Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told Newsmax on Wednesday that media commentary surrounding the ambush shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was “ludicrous” and “gaslighting,” singling out remarks by MS NOW’s Ken Dilanian that she said crossed a line at a moment when the country should be united.
Dhillon, who leads the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, sharply criticized what she described as attempts by some journalists to imply the presence of uniformed Guard members in the capital contributed to the violence.
“Blaming the victims for this shooting, it really makes me sick,” she told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” and guest host Bob Brooks. “We’re all Americans, and there was a time in this country not that long ago when, regardless of party, we would all agree that it’s horrific to attack our law enforcement.”
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