After Shooting, Ken Dilanian Says Some People May Object to People Walking Around in Uniforms

As Twitchy reported earlier, a suspect is in custody after two National Guardsmen were shot near the White House. One was shot in the head; both were said to be in critical condition, but West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has since confirmed that both have died from their injuries. The mainstream media, which speculates all the time, wants to be careful about suggesting that the National Guardsmen were targeted. They don't have to speculate anymore:

NEW: Two National Guard members are in critical condition after Washington D.C. Mayor Bowser says they were shot in a "targeted attack".
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) November 26, 2025

Still, these cable news talking heads have to fill up time, and so we get hot takes, like MS NOW's "Fusion" Ken Dilanian, noting that some people might object to people walking around in uniforms in an American city. Where might that rhetoric have come from, considering that every Democrat blue-city mayor and their governors objected to people walking around in uniforms? It's not like their objections dominated the mainstream media news cycle for weeks.

MS NOW's Ken Dilanian just after 3pm Eastern on the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington D.C...

"[O]f course, you know, there's so much controversy happening in the United States right now with ice, who are also wearing uniforms and wearing masks. And so there's,… pic.twitter.com/p6IPk6XTWl
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 26, 2025

The full quote:

"[O]f course, you know, there's so much controversy happening in the United States right now with ICE, who are also wearing uniforms and wearing masks. And so there's, you don't know, people walking around with uniforms in an American city. There are some Americans that might object to that. And so apparently this shooting has happened."

What's Dilanian's point ? That the fact the National Guard are in uniform gives someone the right to ambush and murder them ? 🤬
— Dave (@DilligafDave01) November 26, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: MSNOW's Ken Dilanian is being RIPPED for saying today's shooting might've occurred because Americans are scared these National Guardsmen are essentially Trump's gestapo pic.twitter.com/7E4DzvYVcN

"People walking around with uniforms in an American city. There are some…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 26, 2025

WHAT?! ABC's Aaron Katersky speculating on a motive in the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington D.C.....

"Focus will turn to whether these guardsmen were specifically targeted. If that's the case, it would fit with what we've been hearing from law enforcement… pic.twitter.com/cyB4SFlPMs
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 26, 2025

The full quote:

"Focus will turn to whether these guardsmen were specifically targeted. If that's the case, it would fit with what we've been hearing from law enforcement officials for a number of months now that some political flashpoints in the country, whether that's immigration policies by the administration, the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, even amid a tenuous cease fire, those kinds of flashpoints have made people in uniform, be they military, law enforcement, government officials, people in uniform have increasingly been targets, and that is going to be one focus of the investigation going forward."