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Two National Guard members deployed from West Virginia have been shot neat the White House.
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday called on Americans, particularly people of faith, to pray for the two National Guard members who were shot roughly a mile from the White House.
Speaking to U.S. service members at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, the vice president encouraged the public to pray that the two National Guardsmen recover and are able to spend Thanksgiving with their loved ones.
“I want everybody who’s a person of faith to say a prayer for those two National Guardsmen that they’re able to spend Thanksgiving with their families instead of losing their lives, because I understand they’re still in pretty tough condition,” Vance said.
The vice president described the incident as a “somber reminder” of the risks America’s service members face each day, describing U.S. soldiers as the “sword and the shield of the United States of America.”
“And as a person who goes into work every single day in that building and knows that there are a lot of people who wear the uniform of the United States Army , let me just say very personally — thank them for what they’re doing,” Vance said. “We’re grateful to them, and we’re praying that they’re going to be safe and they’re going to spend Thanksgiving with their families. God bless them.”
