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The vice president of JD vence has been warned a long time ago about the process of the US Reffegee vetting process – Going back to the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2021 and the refugees that come after that. Now, Vance’s past comments on the matter are resurfacing after two National Guardsmen were shot in Washington on Wednesday.
Law enforcement authorities have identified the suspect in the shooting as Rahmallallah Lakanwal, 29, who entered the US legally in 2021 under a bid to manage a program that accepts Afghan refugee resettlement in the US.
In 2021, Vance posted a video on social media in response to sen-sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., who argued that the US had an obligation to help refugees who want to leave Afghanistan.
“Yes, let’s help the Afghans we’ve helped, but let’s make sure we present ourselves well, so we don’t get a bunch of people who believe they should blame themselves because someone looked at his wife the wrong way,” Vance said. Marine Corps veteran, said in the video clip.
JD VASAS Vice President has long been warned about the US Refugee Vetting process. (Evan Vucci / The Associated Press)
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Vance also said that a survey by the Pew Research Center found that four out of 10 believe that suicide bombings are necessary to protect Islam.
FOX News Digital could not independently verify the existence of the poll. However, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberaly, an American National Media organization, reported in a Poll in 2013 with similar figures.
Vance’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Afghanistan’s top religious leaders who make up the Afghan Ulma Council have previously dismissed the Islamic Council to prevent suicide attacks, and say such attacks are incompatible with Islamic teachings.
Recently, Vance expressed similar concerns in an interview with CBS’s Margaret Brennan in January, where he said that “we have so many problems with these refugee programs, we certainly cannot ignore the thousands of people who are not allowed in our country.”
Who is the suspected DC National Guardsmen shooter? Knowing about Afghan National Rahmallah Lakanwal
Unauthorized file photo of Rahmallallah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of two security forces in Washington, November 26, 2025. (Department of Justice)
Specifically, Vance pointed to the Afghan National, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, who at the time was accused of attacking or plotting the date of the 2024 election.
Tawhedi and his accomplice Abdullah Haji Zada, also from Octhanistan, were arrested on Oct 7, 2024, after buying guns and ammunition from law enforcement agents, according to the justice department. Court documents say the pair bought two AK-47 rifles, 500 rounds of ammunition, and 10 magazines with the intention of carrying out attacks on the U.S.
Zada, 19, was sentenced in early November to 15 years in state prison.
VANCE called his words from the year 2021 on Wednesday after the shooting in Washington, and to sign the future action will appear a crack in the process of opening up refugees.
“I remember back in 2021 criticizing the bid policy of opening the foolgate for uneducated Afghan refugees,” Venance said Wednesday. “Friends sent me messages calling me racist. It was a defining moment.”
Law enforcement responded after two security guards opened fire near the White House
“Many of our voters will want not just words, but action, and this is the right answer,” Veance said Wednesday. “We will start bringing the shooter to justice, then we must reduce our efforts to deport people without the right to be in our country.”
US Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died Thursday from injuries sustained in Wednesday’s shooting, and US Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remains in critical condition, said US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.
FOX News Digital First reports that Lakenwal will cooperate with the US government, including the CIA, as a member of the partner force in Afghanistan.
File Photo of National Guard Sarah Beckstrom who died following a shooting in Washington DC, on the evening of November 26, 2025. (Department of Justice)
The information comes from the CIA unit and it is suspected that National Gooder Bhalobhasha also served in Afghanistan
In response to that incident, Trump told the Nature Media Post that he would permanently freeze immigration from “all third world countries.”
In addition, the head of the US citizenship, Joseph Edlow, said on Thursday that according to the orders from Trump, “he has directed a full, difficult analysis of every alien in every country of concern.”
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The White House did not provide further details on which countries would be affected, and referred Fox News Digital to Trump’s Social Media Post.
FOX News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
