Senate Candidate Willis to Newsmax: ‘Foolish’ to Bring Unvetted People Into US

West Virginia state senator and active-duty National Guardsman Tom Willis reacted Thursday to the shooting of two West Virginia Guardsmen, 20-year-old Sara Beckstrom and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe in Washington, D.C., during an interview on “National Report.”

Willis offered condolences to the families of the victims, noting that one of the wounded service members, Wolfe, is from his hometown.

Responding to renewed scrutiny over the vetting of Afghan evacuees following the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Willis criticized what he called inadequate screening under the Biden administration.

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