Hey there, this is JVL with my best friend from the bulwark, Sarah Longwell.

On Wednesday, as we were all departing and traveling for Thanksgiving,

terrible tragedy in Washington, D.C., where an Afghan national shot two National Guard members downtown,

just about a few blocks from the White House.

One of those National Guard members, Sarah, just about a few blocks from the White House, one of those National Guard members, Sarah Bextram from West Virginia, has now died from her wounds. The other one is

in critical condition still. Terrible, horrible thing. And I, you know, so we're finding out

things, Sarah, you know, news dribbling out about the shooter.

He was an Afghan national who was a partner with the U.S. military and with the CIA during the

war, came over during the Biden administration, was granted asylum under the Trump administration,

seems to have been settled in Washington State and to have driven cross-country.

He's got a wife from five kids, I believe, driven cross-country with the goal of shooting

and killing people in Washington.

Unbelievable evil.

Hard to understand how this happened or where the turn went, because it's a

big turn from putting your life on the line by being a partner for America in your home

country where that sort of thing can get you killed, to coming to America, to asking to stay in

America, to then going and murdering Americans.

And especially like Americans who had nothing to do with you, right?

Just, I'm going to drive cross country and just kill these two people randomly.

And that's basically all you can say is that it's awful. This is

a horrible tragedy. And like, you know, these, these moments right now when things, when horrible

things are happening, they all live inside the political context. Like there's a whole, you know,

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