Ted Cruz Compares New Orleans Terrorist to Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) drew a sharp comparison between Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the radical Islamic terrorist behind this week’s deadly attack in New Orleans, and Nidal Hasan, the Islamic extremist who murdered 14 people at Fort Hood in 2009.

Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran, pledged allegiance to ISIS before using a rented truck to plow through dozens of innocent victims in the French Quarter. After crashing the vehicle, he opened fire on law enforcement before being shot and killed.

On his "Verdict" podcast, Cruz criticized the FBI’s failure to prevent such attacks, blaming the agency’s leadership under Biden.

Cruz emphasized that Jabbar’s radicalization remains under investigation but noted eerie similarities to Hasan, an Islamic psychiatrist in the U.S. Army who carried out a massacre at Fort Hood.

Cruz reminded listeners that Hasan had direct communications with notorious terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki, asking about the Islamic justification for killing fellow soldiers.

Though there is no current evidence that authorities had prior knowledge of Jabbar’s plans, Cruz demanded transparency to ensure that no intelligence failures contributed to this latest act of terror.

Cruz reaffirmed that President-elect Donald Trump will take aggressive steps to reform the FBI and DOJ, ensuring they focus on real threats like radical Islamic terrorism rather than targeting political opponents.

This latest terror attack on U.S. soil raises urgent questions about how radical Islamic groups continue to infiltrate and radicalize members of the military. As the Biden administration’s failures become more evident, Americans are looking to Trump’s leadership to restore national security and law enforcement accountability.

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