The death of a Delaware police officer in the line of duty back in 2021 shocked the conscience of the community he served, and now, according to the state's high court, the man convicted of the heinous crime will remain in prison for the rest of his life.
An appeal pursued by Randon Wilkerson, the individual convicted of killing Cpl. Keith Heacook, has been denied by the Supreme Court of Delaware, leaving the murder with his original sentence of two life sentences plus 212 years and 30 days, as CBS affiliate WBOC reports.
It was on the morning of April 25, 2021, that 22-year Delmar Police Department veteran Heacook was responding to a 911 domestic violence call, as the Delaware attorney general's office outlined in a press release following Wilkerson's conviction.
Wilkerson proceeded to attack the responding officer, delivering a series of blows to the head which resulted in Heacook's death later in the week.
Eventually, Wilkerson was taken into custody and charged not just with Heacook's killing, but also with the assault of two elderly individuals on the same day.
The events of that fateful day prompted the state to charge Wilkerson with two first-degree murder charges, five counts of possessing a deadly weapon while committing a felony, three counts of deadly weapon possession by a prohibited person, two counts of first-degree assault, and a host of other counts.
Wilkerson's conviction was announced on October 16, 2023, though that was unfortunately not the end of the legal saga to which Heacook's family and community were subjected, as the convicted killer proceeded to file appeals up to the state's highest court.
It was in February 2024 that Wilkerson filed his appeal with the Delaware high court, and his main argument was that he had inadvertently taken bath salts, rather than methamphetamine as he intended to, on the day of his encounter with Heacook.
However, the involuntary intoxication contention pursued by Wilkerson at the high court did not find a receptive audience among the justices.
In the court's opinion, the justices noted that Wilkerson was a “veteran” abuser of drugs that included crack, heroin, and cocaine, as well as alcohol and cited a toxicology screening done on the day of his arrest that revealed the presence of methamphetamine, cocaine, as well as fentanyl – but not the bath salts he claimed.
A subsequent effort to prove the presence of bath salts in Wilkerson's blood was inconclusive, and he was eventually convicted in a jury trial, a development that led to his high court appeal.
The high court concluded in pertinent part, “We hold that a person who knowingly introduces an unlawful intoxicating substance into his or her body is precluded from presented an involuntary intoxication defense unless certain statutory exceptions apply,” leaving Wilkerson's conviction and sentence intact.
That Wilkerson will remain in prison for the remainder of his natural life will hopefully provide some degree of closure for the wife and son Cpl. Heacook was left behind, but his permanent absence from their lives can certainly never be properly remedied.
The community assuredly takes some degree of comfort that justice has been conclusively served in the death of a dedicated public servant whose commitment to helping others continued even after his death in the form of organ donation, as a tribute on the Officer Down Memorial Page respectfully reveals.
Big Tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the Biden administration bullied people at his company to censor information on his platform, Breitbart reported. The Meta CEO made these remarks on the The Joe Rogan Experience podcast released Friday.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, censorship was at an all-time high. Now Zuckerberg has confirmed what many suspected: President Joe Biden's administration was behind it.
Zuckerberg said that "people in the Biden administration" pushed the company "super hard" to shut down dissent over the vaccines even if it was "true" information. "These people from the Biden administration would call up our team and scream at them and curse," Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg said that he was trying to do the right thing during the pandemic but soon realized it was top-down censorship. "Now, I’m generally pretty pro rolling out vaccines," Zuckerberg told Rogan.
"I think, on balance, the vaccines are more positive than negative, but I think that while they’re trying to push that program, they also tried to censor anyone who was basically arguing against it. And they pushed us super hard to take down things that, honestly, were true," Zuckerberg revealed.
"They basically pushed us and said, ‘Anything that says that vaccines might have side effects, you basically need to take down," Zuckerberg said. Rogan asked who was the "they" he was referring to.
"It was people in the Biden Administration," Zuckerberg confirmed. "I wasn’t involved in those conversations directly," he was quick to point out.
"These people from the Biden administration would call up our team and scream at them and curse," the 40-year-old executive said. Zuckerberg said they would also demand he take down memes that joked about class action lawsuits about the vaccine in a decade.
This revelation on Rogan's program comes on the heels of Zuckerberg's announcement that Facebook will no longer use fact-checkers. "We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies, and restoring free expression on our platforms," he said on Tuesday, according to the New York Post.
