WarRoom Battleground EP 900: DC Terror Attack On National Guard cont.

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bannon's War Room — Battleground EP 900

Episode Date: November 27, 2025
Main Theme:
A breaking, deeply politicized discussion of the recent shooting attack against two National Guardsmen near the White House in Washington, D.C., exploring details of the attack, the response from authorities, speculations on motive and identity of the suspect, and broader implications for national security, immigration, and political divisions.

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Episode Overview

This episode covers, in real time, the developing story of an attack in central Washington D.C., where two National Guard members were shot in the head at point blank range near the White House. Host Steve Bannon, alongside co-hosts Jack Posobic, Chris Pihota, Whit Lyman, and guest John Fredericks, breaks down immediate reporting, shares sources, and passionately ties the incident to larger political debates—especially immigration, law enforcement, and security policy under President Trump.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Attack Details and Proximity to White House

• The attack occurred within blocks of the White House, "just a few blocks away" (00:24), close to Lafayette Park, in an area described as "very highly patrolled."
• The two National Guard victims were shot in the head at "point blank range" and are in critical condition.

  “Both the National Guardsmen were shot in the head.” — Steve Bannon (01:06)

• The attack was described as a likely targeted ambush rather than a random act:

  “It makes it more of a likely targeted attack... [the shooter] may have caught them walking away, shot them from behind and was able to get two or three clean shots off.” — Chris Pihota (02:03)

2. Analysis of Attacker’s Intent & Execution

• The close-range, highly lethal shooting in such a heavily guarded area suggests planning and possibly suicidal intent on the part of the attacker.

  “The calculus they must have gone through is that I may not make it out of here. I mean, this is probably as close to a suicide mission as you could get.” — Steve Bannon (05:50)

• Discussion on the shooter’s proficiency and the likelihood of premeditated intent:

  “He must have been fairly proficient with a firearm... this individual obviously knew how to handle a firearm.” — Chris Pihota (03:00)

3. Possible Motives: Terrorism & National Security

• NBC reported the FBI is investigating "possible terrorism," and the shooter was "initially identified as an Afghan national." (14:18)
• The shooter reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack:

  “The suspect reportedly shouted Allahu Akbar.” — Jack Posobic (28:43)

• The designation allows federal agencies greater investigative powers:

  “Using the international terrorism umbrella gives the FBI more access to certain intelligence collection resources than a normal criminal investigative effort would.” — Chris Pihota (22:49)

4. Law Enforcement and Medical Response

• Victims taken to D.C. trauma centers, which are noted for experience in handling gunshot wounds due to high local rates of violent crime.

  “The trauma divisions of these hospitals, given the volume of violent crimes in our violent capital...you’re going into emergency rooms that know what they’re doing.” — Steve Bannon (03:25)

5. Public Sentiment and Law Enforcement Presence

• Whit Lyman describes a "mixed bag" in D.C. regarding National Guard patrols—some grateful, others apprehensive (09:33)
• John Fredericks asserts local residents support the Guard:

  “If you talk to the residents of D.C. like me, they love the National Guard. All the protests you get here are not from residents...It’s all from white liberals…” — John Fredericks (29:37)

6. Political and Ideological Rhetoric

• Intense criticism of political opposition, media, and "radical Marxist" immigration policies:

  “Why are we told that they had to be here?...National Guardsmen being shot up in our capital city on a holiday…it’s like something you would hear from a third world country…” — Jack Posobic (33:13)

• Discussions on Trump’s recent executive order to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, and support for “mass deportations” as a “moderate” position (33:13)
• Warnings about divisive political rhetoric fueling violence:

  “It’s dangerous and divisive and it creates a situation where people who are already at the lunatic fringes of ideology are pushed then into acts of violence.” — Chris Pihota (13:31)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Targeted Nature of Attack:

  "You’re going into emergency rooms that know what they’re doing...those two guardsmen were, I’m sure they're in good hands." — Chris Pihota (03:25)

• On Immediate National Security Concerns:

  "This was a calculated execution attempt on American troops in broad daylight in the nation's capital and literally in the shadow of the White House." — Steve Bannon (25:02)

• On the FBI’s Focus:

  "Using the international terrorism umbrella gives the FBI more access to certain intelligence collection resources than a normal criminal investigative effort would." — Chris Pihota (22:49)

