Trump Stokes Hate With False Insinuations About New Orleans Truck Attack Suspect
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The president-elect shared anti-immigrant misinformation moments after an inaccurate report from Fox News.
Donald Trump used the deadly New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans to bolster his fearmongering about “criminals” crossing into the U.S. from abroad and did not correct that assertion after the suspect was identified as a U.S. citizen from Texas.
“When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true,” the president-elect posted on Truth Social Monday morning.
“The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before. Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department.”
He said his incoming administration would “fully support the City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil!”
Fox News had reported minutes prior to Trump’s Truth Social post that the vehicle used by the suspect had crossed into Eagle Pass, Texas, from Mexico two days before the attack.
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"We're going to sit on the sidelines and eat our popcorn," the Texas Democrat said.
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Authorities and relatives were still piecing together why Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed a rental truck through New Year's revelers in New Orleans.
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"I'm glad the game is back on for today, but I’m not surprised because the spirit of New Orleans can never be kept down," he said.