Political Quotes

“As the Senator from West Virginia recounted just a moment ago, on Wednesday, two of our National Guard servicemembers stationed near the White House were shot in a targeted ambush. One of these victims, Army SPC Sarah Beckstrom, was only 20 years old and passed away the following day, while another victim, SSgt Andrew Wolfe, remains in critical condition, and I know we all continue to pray for his recovery. The perpetrator was an Afghan parolee--that has special significance--who entered the country under the Biden administration's Operation Allies Welcome Program, which was notorious for insufficient vetting of Afghan refugees. I raised alarm bells about this mass parole of Afghan refugees back in 2024 when I co-led a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, pressing the Biden administration for their inadequate screening processes for Afghan refugees, including some who were later found to have had ties to ISIS.”