"As we work to promote free expression, I think that will help build trust to do this work in places where there’s less concern about the bias of our team," Zuckerberg added. He admitted this was to fix the mistakes of the past.
"What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas. It’s gone too far," Zuckerberg concluded.
This is quite an about-face for the Meta mogul, whose change of heart came after President-elect Donald Trump won in November. He was seen dining with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in late November, and Meta donated $1 million to his inaugural fund.
Zuckerberg is finally doing the right thing, but the censorship and bullying should never have happened in the first place. Trump's election has been a game changer, and that's most evident when people like Zuckerberg are falling in line.
Country music singer Riley Green landed in the hospital after he stepped on a nail during a hunting excursion, the New York Post reported. The 36-year-old "Worst Way" singer shared his ordeal in a series of lighthearted social media posts earlier this month.
Green shared photos of himself in a hospital bed on his Instagram for his nearly 2 million followers. He had one bare foot and the other still in its sock and boot as he lay on a gurney.
"At the emergency room ’cause I stepped on a nail," Green posted in his Instagram Story, which has since expired. "Impaled my foot, and when I took my boot off, corn fell all over the floor," he reportedly went on in the video.
"The lady came in here wanting to know where all the corn came from. It’s from my boot. You don’t want me to take this other one off, either. It’s real-world problems," Green shared in jest.
In another video posted as a follow-up, Green asked the doctor when he could hunt again. "Just hit us with it straight, doc," he said.
More hilarity ensued as Green posted another Instagram Story with him up and around again after his injury. "What sore foot?" Green wrote, also acknowledging that it was "16 degrees" outside.
The "There Was This Girl" singer was not just posting about hunting when this happened for country music clout. In a post from Dec. 15, Green posed with a dead buck he shot himself, which is a common theme on his social media page.
"First buck off my new farm in Kansas and he was a good one. It took a bunch of hours sittin in a tree with a bow but he finally slipped up. Damn I love it out here," he captioned the photo of him smiling while holding his prize animal.
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While not hunting, the country music star is busy with his other love: making hit music for his adoring fans. According to Billboard, Green recently notched a spot on the Billboard Country Airplay chart for his hit "You Look Like You Love Me."
He is set to headline the Damn Country Music Tour, which begins in March. Joining him for the duration will be Ella Langley, the other half of the hit song.
Others who will join along the way on different dates include artists like Channing Wilson, Drake White, Lauren Watkins, Vincent Mason, Preston Cooper, Wyatt McCubbin, Erik Dylan, and Jake Worthington. The tour will keep the momentum going from his hit most recent hit album, "Don't Mind If I Do."
It features another collaboration with Langley called "Jesus Saves," among others that could climb the charts. It's clear that this rising country music star is going places, and he's not about to let his latest injury slow him down.
Despite sustaining a painful wound that landed him in the hospital, Green has remained in good spirits for his followers and fans. He has demonstrated once again that laughter is indeed the best medicine.
The hosts of Pod Save America joked about President Joe Biden snubbing former President Barack Obama by not awarding him the Medal of Freedom, The Washington Examiner report. Co-hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor were previously staffers for Obama.
On Saturday, the White House announced the names of the 19 people who would receive the highest civilian honor. Obama was not on that list, and the podcast hosts poked fun at the situation.
"Obama gave one to Biden, and Biden did not return the favor," Favreau said. Lovett replied, "I guess they’re not really on speaking terms, I suppose, after all that’s happened!"
Despite governing together for eight years, it's increasingly apparent that Obama and Biden have a strained relationship today. This seems all the more evident given that Biden did not award the Medal of Freedom to Obama despite receiving one himself.
"To know Joe Biden is to know love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully," Obama said about Biden in 2017 when presenting the award. Biden did not reciprocate that honor when given the chance at the end of his presidency.
This is a drastic change from the way it was when Obama was president and Biden his vice president. The media painted a picture of their "bromance," and that image was solidified in 2019 when Biden shared a photo of friendship bracelets with their names for National Best Friend's Day.
However, behind the scenes, things were already tense even then. Obama was reportedly behind Biden's decision not to run for president in 2016 when Democrats chose former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as their candidate, who went on to lose to President Donald Trump.