• On the Alleged Motive and Political Response:

  "Mass deportations is the moderate position at this point." — Jack Posobic (33:13)

• Eyewitness Testimony:

  "This is right by where I live…We walked right by there about 30 minutes before this. We always say hi to the National Guard. They have revitalized this city." — John Fredericks (29:37)

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Timestamps & Key Segments

• [00:24] – Site Description: Proximity of shooting to the White House (Whit Lyman)
• [01:06 – 05:50] – Attack Details: Victims’ condition, nature of shooting, speculation on assailant motives (Bannon, Lyman, Pihota, Posobic)
• [14:18] – Shooter’s Identity:
  • NBC & CNN reports on shooter as Afghan national and terrorism probe (Posobic)
• [22:49] – Law Enforcement & Terrorism Focus: FBI expands investigation scope (Pihota)
• [25:02 – 25:43] – Calculated Nature: Reports from CNN that attack was a calculated execution attempt, not random
• [28:43] – Breaking Details:
  • Suspect reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar,” was stabbed by a Guardsman with a pocket knife, then shot by another Guardsman (Posobic)
• [29:37 – 31:52] – Resident Perspective:
  • John Fredericks describes local support for National Guard, attacks as political assassination.

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Tone & Style

The conversation is urgent, highly opinionated, frequently combative, and mixes real-time news updates with sweeping political commentary. The hosts and guests interject emotional appeals and sharp-tongued criticisms of perceived adversaries, including current immigration policy, political leadership, and critics of law enforcement measures.

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Conclusion

The episode is a rapid-fire, heated response to a national tragedy, blending real-time reportage with partisan and ideological analysis. The shooting is framed as both a terrorist attack and political flashpoint, crystallizing the show’s recurring themes: national security, border control, law and order, and defense of the Trump administration’s policies. The hosts end by calling for increased troops, broader investigations, and stricter immigration enforcement, with emotional support for the National Guardsmen and calls for action in the wake of the attack.

Transcript

[Jack Posobic]

War room here's your host, stephen k. Ban.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Lyman, the Borderhawk, joins us with. First, I'll put in perspective how, how close would this all occur to the White House? You're actually on the scene. How, how and what proximity are we to the actual White House itself?

[Whit Lyman]

So this area right here is where the yellow tape starts. You can kind of see it behind me. And then if you go up this road about two blocks, you're going to get to the north part of the White House there. So we're very close. It looks like the main site is going to be sort of over my left shoulder. That's where the main large breach of the federal officials are conducting their, their operation and that is where it's reported, where it occurred. So looking at maybe a block or two at most from Lafayette park, just north on the side of the White House there. So very, very close. I mean anything in Washington is going to be pretty close to the White House itself is not a very large area, so to speak. But we're looking at just a few blocks away.

[Steve K. Bannon]

We have some very bad news wid I want to report and I'll get Jack and Chris in here that the NBC News is reporting from officials who are working this government official working this, that both the National Guardsmen were shot in the head. Do you have any other updates on that?

[Whit Lyman]

That's pretty consistent with some of the preliminary unconfirmed photos that we've seen. Bandages on the head, National Guard being in critical condition. It also lines up with a close ambush style attack. You know, the assailant, you know, allegedly pulled the firearm out and opened at a very close distance. So, you know, it sounds like he was targeting these National Guard men with the intent of assassination.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Chris thanks Whit. Hang on, Chris, any thoughts on that? They're reporting now that both National Guardsmen were both shot in the head. Any, any thoughts on that?

[Chris Pihota]

Well, first of all, I'm glad they're still in critical condition and they're not deceased from their injuries. Second of all, if you had headshots on both of these National Guard personnel, I would think that it makes it more of a likely targeted attack where this person may have caught them walking away, shot them from behind and was able to get two or three clean shots off before they reacted. So it makes it lends credence to the use of the word targeted. I would imagine if you see the photos, I haven't seen the photos, but you can see maybe if they were fired upon from behind, that would be most logical versus a face to face attack where he drew a weapon and fired on them.

[Steve K. Bannon]

It would also, I think, wouldn't lead you to, in a chaotic situation where your adrenaline's up, that this guy must have not just known what he was doing, but been a pretty good shot. Absolutely.

