Donald Trump used the lethal New Yr’s Day assault in New Orleans to bolster his fearmongering about “criminals” crossing into the U.S. from overseas and didn’t appropriate that assertion after the suspect was recognized as a U.S. citizen from Texas.
“Once I mentioned that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we now have in our nation, that assertion was continuously refuted by Democrats and the Pretend Information Media, but it surely turned out to be true,” the president-elect posted on Reality Social Monday morning.
“The crime fee in our nation is at a stage that no person has ever seen earlier than. Our hearts are with all the harmless victims and their family members, together with the courageous officers of the New Orleans Police Division.”
He mentioned his incoming administration would “absolutely assist the Metropolis of New Orleans as they examine and get well from this act of pure evil!”
Fox Information had reported a couple of minute previous to Trump’s Reality Social submit that the car utilized by the suspect had crossed into Eagle Move, Texas, from Mexico two days earlier than the assault.
Simply over an hour later, the conservative community retracted that reporting, saying its sources had suggested that the truck crossed the border on Nov. 16 apparently pushed by another person. Later within the afternoon, it reported that the truck by no means crossed over from Mexico.
The suspect was recognized within the early afternoon by the FBI as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. Military veteran from Texas. It mentioned he drove a rented truck. Jabbar mentioned in a 2020 YouTube video about himself that he was born in Beaumont, Texas, in keeping with CNN.
The suspect drove the car right into a crowded Bourbon Avenue within the early hours of New Yr’s Day, killing at the very least 15 individuals and injuring dozens extra. He died after exchanging gunfire with police.
Trump has not supplied any correction to his assertion, and has since made a further submit attacking “OPEN BORDERS” and accusing U.S. legislation enforcement of spending “all of their waking hours unlawfully attacking their political opponent, ME, relatively than specializing in defending People from the inside and outside violent SCUM that has infiltrated all elements of our authorities, and our Nation itself.”
He posted in a single day, “TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!”
Trump’s transition workforce didn’t instantly return JHB’s request for remark.
Trump was not the one Republican to make use of the assault to stoke division and concern about undocumented immigration, a central tenet of his election marketing campaign.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote, “After the horrific assault in New Orleans, Alejandro Mayorkas must be referred to as to testify earlier than the Senate instantly – BEFORE Biden leaves workplace. ACCOUNTABILITY,” referring to the Homeland Safety secretary, whom Republicans unsuccessfully tried to question over border points.
Hawley cited “information experiences” that the truck “might have lately crossed into the U.S. from Mexico” in a letter shared in a second submit calling for Mayorkas to testify.
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Vice President-elect JD Vance shared Trump’s assertion on X, condemning the “heartbreaking violence.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) amplified Fox Information’ preliminary inaccurate report in regards to the truck, writing, “Shut the border down!!!”
None of them acknowledged the person’s citizenship in subsequent posts after it was launched.