Despite endorsing Biden, Obama still did not have faith in Biden to win the presidential election in 2020. "Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f–k things up," Obama allegedly warned an unidentified Democrat in August that year, the New York Post reported.
If ever there was a shred of goodwill left, it's all gone after Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. Publicly, Obama praised Biden's decision, but behind the scenes, it appeared that Biden had no decision at all.
According to The Hill, Biden's campaign believed Obama was pushing him out. "One thing that we do have to underline here — just so viewers can follow what’s going on behind the scenes — is the Biden campaign, and many Democratic officials do believe that Barack Obama is quietly working behind the scenes to orchestrate this," MSNBC's Joe Scarborough shared on July 11.
This came a day after actor and political activist George Clooney published a New York Times guest essay, "I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee." It appeared to have been a coordinated effort to push Biden out, and some believe Obama was the mastermind.
The Associated Press reported that Biden indeed dropped out and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter posted to X, formerly Twitter, less than two weeks later. Harris would go on to lose to Trump just as Clinton did in eight years before.
Obama chose losing candidates over his former vice president, and Biden likely saw that as a grave offense against him. Biden likely failed to reciprocate in awarding Obama the Medal of Freedom as a way to humiliate him.
Susie Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff, has promised to nix the drama in the new administration, Axios reported. In an interview with Marc Caputo, Wiles told the publication she "will not tolerate backbiting, second-guessing inappropriately, or drama."
Later this month, the 67-year-old will become the first woman to take the White House role. As the co-manger of his campaign, Wiles is widely credited for running a better, more streamlined campaign than Trump's previous two presidential bids.
Now, she will be in charge of staffing for his new administration and bring the same disciplined approach. "I don't welcome people who want to work solo or be a star," Wiles told the publication.
"My team and I will not tolerate backbiting, second-guessing inappropriately, or drama. These are counterproductive to the mission," she added.
If the campaign is any indication, Wiles will run a tight ship when she takes the role. Her approach to Trump has always been about deference, discretion, and preventing the leaks that plagued his last administration.
Trump has praised her for this approach and rewarded her with the role in his new administration. "Susie likes to stay sort of in the back, let me tell you!" Trump said while thanking Wiles and Chris LaCivita, the co-campaign manager, in his victory speech on Election Night.
"The Ice Maiden. We call her the Ice Maiden," Trump added. Wiles' approach for the new administration will also correct mistakes of the past.
"I have every hope that the 47 administration will not have the same number of attempts to put sand in the gears. We are off to a fast start with congressional work, hiring the best people, preliminary discussion with heads of state, fine-tuning his policy agenda, and planning for the first 100 days," Wiles noted.
"I cannot stress teamwork and mutual support enough. ... It's not magic — set goals and timelines for me and the team and then work to exceed them. Simple, yes, but this worked quite nicely on the campaign," Wiles said of her philosophy.
Trump is coming into office older and wiser this time, and Wiles said he's taking a more measured approach to his staffing. "He engaged fully with hiring," Wiles told Caputo.
"He interviewed the Cabinet leadership, and made it clear his priorities for White House and agency staff. We set timelines and held ourselves accountable for the deadlines we set," Wiles later added.
"President Trump 47 will have the finest public servants available with great work ethic, a demonstrated ability to break down bureaucratic walls to help hold the bloated federal workforce accountable, have fealty to the conservative and common-sense principles that President Trump ran — and won — on, and be determined to make a difference during their time serving. We are cognizant of a turning clock — much to do," she added.
Wiles said the West Wing will be a mix of veterans and newcomers but that the key will be the ability to work together. "To my core, I believe in teamwork. Anyone who cannot be counted on to be collaborative, and focused on our shared goals, isn't working in the West Wing," Wiles noted.
America has been waiting for this change for four long years. The new Trump administration will be a force to be reckoned with, especially with Wiles in charge of staffing.
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has petitioned Supreme Court justices to consider limiting the power of lower courts to block federal policies and laws, Vox reported. In his piece, senior correspondent Ian Millhiser warns that President-elect Donald Trump would be the "biggest immediate beneficiary."
As Millhiser noted, the outcome of the Garland v. Texas Top Cop Shop case could "be a constitutional earthquake" if the court heeds the urgings of its high court's top litigator. The case centers around a "federal law requiring many businesses to disclose their owners to the federal government" that was struck down by a lower court.