[Chris Pihota]

If you're trading rounds, definitely he must have been fairly proficient with a firearm. But again, if he caught them walking away from behind, still pretty. We handled the firearm fairly well because of adrenaline and, and the situation at hand. So either way, he was this individual. I use word he because I assumed it's a, it's a male, but this individual obviously knew how to handle a firearm.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Chris Also, and this is unfortunate, but the D.C. hospitals, particularly the ones in the Capitol complex around there, know a thing or two about handling gunshot wounds. I mean, so these two brave National Guardsmen shot in the head at relatively close range. Your point is, hey, you're glad the reports still are there, in critical condition, but if you had to go to a, if you had to be in a place, being in D.C. given the unfortunate high volume of, of crime in the city, and particularly violent crime, you're going into emergency rooms that know what they're doing.

[Chris Pihota]

Absolutely. I'm sure they have, unfortunately, a lot of practice in the high trauma treatment areas, and they get a lot of practice with gunshot wounds, unfortunately. So, yes, those two guardsmen were, I'm sure they're in good hands.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Jack, Some of the information you're getting earlier would, would fall in line with knowing that the two guardsmen were shot at relatively close range in the head that NBC News is reporting, would it not, sir?

[Jack Posobic]

STEVE One of the first things that we heard from sources close to the White House, the phrase point blank range was the first thing that anyone had said to me that basically walked up, shot him point blank range. Some of the first images that we saw across X showed those bandages to the side of the head, showed blood on the ground. And in which case there's a lot of questions about what exactly the situation is if they're in critical condition. And unfortunate to say this, but this is what we also saw with some of those victims in Minneapolis, the victims of, at that Catholic school, those little children of the shooter there, many of which were also shot in the head. And then there were questions as to whether or not they would live. Now, amazingly and miraculously, two of the little girls who had been shot in the head were actually able to be saved in that situation. But of course, that can only occur if there is not permanent damage to the brain, to the Brain stem, the central nervous system, like with Charlie Kirk. So a lot of questions as to what exactly the status was, but we have seen people survive headshots in the recent past. Medical progress has come very far. So I'm sure everyone is going to be praying for these guardsmen right now as they're fighting for their lives.

[Steve K. Bannon]

No, that's what I'm saying. In all this tragedy, if you had to be shot and had a head wound, the trauma divisions of these hospitals, given the volume of violent crimes in our violent capital with Lyman, it would seem to me that an individual that is a block or so from the actual White House itself, as highly patrolled as that is, you have the National Guard on patrol that would walk up with a target but get to basically point blank range and shoot two National Guardsmen in the head. The calculus they must have gone through is that I may not make it out of here. I mean, this is probably as close to a suicide mission as you could get, sir.

[Whit Lyman]

I'm not sure that there's a worse place to try this level of violence. I mean, you're looking at dozens of different kinds of law enforcement in this area, very highly patrolled. You heard the Metropolitan chief there mention the high visibility patrol, which is what we see a great deal in this area and towards the monuments. You know, this is obviously one of the worst places to do that. And you know, we are grateful, as the gentleman mentioned, that the National Guardsmen are fighting. But that person knew that he would have an immediate, very large response. Secret Service, FBI, U.S. marshals, you have ICE and HSI agents all over D.C. now also patrolling, not to mention the National Guardsmen which was reported that they were armed. They did not start out armed, though I will say that that was an early adjustment that they added carrying their handgun, their service pistol. That did not start out that way though. That came in a little bit later. So, yeah, this is one of the worst places to commit any of these crimes. But as Jack pointed out, there's plenty of shootings in D.C. in general. I mean, this is a very violent city. Even with President Trump's efforts, we're still seeing a great deal of violence. We've done ride alongs with Metro Police Department, we have done embeds with all sorts of law enforcement and they're telling us the same thing, that D.C. does have a crime problem. Just a few weeks ago we had back to back weekends of mass shootings. Three or more seven people were shot in one weekend. So I mean, we're still looking at a lot of violence. So people here are, I think, brazen, despite the massive amounts of law enforcement that does patrol very openly.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Chris, your thoughts too? I mean, if you're going to do this and maybe you've cased the place or case this, you have to assume it's going to be low probability that you, the shooter is going to make it out alive. Does that change your idea about the profile of this? And maybe it's not a. It's not a. Is not in the moment, it's not emotions, is not on a whim. But somebody's pretty focused on sending a message here, knowing that in all likelihood they're not going to make it out alive.

