A.G. Gancarski
The President-elect’s nominee for National Security Adviser says national security hinges on swift confirmations of Donald Trump Cabinet picks.
U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz said the attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas underscore “why getting President Trump’s Cabinet in is so important.”
“We need Governor Kristi Noem at DHS. We need Kash Patel at FBI. We need Pete Hegseth at the Department of Defense,” Waltz said on “Fox & Friends,” while also pushing for approval of “Marco Rubio at State, and of course, John Ratcliffe at CIA and Tulsi Gabbard at DNI.”
“That has to be in place Day 1 because this is a moment in transition, of vulnerability, and President Trump is going to project because he is a leader of strength.”
The Congressman, soon to be headed into the administration, also questioned what drove the attacks to happen and doesn’t rule out potential coordination, even as more has been reported about the Louisiana incident than the one in Nevada.
“I don’t think it is a coincidence that you had two attacks originating from the same site, both veterans,” Waltz said. “You could have a more radicalized and broader cell. Don’t forget you also had an Afghan that was stopped from making Election Day attacks.”
As The Associated Press reports, U.S. Army veteran Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar was driving a vehicle that plowed through a crowd on Bourbon Street in the first hours of 2025, killing 15 and injuring 30 as of the most recent tallies from the news service.
“We need to look at how he was radicalized online,” Waltz said of Jabbar. “Was he externally planned, plotted and directed from ISIS operatives overseas or was this truly homegrown? If it was homegrown, then was there some type of mosque or other type of radicalization element that is not only radicalizing him, but others internally?”
Colorado media on Thursday morning identified the Las Vegas driver of a Cybertruck that exploded in front of a Trump hotel in Vegas as Matthew Livelsberger, a Colorado Springs resident. Livelsberger was reportedly an active-duty U.S. Army soldier.
President Joe Biden noted Wednesday that Jabbar was inspired by the Islamic State, a cross-national terror group that the United States has battled for much of the 21st century.
Moreover, it is possible that Jabbar was part of a larger conspiracy, given that explosive devices were found near the scene of his murderous rampage, suggesting that other people were involved in the terror plot.
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MH/Duuuval
January 2, 2025 at 11:49 am
Typical MAGA effort to take a headline and try to use it for partisan advantage.
No need for panic, Brian. The agencies have plenty of experienced folks in place to keep the ship afloat.
Dog & goat executioner Noem, Cash Patel, former House member Gabbard, and MAGA media mouth Hegseth should not get free passes from the Senate.
This is just Mast looking to score brownie points from his lord and political master DJT.
Peachy
January 2, 2025 at 12:59 pm
And Duuuval has amnesia. The most inept administration in a lifetime about to be shown the door, thank God. The cast of clowns includes the Border Czar, that got routed by Trump. Poor Nancy. The coup failed. Then there is impeached Mayorkas, Granholm and Buttabug amongst others. I still laugh at that South Bend boy with his phony, “I ride my bike to work” stunt.
MH/Duuuval
January 3, 2025 at 11:56 am
Biden leaves the US with some of the best economic news for any presidential administration since the 1960s — plus crime fell off despite the proliferation of firearms at the behest of MAGA and 2A fanatics.
Long term there has been a transfer of wealth — the consequence of plutocratic elements in the former GOP — estimated at 50-trillion bucks from the middle classes to the upper ten percent. And, more MAGA ripoffs in the wings.
“Poor Nancy. The coup failed.”
Looks like Peachy is continuing on his/her/them downward mental slide, which began when Biden stepped aside. The only coup that failed was on Jan. 6, 2021.
MH/Duuuval
January 3, 2025 at 12:01 pm
Speaking of “ride my bike to work”, who was that MAGA dumbass who tried to ride his horse to work. Another Trump appointee …
ScienceBLVR
January 3, 2025 at 9:33 am
However heroic service to your country can be, it’s not that surprising that some of these crazies come from that veteran background. Police and military occupations do attract folks that like to act in violent ways and blow stuff up.. and then we train them to kill others, sometimes for dubious justifications, especially in the Middle East. What is also not surprising is that GOP reps like Mast and Scott jumping on the blame train choo choo..
MH/Duuuval
January 4, 2025 at 12:26 pm
Apparently vets are no more likely to go mental and commit mass attacks, but their attacks are more violent — according to recent research.
Another problem remains with current service personnel who are members or sympathize with violent radical groups. These folks have expertise and, in some cases, access to military weaponry.
This is the reason that Motormouth Hegseth was called out by a fellow soldier.
MH/Duuuval
January 3, 2025 at 11:59 am
No surprise that TRick would take the bait, but Mast also seems to have swallowed it hook, line, and sinker — in gratitude for the promotion to Congress.