Republicans blast Biden and FBI in fallout of New Orleans terrorism attack

Published January 2, 2025 12:03pm ET



Lawmakers and politicians in Washington have blamed a porous “open” border, poor withdrawal from Afghanistan, and other “mistakes” made by the Biden administration for the New Year’s Day terrorism attack in New Orleans French Quarter.

Fifteen people were killed when a driver, identified by the FBI as U.S. citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar, intentionally drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in the early hours of Wednesday.

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