Besides supposedly "dubious reasoning" to do so, the implications of blocking lower courts from such actions would "limit judges’ ability to halt Trump administration policies, even if those policies are illegal," the author of the piece "Biden’s DOJ just asked the Supreme Court to do a huge favor for Donald Trump" claimed. Millhiser didn't stop there with the doom and gloom predictions.
"If the Supreme Court were to uphold this judge’s reasoning, that would be a constitutional earthquake, as the trial judge’s opinion attacks Congress’s broad power to regulate businesses and the economy. That outcome is probably unlikely, however, because the trial judge’s opinion is poorly argued," Millhiser noted.
The case could initiate a pivotal decision because "[Judge] Amos Mazzant, issued a 'nationwide injunction' preventing the federal government from enforcing the ownership-reporting law against anyone at all" in the lower court decision. "Now the Court might limit the power of low-ranking federal judges like Mazzant to issue decisions that make rules for the nation as a whole," Millhiser warned.
The question is whether the power to stop any federal policy or law should lie in the hands of a single judge. As the Vox author noted, more than 1,000 judges currently sit on the federal bench.
"If nationwide injunctions are allowed, any one of these district judges could potentially halt any federal law, even if every other judge in the country disagrees with them," Millhiser warned. The issue also becomes particularly problematic in places like Texas, where Mazzant serves, which allows plaintiffs the right to choose their judge.
"During the Biden administration, Republicans often selected highly partisan judges to hear challenges to liberal federal policies — and those judges frequently rewarded this behavior by issuing nationwide injunctions," Millhiser said. He added that even if those injunctions are ultimately overturned on appeal, it can be months before that happens.
With Trump about to take over the White House, "the Court’s decision in Top Cop Shop could be one of the most significant cases of the next several years, as it could drastically increase Trump’s ability to implement policies that federal courts determine to be unlawful," Millhiser believes. He warns that the consequences are far-reaching.
The left-leaning publication is worried that Trump will get his way more often if the court decides as Prelogar is urging. The underlying facts of the case are "very silly, as the federal law at issue in this case is obviously constitutional," the author asserts.
"Top Cop Shop involves the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which Congress enacted in the waning days of the first Trump administration as part of a broader national defense bill." The intent was to stop bad actors from concealing their interest in businesses to "'facilitate illicit activity' such as money laundering, funding terrorism, and various forms of fraud."
Mazzant ruled CTA was "unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’s authority to 'regulate commerce … among the several states," but the author disagrees with the reasoning, especially if it means setting a strong precedent. Moreover, Millhiser is worried that the conservative-majority Supreme Court will be persuaded to limit the powers of lower courts at this time.
"The Republican Supreme Court did very little to limit nationwide injunctions while a Democratic administration was the target of those injunctions. But, now that a Republican president is about to take over, it’s possible that this Court will finally address a problem that both political parties agree is serious," Millhiser claimed.
These legal questions come up all of the time, but leftists only care about possible loopholes when their politicians are not the ones in power. The Founding Fathers knew this. Thus, the checks and balances built into the U.S. government allow many avenues for fairness, including this one, which Trump will surely cheer on.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said Saturday that he will work together with fellow Pennsylvania GOP Senator Dave McCormick for "a better Pennsylvania."
The two had dinner together and had a "great discussion," Fetterman said to reporters at the opening of the Pennsylvania Farm Show, one day after McCormick was sworn in as the state's junior senator.
Fetterman said he would miss his "dear friend" Bob Casey, whom McCormick defeated, but he looks “forward to making a new one and working with him.”
After meeting with President-elect Donald Trump's Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Collins as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Fetterman said he would vote to confirm her.
He acknowledged that they have different views, but said she "has a strong background."
Fetterman has met with several of Trump's nominees, which makes him different from most Democrats.
He doesn't know why that should be unusual, he said.
“Some I can vote for, like the incoming Secretary of Agriculture, or [Secretary of State nominee and Florida Sen.] Marco Rubio or Representative [Elise] Stefanik, and there’s others, perhaps, that I will not,” Fetterman said. “But whoever I vote [for], it’s going to be an informed choice. And I see that as doing my job. I don’t see that as controversial.”