[Chris Pihota]

There could be two things. One, again, mentally unbalanced, couldn't weigh the consequences and the dire circumstances that they were in. Two, that they had already, I guess, resigned themselves to the fact that they were going to sacrifice themselves for their cause or for their ideology. And if they didn't make it out of this confrontation, they had already made peace with that, in my opinion. It's one of those two scenarios you're.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Dealing with real quick before we go to breakout. About a minute. Has there been enough because getting to this guy's motivation, has there been enough kind of blowback from the community? I thought a lot of people in the community accepted the fact it was such a high crime and they actually welcomed the National Guard to help put it down, that it was really commentators. Did you, did you in any of the ride alongs, anything you see was the population of D.C. pushing back on this?

[Whit Lyman]

I would say there was a mixed bag as far as the response to extra National Guard and extra law enforcement being on the ground. Some people were very grateful. A lot of people live here, though they don't necessarily need it. You know, we spoke with a barbecue owner on the northeast side of D.C. and he said as long as they keep to themselves and keep the situation safe, that it's fine. But he had apprehensions and even see the people inside the restaurant were apprehensive. So you do have a bit of a mixed bag. What I will say though is if you talk to any tourists that come in, they're very grateful that they're there.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Wait, hang on for a second. We've got an all star panel and Jack Posobic is riding shotgun with. We're going to take a short commercial break or return a tragedy in Washington D.C. two National Guardsmen shot at close range in the head, struggling for their life right now, both in critical condition. A shooter that's also Been said to be in critical condition. We'll have all the updates for you when we return in the war room here on Real America's Voice. Back in a moment. Open your eyes no time to be.

[Whit Lyman]

Blind Open your mind to see we're in an iron day holy war coming after minded by your soul. You think as a lawyer, what do.

[Steve K. Bannon]

You think the consequences should be for people who are abiding by following these.

[Jack Posobic]

Steps from the commander in chief when.

[Steve K. Bannon]

They seem to be complete overreaches of power?

[Unnamed Commentator]

They're, they're following unlawful commands from Donald Trump. And if you're committing offenses and your defense is going to be I was just following orders. You know, that didn't work out so well at Nuremberg. It certainly didn't work out so well for Lieutenant Callie when he, you know, engaged in mass murder, the My Lai massacre. And, you know, Pete Hegseth just doing whatever Donald Trump tells him to do, like initiating a criminal investigation that could result in a court martial of Senator Kelly for simply stating accurately what the military law provides or cash Patel's FBI opening criminal probes of members of Congress for speaking the truth. You know, that that is something that will someday when the rule of law comes back into the light of day will have to be tackled. They'll have to be held accountable for those abuses.

[Jack Posobic]

It's going to be accounting for all of this and remembering all of it.

[Unnamed Commentator]

Of two people fighting for their lives, guardsmen that this president put there. And as I said, I was one that was very vocal against that. But I'm not going to belittle the fact that their lives at stake to get into a back and forth with the president. I can say that if I'm a member of their families. I don't want to hear what he's saying about Honduras right now. I want to pray that these two guardsmen who were ordered there and who we're being told by the mayor was ambushed, make it through. And all of this about sending in 500 people, what does that have to do with where we are now? I think that we've got to those of us that have been opposed to the president's policy show that we are not going to morally match him by going down to a level of insensitivity. There are two people fighting for their lives on Thanksgiving eve. And it just seems ironic to me there are people that pardoned people assaulting police officers are now talking about how they're going to uphold and look up to the people in the building. People in that building were beat January.

[John Fredericks]

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[Steve K. Bannon]

So, Chris Pihota, how dangerous is that rhetoric, particularly the one in Saki at the beginning that if you're going to do this, you're going to be investigated. What are your thoughts about that as former former senior member of the FBI?

[Chris Pihota]

It's dangerous and divisive and it creates a situation where people who are already at the lunatic fringes of ideology are pushed then into acts of violence. And it's unproductive and it's just flat. It's embarrassing that our national leaders and prominent members of the media, they engage in that type of discussion.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Jack Posobic, Daugherty, Eric Daugherty has put up, I think you've seen it, that photo of the individual we've seen. He's saying now CNN is reporting that breaking that's the National Guard shooter identified by the FBI. He is not from Washington, D.C. and not cooperating with authorities.

