TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The arrest of an Afghan national for planning an election day terrorist attack has prompted two main reactions. fusion and fracture.
“I would like to say that we expect the worst and will act accordingly,” Tulsa County Republican Party Chairwoman Rhonda Buyumon-Smith said.
What’s converging is that both Republicans and Democrats insist that Election Day conspiracies shouldn’t prevent Americans from voting.
“It’s so important that all Oklahomans exercise their right to vote and show those who try to scare us that they can’t scare us,” said Oklahoma Democratic Party Chairman Alicia Andrews. ” he said.
At Republican headquarters, Buyumont-Smith is urging people to vote early or by absentee as a precaution.
“So if you get your vote in early and nothing happens, that’s great. But if it does, at least your vote was cast and counted,” she said.
What about the fracture? It arises from the question of who is to blame for what happened to Nasir Tauhedi.
“This should be a good example of what happens when Harris takes control,” Buyumont-Smith said.
For Republicans, Tauhedi is an example of the dangers of lax immigration.
“The Biden administration and the Harris administration have allowed millions of people to flow into our country and influence elections and influence what’s going on in their communities,” she said.
“If I had to put a political note on it…” Andrews said.
For Democrats, Tauhedi’s choice to purchase the weapon is an example of lax gun laws.
“One of the very specific things this particular would-be terrorist said was that he was looking for a state with lax gun laws and chose Oklahoma all the way from Afghanistan. “I think it says a lot about the need for gun control,” she said.
A terrorist suspect is arrested and the plot is thwarted, but then some kind of radioactive material is scattered around.
“Who is to blame for this would-be terrorist force? That’s what we need to focus on,” Andrews said.
