Following the New Orleans attack, Donald Trump and Republicans used the tragedy to lie about the suspect and connect him to border security and migrants.

The deadly New Orleans attack on New Year’s Day, which authorities say was carried out by a man radicalized by ISIS, is spurring fears of more attacks and raising questions about how President-elect Trump’s isolationist tendencies will affect the war on terrorism.

President-elect Donald Trump sought to connect the New Orleans New Year’s Day terrorist attack to his tough-on-immigration doctrine weeks before he’s set to retake the White House — a sign that his stance on cross-border migration will include the flow of ideas and not just the physical movement of people.

President-elect Trump blamed the situation at the southern border for the recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, railing against President Biden for his immigration policies as both cases

In what has become a familiar display of Donald Trump's inability to inform himself with facts before jumping at the chance to make inappropriate political points, Trump made a fool of himself with his response to the deadly New Year's Day attack in New Orleans.

President-elect Donald Trump "flunked three important tests" on New Year's Day that should have been no-brainers for any leader of the free world, argued to MSNBC analyst Steve Benen. Benen, editor for the official blog of The Rachel Maddow Show,