[Jack Posobic]

And Steve, we do NBC NBC is now reporting as of a few minutes ago that the FBI will initially investigate the shooting of two members of the National Guard in D.C. as a possible of terrorism, according to two senior U.S. law enforcement officials. The officials said that the suspect who used a handgun in the attack has been initially identified as an Afghan national. That is according to NBC reporting as of right now. So potential Afghan national and that the FBI is looking at this as a possible act of terrorism, according to NBC News.

[Steve K. Bannon]

As of right now, hit rewind. Give me that one more time. I want guys, if you can put up the Eric Daugherty tweet. It's the individual being put into the put into the ambulance. He's got the beard that looks like a traditional Muslim beard. Jack, can you give us what NBC.

[Jack Posobic]

News is reporting right now initially identifying or investigating the shooting as a possible act of terrorism per two senior US Law enforcement officials. And that officials have initially identified the shooter as an Afghan national. And that's according to NBC News.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Chris Piotta, I'm gonna come back to you before going to wid. You know, Jack Vesobic said in the previous hour of this show. It shouldn't be lost on anybody. Just as we think through this night that the president states signed a executive order designating the least a study or moving forward with designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Your thoughts, sir?

[Chris Pihota]

I think it's a great step forward for our national security. The Muslim Brotherhood has cruised under the radar for decades and everyone has been reluctant to investigate them solely on their Muslim Brotherhood affiliation. And if you weren't part of one of the more hardcore identified terror groups. You kind of were able to move through life without FBI or, you know, intelligence community scrutiny. So I think it's a great move forward. I would just like to see how it progresses and I hope the president takes a very assertive stance on this.

[Steve K. Bannon]

With Lyman. Your thoughts? Now NBC's identifying this individual and you've seen that photo. If we can get it up on, if Denver can put it up. You've seen the photo. He's not cooperating, but CNN is reporting that he's not from D.C. and of course NBC News is saying he's an Afghan national. Your thoughts, sir?

[Whit Lyman]

Again, thoughts and prayers with the two National Guardsmen that are battling right now for, for their lives. And this I think is speaks to the bigger picture of the violence that is occurring in the United States as President Trump kind of pushes forwards with his immigration crackdown. We're seeing over a thousand % increase on ICE and Border Patrol officials as they conduct their operations. We're seeing rhetoric from many Democrats and people on the left that is pointing to people, you know, possibly instigating some of these things. You know, we're seeing just dangerous rhetoric coming out of the governor of Illinois, the mayor in Chicago, the mayor of many other areas. So I think that we have to be careful and cognizant going forwards. And again, the violence seems to be increasing across the board, whether it's people in the country that are upset at the administration or a targeted attack on the national guard here in D.C. but.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Doesn'T this also reinforce what President Trump. The reason that the principal reason that the, the National Guard was called in, number one was to help with law enforcement in these out control cities. The other was to help with ICE As I started to take out the bad hombres with your thoughts on that.

[Whit Lyman]

You know, we're hearing a call for National Guard across multiple cities. You know, the administration wants to send guard troops to Portland, to Chicago where they've seen the most amount of violence during the immigration raids. We did an embed with the Chicago area director there for ice and he was talking about the rammings that occur, the constant assaults on immigration enforcement as they go through the city doing what they're lawfully supposed to do. There's over a million people in the country that have final removal orders. These are people that have had their time before a court and they're legally supposed to be leaving. So I think we're seeing just an increase in violence across the board. And here in D.C. they've had numerous issues with violence for many many decades. And the administration is bent on making this area safer. And I think that the attack tonight highlights the need for more troops, more involvement to making our city safer.

[Steve K. Bannon]

So you think the initial call, Pete Hegset tonight, the secretary of war to say, hey, I've talked to the president. We're sending in 500 more troops in the into D.C. right away. You think that's fully justified?

[Whit Lyman]

It certainly sounds like it. And I'm going to trust the administration to do the right thing at this moment. They obviously have more information than we do, but you know, we'd like to see National Guard protecting our laws and our people throughout the entire country. And certainly here in the Capitol.

