Graham blasts media over coverage of ‘barbaric’ New Orleans attack

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-02 19:42:23 | Updated at 2025-01-05 02:56:34 2 days ago

Graham blasts media over coverage of ‘barbaric’ New Orleans attack
The Hill ^ | 01/02/2024 | Ashleigh Fields

Posted on 01/02/2025 11:34:53 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) ripped the media coverage of the attack on New Year’s Eve revelers in New Orleans early Wednesday morning, arguing the alleged crime should be treated as an act of war.

“As I watch coverage of this barbaric, cowardly attack that was ISIS-inspired, it is disturbing how far America has drifted from the fact that we are in a state of war with radical Islamic forces,” Graham wrote in a Thursday post on the social platform X.

The man who drove into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street was identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Police found an ISIS flag in the vehicle at the time of the attack, and the FBI said he was “100 percent” motivated by the terrorist group in a Thursday morning briefing.

“The coverage suggests we’re fighting a crime and that ISIS-inspired attacks are mere criminal events, not part of the larger war on terrorism,” Graham said.

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KEYWORDS: barbaric; coverage; graham; media; neworleans

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Lindsey always has something to say

To: ChicagoConservative27

IS HE FINALLY COMING OUT OF HIS FOG???

2 posted on 01/02/2025 11:36:04 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)

To: ChicagoConservative27

Considering how he pals around with ISIS terrorists, maybe he should sit this one out.

3 posted on 01/02/2025 11:38:29 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")

To: ChicagoConservative27

he just wants an excuse to send more US soldiers to their death in foreign lands.

4 posted on 01/02/2025 11:41:25 AM PST by MNDude

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