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The Mary Sue
Sanchari Ghosh

‘Lies and gaslighting’: Adam Kinzinger is not letting Trump get away with blaming Biden for the recent National Guard shooting

Once a GOP member, Adama Kinzinger has emerged as one of the strongest critics of Donald Trump and his administration in recent times. In the past couple of months, he has taken multiple digs at Republicans and their leader in chief for their reckless actions, dishonesty, unfounded conspiracy theories, and their inclination to spread hate.

Adam Kinzinger is doing what he knows best: calling out Republicans for their lies. Following the recent shooting in Washington, D.C., which left two National Guard members critically injured, Republicans were trying to blame the incident on Joe Biden and his administration by promoting a narrative that the main suspect in the case, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan immigrant, was in the U.S. because of Biden’s efforts to provide Afghans a safe haven in America. However, later details revealed that although Lakanwal entered the U.S. in 2021 under the Biden administration, he was vetted and granted legal asylum by the Trump administration in April 2025.

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