Trump loyalists make baseless link between attack and US border and say cabinet nominees must be urgently ratified

Summary

Senate Republicans are leveraging the recent New Orleans terrorist attack, which killed 14 people, to fast-track Donald Trump’s controversial cabinet nominations and amplify his anti-immigration agenda.

Despite the attacker being a U.S.-born Army veteran, GOP leaders, including Lindsey Graham, linked the tragedy to border security.

Key nominees, such as Kash Patel for FBI director and Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, face strong opposition due to inexperience, misconduct allegations, and controversial statements.

Critics accuse Republicans of exploiting the attack to sideline debate and advance Trump’s partisan priorities.

  • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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    3 days ago

    Humans too often prefer the lies as it drastically “simplifies” the very complex reasons behind the topic at hand, AND it lets them blame those people who DO get the actual truth and cause them to subconsciously feel stupid (which - let’s face it - by choosing lies over truth, they are).