[Steve K. Bannon]

We'D hang on. Chris. Jack. Jack, I'm gonna come back to you about your call shot. We're gonna take a short commercial break here on Real America's Voice. You're in the war room. As we expanded coverage Ton I sitting in for John Solomon and the team that are out for Thanksgiving. Short commercial break. Back in a moment.

[John Fredericks]

We will fight till they're all gone.

[Steve K. Bannon]

We rejoice when there's no more.

[John Fredericks]

Let's take down the ccp.

[Jack Posobic]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Ban.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Denver, if you'd be so kind to put up the photograph of the shooter, Jack Posobic, you called this a couple hours ago. You said, hey, shouldn't it shouldn't be lost on people. The president just signed this very controversial executive order about the Muslim Brotherhood. I mean, we've been talking about it all day. We had Laura Loomer on this morning with with Alex Jones, and both of them went off on it. The and now NBC News is reporting that this individual, the shooter, who is not cooperating with the FBI is is from is from Afghanistan, sir.

[Jack Posobic]

Again, Steve, these are all initial reports the same as the photo. So I just want to say that, you know, we're we're going off of the information that that we're receiving. Of course, I'm working my sources within the federal government as well. A lot of people off for the Thanksgiving holiday. I was already also planning to be off with my family for the Thanksgiving holiday. But fortunately, Tanya Tay and the and the boys are very understanding and we'll get there. We'll get there. But Steve, what we're seeing now is this report saying that it may have been an Afghan national end that I'm hearing as well as NBC that international that not just terrorism, but international terrorism is being looked at as a potential motive by the FBI. So international terrorism and Afghan national being named by senior federal law enforcement. And this is something that you certainly have to look at in the context of President Trump signing that executive order just a few days ago. In fact, when we were there last Friday, we knew that it was in the works and they were looking at signing it soon. The president signed it just a few days later. Steve, I remember I mentioned it to you off air actually that evening. And so that the Muslim Brotherhood EO was coming up. So this is something where, you know, we also know that Northern Virginia, a lot of the Afghans that even the United States brought out during the fall of Kabul ended up in on those planes ended up in Northern Virginia. And so a lot of questions then coming forward, if this was an Afghan national, what immigration status are they here under? Did they come during the fall of Kabul? Did they come under some other auspices? Again, all of this is going to come out in the investigation.

[Steve K. Bannon]

And a lot of people that were very upset about that, about the number that we were taking. Chris Piota, when the FBI is telling, sort of telling NBC News and CNN and others that this is now going to be they're going to also look about the international terrorism aspect of this from an individual who's been identified as an Afghan national. What does that tell you, sir, as a former senior FBI assistant director, it.

[Chris Pihota]

Means they're taking out all the stops. They're going to use all available authorities and resources and investigative avenues to find out what this person's about, who he knows, where he's been, and as mentioned previously, how did he enter our country, when did he enter, who sponsored him in, if he was sponsored, it's going to be a very, very fast moving investigation. The scope will widen as it moves forward. And using the international terrorism umbrella gives the FBI more access to certain intelligence collection resources than a normal criminal investigative effort would.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Isn't this also one of the reasons I've designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization? You get the ability to look at money laundering, finance, the, you know, networks. They've got to actually do logistics and financing of this.

[Chris Pihota]

Sir. Absolutely. They want to make sure they can characterize a network, if it exists. They want to identify everyone in it. And then they're going to figure out how to interdict that network of logistical support or money or whatever the support function is. So that's why they're opening this up. And if the individual shooter as identified is an Afghan national and they were able to make some reasonable inferences, it's the prudent thing to do at this point.

[Steve K. Bannon]

With Lyman, it's Been at least we're getting reports that the FBI is now looking at this as a potential part of international terrorism. Your thoughts are?

[Whit Lyman]

I agree with Mr. Piotta completely because I think that allowing this designation gives them more resources going forwards and allows them to do more and access more different types of information. We see this with the designation of the Mexican cartels. It allows the federal government to utilize more resources and throw more weight at the problem itself and it gives them opportunity. So I think this designation is shocking, not surprising and certainly good going forwards because they can allow for all of these full, full of government to go forwards.

