President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot in D.C. last month, “stood up today.”
“The night that he was so badly hit and the doctors gave him almost no chance,” Trump said while at a rally to tout his economic achievements in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. “And then [Wolfe’s mother, Melody] called to say, ‘Sir, he moved his finger today.’ This is like three days later. ‘He moved his finger.’ And today I got a call that he got up from there. Do you believe that? He got up.”
Wolfe, 24, and his colleague, Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, were shot Nov. 26 as they patrolled near the White House as part of Trump’s crime crackdown in D.C. Both were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, and Beckstrom died of her injuries the following day.
Suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan and to whom the Trump administration granted asylum this spring, has been charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill while armed, and two counts of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Last week, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Wolfe was “slowly healing” and would probably remain “in acute care for another 2-3 weeks.”
In his remarks Tuesday evening, Trump said that although Wolfe has been able to stand up, he is not yet speaking.
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