President Biden delivered a speech on Wednesday discussing the troubling events in New Orleans. According to reports, a terrorist suspect allegedly shared messages inspired by ISIS on social media before carrying out an attack.
Biden stated, “Here’s what we know so far…” and further mentioned that the FBI informed him about videos posted just hours before the incident. These videos reportedly expressed a disturbing desire to commit acts of violence.
“Here’s what we know so far,“ he declared. “The FBI also reported to me that mere hours before the attack, he posted videos on social media indicating that it was inspired by ISIS expressing the desire to kill, the desire to kill.”
NEW: President Biden slurs through speech, says the New Orleans terrorist allegedly posted ISIS inspired messages on social media before the attack.
“Here's what we know so far…”
“The FBI also reported to me that mere hours before the attack, he posted videos on social media… pic.twitter.com/fg9l2s1hmK
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 2, 2025
Which is an interesting statement considering the FBI initially declared that it was not a terrorist attack. So is the FBI just slacking per usual, or did was Biden privy to information that they didn’t mean for him to share and then had to pivot their story?
Something isn’t adding up.
FBI literally photographed the ISIS flag from the truck of the New Orleans terrorist, and still tried to tell us this wasn’t a terrorist attack… pic.twitter.com/BCiZcvXntc
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) January 1, 2025
Global News reports:
The FBI said it was investigating early Wednesday’s attack in which the driver steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police as a terrorist act and did not believe he acted alone.
Investigators found guns and what appeared to be an improvised explosive device in the vehicle — which bore the flag of the Islamic State group — along with other explosive devices elsewhere in the city’s famed French Quarter.
Shamsud Din Jabbar was able to plow onto Bourbon Street from Canal Street in New Orleans, in his pickup truck with an ISIS flag, because the steel barriers weren’t raised.
Government officials need to be fired and indicted for this gross incompetence.pic.twitter.com/aMHmA05aLT
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) January 1, 2025
President Joe Biden said Wednesday evening that the FBI found the videos the driver posted to social media. He called the attack a “despicable” and “heinous act.”
The rampage turned festive Bourbon Street into a macabre scene of maimed victims, bloodied bodies and pedestrians fleeing for safety inside nightclubs and restaurants. In addition to the dead, dozens of people were hurt. A college football playoff game at the nearby Superdome was postponed until Thursday.
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“This is not just an act of terrorism. This is evil,” New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS: This was a te*rorist attack.
FBI AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE: This wasn’t a ter*orist event.
FBI NOW: We are investigating this as an act of ter*orism. pic.twitter.com/NlUHHRlv0m
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) January 1, 2025