Fetterman has come a long way since he was elected only weeks after having a stroke that rendered him less than articulate for a while (unflattering comparisons were made to President Joe Biden's frequent gaffes and stumbling over words).
He has taken a unique position among Democrats on several issues in the last year, including vocal, unconditional support for Israel after it was viciously attacked by Hamas in October 2023.
More recently, he said that while he supports legal immigration and his wife Gisele was undocumented, he also wants a secure border.
He expects to support legislation to that end that will likely be put forward by Trump when he gets into office.
He's always been someone who marches to his own beat--he is known for wearing hoodies and athletic shorts on the campaign trail and the Senate floor rather than professional attire.
While there is much Republicans still disagree with him about, he has earned a somewhat grudging respect for his willingness to buck the party line.
In a tale that seems almost as old as time, a former child star has found himself in repeated legal trouble, with the most recent incident occurring just days ago.
As the Hollywood Reporter explains, Zachery Ty Bryan, who rose to fame portraying the son of Tim Allen's character in 90s sitcom hit Home Improvement, was arrested last week -- again -- on allegations of domestic violence, adding to a lengthy history of run-ins with the law.
Bryan's latest troubles unfolded in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as local affiliate WBTV reports, and he was arrested and charged with second-degree domestic violence.
Records revealed that Bryan was booked and processed at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Thursday, with a bond set at $10,000.
He reportedly secured release on Friday after having been taken into custody over events the reportedly kicked off on New Year's Day, according to TMZ.
Police responded to a call on the day in question and spoke to an alleged victim to said that Bryan had punched her in the face several times, put his arm around her neck, choked her, and put her in fear for her life after declaring that he would kill her.
Authorities indicated that the woman's physical injuries were consistent with her account, and therefore Bryan was taken into custody as a result.
Bryan's significant involvement with the justice system began back in 2020, when he was charged in Oregon, again with domestic violence involving strangulation and assault.
In the summer of 2023, Bryan again ran into difficulty when he was arrested for felony assault in contravention of the Oregon Abuse Prevention Act, eventually pleading to felony fourth-degree assault while still avoiding jail time.
Sadly, domestic violence is not the only category of crime in which Bryan has been implicated in recent years.
Back in February of this year, Bryan was charged in Riverside County, California with DUI.
As recently as October, he again faced a similar charge, this time in the state of Oklahoma.
Bryan's run on Home Improvement lasted between 1991-1999, and though he received guest roles in a host of other programs and movies, his life in recent years has been plagued with apparent issues of substance abuse and emotional turmoil.
Allen, Bryan's on-screen dad from so many years ago, told the Hollywood Reporter last summer that he was baffled by his former colleague's troubles, saying, “Zach is a great kid who has grown into a complex man. At a certain point, he deviated from the guy I know to somebody who is reacting to situations that I had nothing to do with and can't control,” but surely, he joins millions of others in hoping that the onetime child star gets the help he so clearly seems to need.
The White House made an embarrassing error when it failed to delete the old title of an executive order when issuing a new and unrelated one, the Daily Caller reported. President Joe Biden issued the order Friday prohibiting Nippon Steel from acquiring U.S. Steel.
Biden said the sale will not go through over national security concerns. It was the same reason given in an executive order in May to Chinese Real Estate "regarding the acquisition of certain real property of Cheyenne leads by MineOne cloud computing investment I L.P.," an archived version noted.
"Oops. White House copy-and-pastes from a previous presidential order on a Chinese real estate transaction and uses it for the Nippon Steel announcement. And forgets to delete the title," Ken Moriyasu, a journalist for Nikkei Asia, captioned a screenshot of the error on X, formerly Twitter.
Oops.
White House copy-and-pastes from a previous presidential order on a Chinese real estate transaction and uses it for the Nippon Steel announcement. And forgets to delete the title. pic.twitter.com/8ibeSYujxI— Ken Moriyasu (@kenmoriyasu) January 3, 2025
Biden explained his reasoning for blocking the $15 million deal in a statement, including national security concerns. "As I have said many times, steel production—and the steelworkers who produce it—are the backbone of our nation," Biden began.
"A strong domestically owned and operated steel industry represents an essential national security priority and is critical for resilient supply chains. That is because steel powers our country: our infrastructure, our auto industry, and our defense industrial base," Biden added.
