House Speaker Mike Johnson Echoes Trump's Debunked Link Between New Orleans Attack And Immigration

House Speaker Mike Johnson echoed on Thursday President-elect Donald Trump's debunked tie between unlawful immigration and the New Orleans terrorist attack, saying the party has "repeatedly asked the DHS" about "the correlation between terrorism and the wide open border."

Speaking to Fox News, Johnson said the issue is not getting "enough attention" and that "for the past four years, the Biden administration has been completely derelict in its duty."

"The idea that dangerous people were coming in droves and setting up potentially terrorist cells around the country. We impeached DHS Secretary Mayorkas in the House over that very issue. They told us that the number one threat was so called racially motivated extremism. It was nonsense. This is the thing we were all concerned about," Johnson added.

Back when the identity of the perpetrator was unknown, Trump linked the incident with unlawful immigration. "When I said the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true," Trump said in a publication on his social media platform, Truth Social.

The driver of the truck was later identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S.-born citizen and Army veteran who lived in Houston, Texas. Fox News had initially reported that the rental truck used on the attack had crossed into Texas from Mexico two days earlier. The network has since retracted the report.

Trump ignored the development, saying on Thursday he was right on everything and blasting Democrats, claiming they are responsible for the attack.

"Our country is a disaster, a laughing stock all over the World! This is what happens when you have OPEN BORDERS, with weak, ineffective, and virtually nonexistent leadership. The DOJ, FBI and Democrat state and local prosecutors have not done their job. They are incompetent and corrupt, having spent all of their waking hours unlawfully attacking their political opponent, ME, rather than focusing on protecting Americans from the outside and inside violent SCUM that has infiltrated all aspects of our government and our Nation itself," reads a passage of Trump's message.

Johnson concluded his interview on the same page, saying the "Biden administration has a lot to account for."

Shamsud-Din Jabbar lived in Beaumont, Houston, in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. A resident who went to middle school and high school with him described Shamsud-Din as "quiet, reserved and really, really smart." "He wasn't a troublemaker at all," said Chris Pousson. "He made good grades and was always well-dressed in button-ups and polo shirts."