America Must Resist Left-Wing Efforts to Downplay or Erase the Truth About 9/11
Source: "LIZ PEEK: 25 years later, America must reject the left’s rewriting of 9/11 | Fox News." September 9, 2026. www.foxnews.com
The Gist
The author argues that some on the political left are trying to soften or erase the true story of 9/11—that it was a deliberate act of terrorism by radical Islamist attackers who hated America. She uses her own painful memories of the day to argue that Americans must remember and teach the truth, not a watered-down version that ignores who committed the attack and why.
Conclusion
Americans must reject and resist attempts by the political left to obscure, minimize, or rewrite the historical truth of what happened on 9/11—namely that it was a deliberate terrorist attack by radical Islamist jihadis on America.
Premises
- Some political figures, exemplified by Rep. Ilhan Omar's comment 'Some people did something,' minimize or obscure the identity and motives of the 9/11 attackers.
- The 9/11 attacks were a deliberate, coordinated act of mass murder by Saudi jihadis, including Usama bin Laden, who specifically targeted America out of hatred for its culture, freedoms, and country.
- The author's personal experience and memories—including family terror, colleagues' trauma, mass casualties, and citywide fear—demonstrate the very real, devastating human cost of the attack.
- The attack fundamentally and permanently changed American life (security measures, public gatherings, national psyche), underscoring its historical significance.
- The attackers were motivated by a long-standing ideological and religious conflict between Islam and the West, a fact many Americans were unaware of before 9/11.
- Leftist educators and political figures today are engaged in efforts to reshape how 9/11 is taught and remembered, threatening to erase this truth for future generations.
Assumptions
- Referring to the attackers' religious/ethnic identity (Muslim, Saudi jihadis) is necessary for an accurate and complete account of 9/11, rather than being reductive or inflammatory.
- Ilhan Omar's remark was intended to minimize or erase the attackers' identity and motives, rather than being a rhetorical device with a different intended meaning or taken out of context.
- There is an organized or coordinated 'leftist' effort to rewrite 9/11 history, rather than isolated statements or differing pedagogical approaches.
- Personal, emotional testimony about the human cost of 9/11 serves as evidence against politically motivated historical revisionism.
- Acknowledging systemic or geopolitical context for the attacks (e.g., U.S. foreign policy) is equivalent to erasing or excusing the attackers' culpability.