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The victims, Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe, remain in critical condition, fighting for their lives after volunteering to serve during the holiday period. Instead of rallying behind them, some on the left chose a familiar path: politics first, facts second.
That’s where New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer stepped in. Rather than condemn the terrorist or demand answers about how an illegal migrant slipped through Biden’s security failures, she aimed her criticism squarely at Donald Trump. Mayer posted online that National Guard units “should never have been deployed,” claiming their presence was “for political show.”
Her exact words:
“This is so tragic, so unnecessary, these poor guardsmen should never have been deployed. I live in DC and watched as they had virtually nothing to do but pick up trash. It was for political show and at what a cost.”
The comment ignited immediate backlash. After all, President Trump deployed National Guard members to stabilize the nation’s capital and prevent escalating violence, a move praised by many residents who wanted safer streets in a city plagued by rising crime.
Steven Cheung decided he had heard enough. In a now-viral response, the White House comms chief delivered one of the bluntest takedowns of the year. He responded directly to Mayer:
“Jane, respectfully, shut the fuck up for trying to politicize this tragedy.
They were protecting DC and trying to make the nation’s capital safer.
People like you who engage in ghoulish behavior lose all credibility. Not like you had any to begin with.”
Cheung’s message spread instantly, capturing what many Americans felt but couldn’t say out loud. While families are praying for two critically wounded service members, political operatives are trying to score points off their suffering.
The timing only underscores how reckless the blame-shifting truly is. Lakanwal entered the U.S. because of Biden’s failed evacuation strategy. He remained in the country illegally due to Biden’s immigration failures. Yet somehow, in the mind of a left-wing journalist, this is Trump’s fault?
The public wasn’t buying it, and neither was Cheung.
Instead of acknowledging the policy disaster that allowed a known Afghan national to walk freely through DC, critics like Mayer tried to weaponize the deaths of American heroes to attack a political opponent. It’s a move that backfired spectacularly.
As the nation waits for updates on the condition of Beckstrom and Wolfe, one thing is clear. Americans aren’t in the mood for political games. They want accountability for how this terrorist remained in the U.S. long after his visa expired. They want answers about why national security took a back seat under Biden. And they want the media to stop using tragedies as partisan props.
For now, Cheung’s blunt response stands as the final word. Even in a town built on spin, some comments are so shameless that only a straightforward, unfiltered reply can cut through the noise.
And Cheung delivered exactly that.