[Steve K. Bannon]

By the way, Eric Bolling, the host of the 5 o' clock just or the 4 o' clock show just sent me. According to CNN, the suspect approached the guardsmen clearly intending to target. He fired first at one soldier who was mere feet away. A second soldier tried to take cover behind a bus stop shelter. The shooter then turned and fired at him too. The suspect had zero identification on him as completely stonewalling investigators. This wasn't random. This wasn't a robbery. This wasn't wrong place, wrong time. This was a calculated execution attempt on American troops in broad daylight in the nation's capital and literally in the shadow of of the White House. Jack Bosobic, your your thoughts, sir?

[Jack Posobic]

Look, Steve, we live in a real world. We live during dangerous times. We see radical Marxism, we see the way that the radical Marxists have opened our borders to all slew of America's adversaries, bringing in totally unvetted third worlders from all over the place. You look at these programs from the Middle east that we've talked about again and again and again, these visa programs where they're just letting anybody declare asylum, letting anyone decide, declare that they should be able to enter the United States, then overstaying visas, in many cases overstaying temporary status. It's something obviously the Stephen Miller has warned about. It's something that we've been warning about here for years on the program. And you know, it's. I wish I could say, I wish I could say that we had no indication, but this was avoidable. This was absolutely avoidable. And anyone who supported those programs really needs to take a stronger, strong look at themselves in the mirror.

[Steve K. Bannon]

After this with Lyman, we're gonna let you go. We want to thank the Borderhawk for being here. Where do people get your show? Where do they get your content on. On Twitter?

[Whit Lyman]

Sir, thank you for the opportunity. Borderhawk News is the website whit underscore Lyman or Borderhawk News on Twitter Borderhawk.

[Steve K. Bannon]

You're amazing. Thank you for stepping in today. Fantastic reporting from the show. Streets right around the White House. Chris Pihota, thank you very much for stepping in here. Can we get your coordinates, your social media? Where do people follow you, sir?

[Whit Lyman]

Sure.

[Chris Pihota]

I'm on the X platform at Chris Pihota. I also have a YouTube channel that I just started up, Ordinary People 9513 where we talk about some good stuff. And of course, thank you for showing my excite and authored a book about the FBI called Wanted. The FBI I once knew talks about how the FBI changed and what we can do to get it back on track. Appreciate being here with you today.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Now, Chris, we're looking forward to having you back on the war room and with Lyman also. Great job, guys. Stepping in today, Poso is going to ride shotgun. I think John Fredericks is at the White House or is just at the White House. We're going to try to get him up. Short break. Back in the warm in just a moment.

[Jack Posobic]

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[Steve K. Bannon]

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[Jack Posobic]

Yes, Steve, this comes from Julio Rosas. He's a Marine, of course. He's done a lot of this street reporting in the past. He's someone who's got excellent, impeccable sources within law enforcement, specifically in Washington, D.C. he writes law and law enforcement source in D.C. tells me the National Guardsman shooting suspect is an Afghan national who used a revolver. A National Guardsman who was not armed with a firearm used a pocket knife to stab the suspect. Another guardsman responded to the gunfire and shot the suspect multiple times. The suspect reportedly shouted Allahu Akbar.

[Chris Pihota]

A.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Pocket knife, alahu Akbar. By the way, Laura Loomer, hat tip to you. You called this in the first 30 seconds the picture was up. John Fredericks, you were actually on the location. You join us now from near the White House. What happened?

[John Fredericks]

Well, listen, this is, this is two blocks from the White House. This is right by where I live, actually. My son Joe's home from Maryland. Baseball. We walked right by there about 30 minutes, 35 minutes before this. We always say hi to the National Guard. They have revitalized this city. But let me tell you what went on today. This is a political assassination. This was. You got the Democrats out there, Jack and Steve every day talking about their Nazis. You know, they're occupying the city, all this nonsense. If you talk to the residents of D.C. like me, they love the National Guard. All the protests you get here are not from residents of Washington D.C. they're not from the black community. It's all from white liberals coming from your mansions, their gated mansions in Northern Virginia, Montgomery County. And so what happened today is horrific. Now, we can't back now because what they really want is, is us to cave. Get the National Guard out, let the crime come back. Not going to happen. In fact, Peter, Pete Hegseth today said, look, Tomorrow I'm sending 500 more National Guard in to protect the city. Now this was, I mean, coming out of here. We see them every single day. We talk and we say, hi, thank you for being here. How is things going? Don't get down all the people spitting on you or whatever. They don't live here. The residents love you. Look, look, Jack, they walk around, they pick up trash, they clean off graffiti, they plant flowers. This is what the National Guard does. And they protect you. When I first came here in December, it was an absolute crap hole. I couldn't go down the street. I couldn't take Anne out to supper. I would never let her ride the Metro. Now we live in the safest city in America. The revitalization that President Trump has done In Washington and D.C. in eight, nine months is the greatest metamorphosis in the galaxy. This is now the greatest city with as far as crime is down. Ann goes on the Metro, Joe goes on the Metro. I go on it every day, walk the streets. I just took my family right now. I stepped out for dinner. No worries. Because of what Trump has done, this message has got to go nationally. And we can't let a political assassin stop this. And that's basically what happened here.

