West Virginia National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe now responsive, gave nurse thumbs up

( Post Millennial )

West Virginia National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe has shown signs of responsiveness after being wounded in the Washington, D.C. shooting involving an Afghan national, according to state officials. Gov. Patrick Morrissey said nurses asked Wolfe to give a thumbs up if he could hear them, and “he did respond.”

Yesteday, President Donald Trump delivered an ipdate that Wolfe remains in critical condition after being shot in Washington, DC last week, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that Wolfe is “fighting for his life.”

Trump said he spoke with Wolfe’s family and described his parents as “devastated.”

“Andrew is fighting for his life. And his parents are unbelievably great people, highly religious people, and they're praying,” Trump said. He added that Wolfe’s parents were “positive.”

Trump also spoke with the parents of Sarah Beckstrom, the other National Guard member who was shot and killed. He said her parents were “devastated” and that they “can’t even believe it” that their daughter died.

Wolfe’s family has continued asking the public for prayers as he remains in critical condition with no new updates.

Wolfe entered the service in 2019 and was assigned to the Force Support Squadron, 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard. West Virginia Rep. Riley Moore said Wolfe was inspired to join the Guard to follow his father’s path, as his father works for the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office.

“His father is a deputy sheriff in the county next to mine and Andy wanted to follow in that footsteps and serve his nation as a National Guardsman,” Moore told Fox News.

Both Wolfe and Beckstrom were shot in a targeted attack last week after being deployed to Washington, DC, as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce crime in the city. The alleged shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was apprehended. Lakanwal is an Afghan migrant who came into the country during the Biden administration.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday: “Here are the facts. The terrorist who gunned down American soldiers just blocks away from the White House in an ambush was an Afghan national who was flown into our country by Joe Biden's administration in September 2021 in the chaotic wake of their botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. One of the most embarrassing moments in the history of our great country.

Joe Biden's historic failure in Afghanistan continues to haunt this country and our men and women in uniform. Not only did this surrender lead to a suicide bombing that killed 13 American heroes in Kabul, but now National Guard troops were shot on US soil by the same kind of enemy. We continue to live with the deadly consequences of Joe Biden's horrific leadership.

Nearly 100,000 Afghans were recklessly released into the United States with little to no vetting. There was no regard for the disorder and violence that this would unleash on American communities and American culture. Reportedly, thousands of these strangers and unknown individuals were flagged to the Biden administration for national security, public safety, and fraud concerns.

But the terrifying truth is that the Afghanistan debacle is just a small part of Democrats' complete and total betrayal of the American people during the Biden years.”