As I have written before, I don’t know whether Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., killing at least one, is 1) a raving lunatic, 2) a devout Muslim–witnesses said that he shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he murdered Americans–or 3) a sucker who fell for Democratic Party talking points. The fact that it is hard to distinguish among these alternatives is revealing. In all likelihood, at least two of the foregoing categories apply.
More broadly, we can see that the Democrats’ war on law enforcement is succeeding. It has been focused mostly against America’s immigration laws, which Democrats hate but don’t have the votes to repeal. Democrats have viciously attacked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, denouncing its agents as a modern-day “Gestapo,” and trying at every turn to interfere with their work. Most recently, Oregon Governor Tina Kotak has threatened to criminally prosecute ICE employees for doing their jobs. As a legal matter, that threat is absurd. But the real threat lies underneath–the threat that people who are deranged and/or unusually loyal to the Democratic Party will be emboldened to try to kill ICE agents.
That threat is deadly serious:
Assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have skyrocketed 1,150% so far this year compared to the last year of the Biden administration — with nearly 250 attacks recorded since President Trump took office.
The disturbing surge comes amid a climate of heightened danger for immigration authorities, including stalking, death threats, online doxxing and outright assaults, which the Department of Homeland Security says is being encouraged by lefty politicians opposed to Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown.
That is quite a record–a 1,150% increase. Congratulations, Democrats! The same applies to National Guardsmen who have been deployed to bring peace to violent cities, and who have been uniformly denounced by Democratic politicians. We saw the result in the murder of Sarah Beckstrom and the grievous wounding of Andrew Wolfe. When one of America’s two leading parties issues a call for violence (“resistance” to the “Gestapo”), the results are predictable, and surely were both foreseen and intended by leaders of the Democratic Party.
This is where we find ourselves in 2025 America: insurrection has been normalized–we haven’t even gotten to the Seditious Six!–with fatal consequences.
