White House slams TikTokers sharing Bin Laden letter: West Wing calls trend an 'insult to the victims of 9/11' and says there is no justification for sharing 'repugnant views'

The White House on Thursday slammed TikTokers who have shared al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America,' which the terrorist used to justify the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. 

In the letter, which was first published in 2002, bin Laden says one of the reasons 9/11 was carried out was because of the U.S.'s support for Israel - as he spewed anti-American, anti-Semitic and homophobic viewpoints. 

A TikToker named Lynette Adkins appears to be the one who set off the Gen-Z trend, posting a video on November 14 telling followers, 'I need everyone to stop what they're doing right now and go read - it's literally two pages - go read "A letter to America.'" 

On Thursday, TikTok said it would scrub videos promoting the bin Laden letter, with views upwards of 14 million before the social media site said the content 'violates our rules on supporting any form of terrorism.' 

'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 deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement to DailyMail.com. 'And 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 worst slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust in the name of the same conspiracy theories,' Bates continued. 

'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 White House spokesperson added.

Around 1,400 were killed when Hamas terrorists crossed into Israel on October 7 and brutalized surrounding communities, including murdering those attending a large-scale musical festival. 

Hundreds of Israelis were abducted and dragged into Gaza. 

Since then, Israel has been at war with Hamas and the massive civilian casualties of Palestinians living in Gaza have prompted widespread protests on the American left. 

In the letter, bin Laden said that the treatment of the Palestinian people needed to be 'revenged' and that the Americans had become 'servants' to Jews, who were controlling the country's media and economy, an anti-Semitic stereotype. 

'The American people are the ones who pay the taxes which fund the planes that bomb us in Afghanistan, the tanks that strike and destroy our homes in Palestine, the armies which occupy our lands in the Arabian Gulf, and the fleets which ensure the blockade of Iraq,' bin Laden also wrote. 

'These tax dollars are given to Israel for it to continue to attack us and penetrate our lands. So the American people are the ones who fund the attacks against us, and they are the ones who oversee the expenditure of these monies in the way they wish, through their elected candidates,' the letter said. 

In the letter, the terrorist leader also called for the 'rejection' of homosexuality' and claimed that AIDS was a 'satanic American invention.' 

Bin Laden justified the killing of civilians in the name of Jihad. 

Pro-Palestine Gen-Z TikTokers downplayed the rampant anti-Semitism, homophobia, conspiracy theories and vile rhetoric, treating bin Laden's words like an intellectual think piece.

Adkins, who has 177,000 followers, commented, 'I feel like I'm going through an existential crisis right now,' after encouraging people to read the letter, which gained steam after being posted on The Guardian's website. 

'Just read it... my eyes have been opened,' one person responded. 'I think this has made a lot of people realize that even "villains" can speak the truth,' another wrote. 

Another user posted a video and commented, 'Trying to go back to life as normal after reading Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America" and realizing everything we learned about the Middle East, 9/11, and "terrorism" was a lie.' 

Another user said they were 'lied to.' 

'I remember watching people cheer when Osama was found and killed. I was a child, and it confused me. It still confuses me today. The world deserves better than what this country has done to them,' the user said.  

bin Laden was killed by members of Seal Team Six in May of 2011 at the order of President Barack Obama.