If the terrorist attack that happened Sunday in Boulder, Colorado, wasn't infuriating enough, what we learned about the alleged perpetrator once more details emerged made it even worse.
RedState's Bob Hoge reported in the aftermath of the attack that DHS confirmed the suspect involved in what's being described as a "flamethrower attack" was a 45-year-old Egyptian national, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who "entered the country in August 2022 on a B2 visa that expired on February 2023." DHS also noted that he "filed for asylum in September 2022."
As the pro-Hamas suspect in the Israeli Embassy employee murders did, Soliman reportedly yelled "free Palestine!" during the attacks, in which Molotov cocktails were tossed into the crowd of peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators who were calling for the release of the remaining hostages. 15 were injured, two of them severely. A dog was also injured, according to local authorities.
As per the norm, Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) virtue signaled after hearing news of the attack, tweeting, "antisemitism is on the rise here at home, and we have a moral responsibility to confront and stop it everywhere it exists." It was a statement that rang hollow to many, considering how many Democrats, including AOC herself, have repeatedly coddled and defended the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat Party before and especially after the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was among the many not buying it, as he noted during a press conference where he put warped Democrat priorities concerning illegal immigrants and ICE into ice-cold perspective:
According to DHS, Soliman - this criminal, this violent, sick individual that did this stuff over the weekend - applied for a tourist visa in 2022. He applied for asylum. He’s been living in the U.S. on an expired visa since March of 2023.
If you apply Democrat logic to this case, Soliman was one of their constituents, as they say, and under their framing, he was just a Colorado man, right? But when you see Democrats ramping up attacks on ICE agents and storming ICE detention facilities, and calling for dismantlement of ICE, just know that this is who they’re defending. This is the result.
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It does not get any plainer, more matter-of-fact than that.
Despite the media/left-wing spin on Donald Trump's polling numbers, he continues to get high marks in polling on the issue of illegal immigration, and Johnson hit it out of the park in highlighting the differences between Republicans and Democrats, where Republicans stand up for law and order and the safety of American citizens while Democrats act stupidly and jet off to where criminal illegal immigrants including alleged gang members, suspected human smugglers, and accused domestic abusers are sent to try and rescue them.
The contrasts cannot be more stark, and this is the messaging Republicans must use in the 2026 midterms against woke Democrats if they are interested in hammering the point home.
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