"Without domestic steel production and domestic steelworkers, our nation is less strong and less secure," the press release said. Biden blamed foreign producers for driving down the prices which leads to job loss for Americans.
Shockingly, his remedy for this sounds much like President-elect Donald Trump's plans. "I have taken decisive action to level the playing field for American steelworkers and steel producers by tripling tariffs on steel imports from China," Biden said.
Biden also cited the importance of domestic steel production "to keep leading the fight on behalf of America’s national interests," he said. "As a committee of national security and trade experts across the executive branch determined, this acquisition would place one of America’s largest steel producers under foreign control and create risk for our national security and our critical supply chains."
These concerns echo those from the original order from which the language relic came, though the two are unrelated. In May, Biden blocked a Chinese company from purchasing land near Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, the Associated Press reported.
The Wyoming facility is a nuclear base, and Biden called the potential sale to Chinese-backed MineOne Partners Ltd. a "national security risk." The company, a crypto mining firm, had purchased the land in 2022 but went under the radar until a public tip came into the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
The agency is supposed to review and approve land purchases near "sensitive" U.S. sites but was not informed of the purchase until recently. Biden's order didn't specify objections but noted "specialized and foreign-sourced equipment potentially capable of facilitating surveillance and espionage activities" there "presented a significant national security risk."
This is a reasonable concern that will likely be taken even more seriously in the next administration. Still, it's not without consequences as the prohibition against the U.S. Steel sale could mean facility closures for the company.
Biden is right to put national security issues first regarding these matters. However, it seems his staffers may just be phoning it in at this point, considering the sloppiness of the documentation.
House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats for their "dereliction of duty" that led to the New Year's Day terrorist attack in New Orleans, The Washington Examiner reported. The Louisiana Republican said the GOP has been "ringing the alarms" that have gone unheeded.
Early Wednesday morning, a 42-year-old Army veteran plowed into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans. At least 15 were killed and another 30 injured in the attack.
Although it appears illegal immigration wasn't a factor in this particular crime, it became a talking point after the FBI deemed it an act of terrorism. President Joe Biden and the Democrats have a general habit of putting Americans needlessly at risk.
President-elect Donald Trump blasted the "OPEN BORDERS" and "nonexistent leadership" that allowed people into the country unchecked shortly after the attack. Johnson similarly excoriated Biden and Senate Democrats for their unwillingness to secure the country while on Fox & Friends Thursday.
According to the New York Post, Shamsud-Din Jabbar was from Texas and served in the U.S. Army. However, significant evidence, including an ISIS flag in the vehicle he used to commit the crime, points to his radicalism that was nurtured by someone.
Johnson acknowledged a mindset problem when it comes to protecting the country. The Biden administration's unwillingness to secure the border with Mexico underscores the lack of care given to preventing terrorism.
"I don’t know if enough attention is being paid to this, but we all know that for the last four years, the Biden administration has been completely derelict in its duty," Johnson charged. The House Speaker explained that Republicans in Congress have been pushing for border security to no avail.
"The idea that dangerous people were coming here in droves and setting up potentially terrorist cells around the country, we have been ringing the alarms, we impeached DHS Secretary Mayorkas in the House over that very issue and others related to it so this is a big concern," Johnson said. Jabbard was radicalized and acted upon it, but it seems the administration didn't care about that possibility at all.
Co-host Lawrence Jones asked Johnson whether there was any warning about this attack before it happened. Johnson unleashed, explaining how the "Biden administration has been completely derelict in its duty" to protect America.
"They told us, Lawrence, for four years that the No. 1 threat was so-called 'racially motivated extremism.' It was nonsense. This is the thing that we were all concerned about," Johnson said.
"This is why we raised the alarms. This is why we passed H.R. 2, the strongest border security act ever passed by Congress, and Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in the Senate would not put that through and make it into law," Johnson continued.
"The Biden administration has a lot to account for here, and we see now in glaring view of everybody that this dereliction of duty has real consequences. It’s a concern, and it will be an ongoing concern for some time," he added.
There are many ways that terrorism reaches our shores, not the least of which is through a porous southern border. Jabbard's crime is precisely the kind of event that Republicans have been warning might happen if that practice continued, and this could just be the start.