White House blasts those sharing Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’

White House blasts those sharing Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ terming the viral TikTok trend as an “insult” to the “innocent” victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ went viral on social media, reaching millions online amid the Israel-Hamas War.

TikTok influencers have been citing the letter in question for changing their worldviews in light of the atrocities of Hamas terrorists and Israel’s counterattacks.

“There is never a justification for spreading the repugnant, evil and antisemitic lies that the leader of al Qaeda issued just after committing the worst terrorist attack in American history — highlighting them as his direct motivation for murdering 2,977 innocent Americans,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said.

“No one should ever insult the 2,977 American families still mourning loved ones by associating themselves with the vile words of Osama bin Laden, particularly now, at a time of rising antisemitic violence in the world, and just after Hamas terrorists carried out the world slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust in the name of the same conspiracy theories,” he added.

“Like President Biden said this year in remembrance of the Americans who lost their lives because of Osama bin Laden, ‘it’s more important now than ever that we come together’ against a rising tide of hatred and extremism.”

 

The video-sharing app TikTok has removed the hashtag #lettertoamerica from its search function after videos about Osama bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America” went viral earlier this week.