[Steve K. Bannon]

John Fredericks, social media. I know you're going to be up all night tonight. We're getting ready to punch here. Where do people go? You were down there today. You live right around the corner. Great report on the National Guard. What's, what's shocking is that one of the national government did not have a weapon or didn't have a gun. What he had was a pocket knife. John, where do people go to get more of your reporting tonight?

[John Fredericks]

Really easy. I'm all over social media, f radio show at JFRadioshow. Everything is there. Jack and Steve, thanks for having me.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Jack, John, thank you so much and thank you for the great report. Pesobe before we leave, turn it over to the Stinchfield show. I've got to ask you, we had Laura Loomer, we had Loomer on today, and we had Alex Jones and you in the second hour of the morning show to talk about, hey, why do we need, why do we need 75 days on the Muslim Brotherhood, right? We've studied this for a year. Understand, President Trump does all these. There is a format as Alex Jones walked through. But doesn't this show these, this is now, you know, when the guy's given the jihadist cry before he shoots two National Guardsmen in the head at point blank range. Isn't it time now we say enough is enough. Let's go ahead and roll through this designation and start getting serious about throwing this trash out of our country.

[Jack Posobic]

Steve, you want to talk about taking out the trash? I think it's very simple. Mass deportations is the moderate position at this point. Mass deportations is the moderate position. And look, we talked about it earlier. We talked about the men of the west need to start waking up and handling things. The men of Texas. I don't know if there's any men left in Washington D.C. since President Trump's not there right now, but you got a situation where they're coming, they're raping the women, they're coming for children, they're shooting our soldiers, they're shooting our police officers. Why are they here, Steve? Why do we let them into our country? Why are we told that they had to be here? When you look at what's going on in Minneapolis, when you look at what's going on in Dearborn, when you look at so many of these places, National Guardsmen being shot up in our, in our capital, in our capital city on a holiday, Steve, that's like something you would hear from a third world country, but it's not. It's what we're hearing right now in Washington, D.C. in the United States of America today. Why are they here? They shouldn't be here.

[Steve K. Bannon]

They need to go on the eve of Thanksgiving. You know, the only country in the world that thanks God for the bounty in the, in the, in the blessings we've had. They're going to shoot them right in the shadow of the White House. Enough is enough. We got to stop. We got to stop it. We have to stop playing games and we got to get serious. Jack Posobic, your social media, sir, you are on fire. Where do people go?

[Jack Posobic]

Steve, you can, you can follow me up at Jack Posobic on Twitter, True Social. We're going to have a big special this weekend, Thursday, Friday, all about the twisted world of Tyler Robinson. And I want to just show for the audience, folks want to know about this, that this is going to be available soon. I've got here a copy of Charlie Kirk's last book. This is Stop in the Name of God. It's about how Charlie used to take off time one day a week, get away from the phone, spend time with God. Charlie loved Thanksgiving. He loved a day to just be with the Lord, to be with his family. This book is coming out on December 9th. Erica Kirk wrote the foreword to it just a few weeks ago.

[Steve K. Bannon]

Incredible. Have a great Thanksgiving, Jack, and tell Tanya and the and the kids, thank you for letting us take you for a couple hours here. Appreciate it. Appreciate you.

[Jack Posobic]

God bless, Steve. God bless to the posse and to the National Guardsmen.

[Steve K. Bannon]

We're going to be back here Tomorrow morning at 10am for our Thanksgiving special. Don't miss it. Billy Joe Shaver takes us out. Get thee behind me Satan, myself the demons that were in me had turned me wrong side out. I knew inside my soul I was headed straight for hell But I couldn't form.