CNN ripped after trashing FBI as ‘juvenile' for branding hate-fueled Colorado firebomb attack as terrorism

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CNN has been blasted after one of the lefty outlet's commentators trashed the FBI as 'juvenile' for quickly branding the hate-fueled Colorado firebomb attack as terrorism.
Juliette Kayyem, one of the network's national security analysts, came under fire after challenging FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino when they declared Sunday's violence at a pro-Israel rally in Boulder a 'targeted terror attack.'
'It makes law enforcement look disorganized and it makes the FBI look so juvenile, like why are you getting ahead of the police chief who says 'I don't know what this is,'' Kayyem said on air late Sunday in the wake of the incident.
'We're going to take a step back, not be responsive to tweets by two heads of the FBI who don't have a long history in law enforcement,' she continued.
'And we will wait and hope it isn't what we all worry it is — and if it is, then there'll be an investigation.'
Kayyem, a former Department of Homeland Security official under President Barack Obama and current Harvard professor, added that if the probe found the violence was spurred by terrorism, she'd be the first to say it's a 'hate crime.'
'But until we do, we all need to, to not follow the FBI's tweets,' she said.
The backlash again Kayyem was swift on social media, with many pointing to footage of the horror that showed the terror suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, screaming 'Free Palestine' before he blasted a crowd who were commemorating the Israeli hostages still in Gaza.
'The guy shouted 'Free Palestine' while throwing fire bombs at a crowd of Jewish people,' Ben Williamson, an assistant director for the FBI's public affairs unit, wrote on X.
'We correctly referred to an investigation of terrorism, will continue to do so and we have zero interest in what either these CNN guests have to say. Kick rocks.'
Another raged, 'There's a man on video in Boulder ranting about Zionism as he sets Jews on fire. CNN's first reaction? Andrew McCabe and Obama official Juliette Kayyem bashing Dan Bongino and Kash Patel as 'juvenile' and 'irresponsible' for saying this was an 'act of terror.''
'Juliette Kayyem's degrading remarks about the FBI, Patel, & Bongino is unacceptable. She must apologize to them publicly, then she should be fired. The people have had enough of the woke mentality.CNN should be ashamed of itself,' one person added.
Eight victims between 52 and 88 years old were hospitalized with varying injuries in the wake of Sunday's attack, authorities said.
The shirtless firebug suspect, identified as an Egyptian national who had overstayed his visa in the US, was nabbed at the scene.
No criminal charges were immediately announced but officials said they would move to hold Soliman accountable.
The Post reached out to Kayyem but didn't hear back immediately.
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