoke?” Bolduan followed up.“Oh absolutely, absolutely,” answered Thompson, who was one of several Democrats given a pre-emptive pardon by former President Joe Biden for his work with the House select committee that investigated the Jan.

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