‘Imagine if he had AR-15’: Liberals demand GUN CONTROL after car & knife Capitol attack, as ‘white supremacist’ narrative crumbles
An attack outside the US Capitol that left one police officer dead has prompted calls for gun control from some progressives, ridiculed by critics as a naked attempt to politicize a tragedy that had nothing to do with firearms.
A suspect identified in media reports as Noah Green, 25, rammed his car into security barriers near the Capitol on Friday afternoon, killing officer William Evans and injuring another. Green was shot dead as he exited the vehicle brandishing a knife, ending the onslaught.
Though the attacker did not use a gun during the crime and by all indications did not have one in his possession, Twitter’s blue checks found a way to force gun control into the conversation in record time, with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) arguing in a tweet that “the death toll would have been worse if the assailant had an AR-15 instead of a knife.”
Heartbroken to learn another CP was killed while protecting the Capitol. My thoughts and prayers go out to the officer’s family and the entire Capitol Police force. The death toll would have been worse if the assailant had an AR-15 instead of a knife.
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) April 2, 2021
Detractors rejected the hypothetical as an irrelevant ‘what if,’ as some condemned the politician for politicizing the attack a mere hours after it unfolded.
Should we ban cars? Also, if my family member was murdered, I wouldnt want the very people he/she was protecting to politicize the murder hours after it happened.
— GoldRiver (@GoldRiv21988693) April 3, 2021
You couldn’t wait until the sun set to find a way to shoehorn this tragedy into your preferred narrative?
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 2, 2021
Omar’s tweet may have been inspired by MSNBC pundit Mehdi Hassan, who asked his followers just 20 minutes prior to “imagine the police death toll” if Green had been armed with an AR-15 instead of a knife, topping off the post with “#guncontrol.” CNN’s Don Lemon also managed to slip in a reference to AR-15s – seemingly at random – during a live broadcast later on Friday night.
Imagine if today’s Capitol attacker had gotten out of his car not with a knife but with an AR-15.Imagine the police death toll. Just imagine. #guncontrol
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 2, 2021
Netizens met Hassan and Omar with their own made-up scenarios, asking what might have happened if Green “flew a plane into the gates” of the Capitol, came armed with a “lightsaber,” or – perhaps even worse – showed up to the federal property “not wearing a mask.”
Imagine had he flew a plane into the gates or had he drove a semi truck. This incident isn’t about guns, never was & never will be. Stop with the bullshit narratives. This ain’t that and that ain’t this. The agenda isn’t going to happen.
— 🍢 Toafili Stan 🐐 (@AlexHulett) April 3, 2021
Would have been worse without a mask. 🤡
— Justin (@justinlew) April 3, 2021
The abrupt shift to demands for gun control came after an army of left-of-center pundits raced to blame the attack on a “white guy” and “white supremacy” just moments after the news broke, with many leaping to that conclusion after authorities said the assault did not appear to be linked to terrorism. The claim quickly fell apart after it emerged the assailant was not white.
While police are still determining what Green’s motives may have been, media reports and screenshots detailing his social media activity in the weeks leading up to Friday’s attack show he was concerned that the US government was attempting to place him under “mind control.” In another post on Instagram, he reportedly claimed the CIA or the FBI had caused him “terrible afflictions,” though did not specify what he meant.
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