A firebombing in Boulder, Colorado—at a peaceful event commemorating hostages held by Hamas—should be a moment that unites Americans in horror and solidarity. The attacker, Mohamad Soliman, was caught on camera hurling Molotov cocktails, shouting “Palestine is free” and “end Zionists” as he tried to burn people alive. The victims were targeted not for disrupting anyone, but for silently walking in support of kidnapped innocents.
The video of an alleged terrorist from Boulder Colorado has emerged. He is heard saying “end Zionists” few times, also screams “Palestine is Free” at 28-29 second mark pic.twitter.com/uVNdVpcwlQ
— Michael Elgort (@just_whatever) June 1, 2025
And yet, within minutes, CNN’s response wasn’t to report on the severity of the crime. It was to chastise the FBI for daring to call a terrorist attack a terrorist attack.
In an astonishing segment, CNN trotted out Andrew McCabe—a former FBI deputy director whose name is synonymous with political scandal—and Juliette Kayyem, a former Obama DHS official. Their message? The FBI was out of line for identifying the attack for what it obviously was: ideologically motivated terrorism targeting Jews.
KAYYEM: “We don’t have two plus two equaling four yet.”
Really? Soliman was screaming explicit anti-Israel, anti-Jewish slogans while throwing homemade firebombs. Victims were hospitalized. The act took place during a Jewish-led event. What more arithmetic is required?
Worse, Kayyem suggested that calling it terrorism was a “bad look” for the FBI—ignoring that the Bureau is legally obligated to investigate domestic terrorism and hate crimes, especially when the ideology and target are so overt.
KAYYEM: “It makes the FBI look so juvenile.”
Let’s pause here. We are told the FBI looks “juvenile” for identifying a clear hate-driven firebombing as terrorism. This is not only an inversion of logic—it’s a betrayal of journalism’s most basic duty: truth.
CNN’s behavior here is not just tone-deaf—it’s dangerous. Instead of centering the victims or demanding accountability, they politicized the investigation in real-time. Rather than amplifying the FBI’s clear, fact-based assessment, CNN and its guests attacked the federal agency for doing its job.
🧵Here’s a few examples of what I was talking about with CNN’s coverage of the Boulder terror attack, bashing FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino for using the word “terror”…
Jessica Dean: “[T]he local authorities are saying one thing, and the FBI is saying… pic.twitter.com/P1G33d8MNS
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 1, 2025
Juliette Kayyem’s insistence that law enforcement should “wait and hope” the attack isn’t what it appears to be is both absurd and offensive. In the real world, waiting for ideological clarity in the face of firebombings isn’t caution—it’s cowardice.
And as for McCabe? The irony of a man fired for lying to investigators now lecturing the FBI about investigative integrity is beyond parody.
More of CNN’s Juliette Kayyem slamming FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, saying they disregarded the work of groups like the Joint Terrorism Taskforce and “not great” they said what happened in Boulder is terrorism…
“[P]art of it was, was because the FBI… pic.twitter.com/FF56ItX0Kw
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 1, 2025
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, leading the FBI’s response, were unambiguous: this was terrorism. That clarity is refreshing and vital in an era when political spin often clouds national security decisions. They didn’t “rush to judgment”—they reviewed the facts and acted. It’s the Boulder Police Chief, hesitant to assign motive even after the suspect’s on-camera rant, who seemed lost in denial.
Since when does the FBI wait on a city police chief to greenlight the definition of terrorism? Answer: It doesn’t—and it shouldn’t.
