In response to criticism that he had formerly downplayed the threat of Muslim terrorism, President Joe Biden performed his part as the country’s pillow in chief for what might be his final moment as he grieved with those affected by the New Orleans harm.
” My woman, Jill, and I are here to have with you, mourn with you, worship with you, let you know you are not alone”, he told the audience on Monday. ” We know what it’s like to drop a piece of our soul, the anger, the emptiness, the dark tunnel that seems to be sucking you into your stomach, the sense of loss, the issues of trust in your soul”.
He added,” They came from different states, yet different locations. Before joining their friends on New Year’s Eve, there were kids with their families for breakfast. Some also scurried into the conflict to try to protect others.
During their hourslong trip to New Orleans, the president and first lady Jill Biden spoke with , some of the patients ‘ communities, individuals,  , and local law enforcement after even stopping at Bourbon Street, the page of the invasion, and paying their respects at a makeshift memorial that has sprung up in its midst.
“ We think of the brave responders, law enforcement officers, officials, who risked their lives to stop the terror and save others, including two of those officers that I met tonight injured in the firefight”, the president said during the interfaith prayer service. “ If there’s one thing we know: New Orleans defines strength and resilience”.
Joe Biden’s trip came shortly after the FBI revealed Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, had traveled to New Orleans twice before the attack and had taken video of the French Quarter using Meta smart glasses. Jabbar, a , U. S. citizen and former U. S. Army soldier who was based in Texas, cited ISIS as inspiration when he drove a rented pick-up truck through Bourbon Street at about 3 a. m. on New Year’s Day, killing 14 and injuring 35 with his vehicle and gunfire. Jabbar was shot dead by police.
Since the attack, Joe Biden has received criticism for previously claiming that white supremacy and not Islamic terrorism pose the greatest threat to homeland security.
” White , supremacy , is a poison”, Joe Biden told the Lawyers ‘ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law in the summer of 2023. ” It’s a poison that’s been allowed to grow faster and fester in our communities to the point where the intelligence community has determined — the U. S. intelligence community has determined that domestic terrorism, rooted in , white , supremacy, is the , greatest , terrorist , threat , we face in the homeland — the , greatest , threat”.
White House spokesman Karine Jean-Pierre declined to respond to inquiries about whether Joe Biden holds the same view 18 months later.
” Does the president still consider , white , supremacy , the , greatest , terrorist , threat , to the United States”? a reporter inquired as Jean-Pierre left the briefing room on Friday.
Before Trump’s inauguration on January 20, Vice President Kamala Harris oversaw the certification of the Electoral College results in Washington, creating a screen between Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor.
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Joe Biden called on the public to remember how “violent insurrectionists attacked the Capitol, threatened the lives of elected officials, and assaulted brave law enforcement officers” four years ago in an op-ed published in the Washington Post late Sunday.
” We should be proud that our democracy withstood this assault”, Joe Biden wrote. ” But we should not forget. We must keep in mind the wisdom of the proverb that any country that forgets its past is destined to fail. We can’t allow a situation to repeat itself four years ago.
