Vance Blames Democrats After Dallas ICE Shooting

A shooting at a Dallas ICE facility killed two detainees and critically wounded another; the gunman, identified as Joshua Jahn, a registered Democrat and activist, died by suicide at the scene. Vice President J.D. Vance condemned the attack, called the suspect a "violent left-wing extremist," and blamed Democratic rhetoric for encouraging violence, saying Democrats could "go straight to Hell" if they had stoked such attacks. He framed the incident as part of broader hostility toward law enforcement, used combative language while urging an end to rhetorical assaults on police, and warned against efforts to strip qualified immunity. California Gov. Gavin Newsom replied with a viral, sarcastic post on X that repurposed Vance’s rhetoric and invoked Vance’s past comparisons of Trump to Hitler, prompting widespread social-media reaction. Commentators said the back-and-forth shifted attention away from policy responses to gun violence and public safety toward partisan spectacle and insults.