During his State of the Union, Joe Biden was forced to acknowledge the death of Laken Riley, a 22 year old nursing student who was murdered by an illegal alien. While addressing it, Biden used the word “illegal”, which made Left-Winger lose their minds.
In an interview soon after, Biden apologized to his base, saying he should not have used the word “illegal” but “undocumented” instead. Notably, no one on the Left was condemning the murder itself, or seeking to do anything to protect Americans from a wide open border. Fox News reports:
The president was asked by Capehart about his use of the word “illegal” to describe Laken Riley’s alleged killer during his State of the Union speech Thursday and said that he should’ve used the word “undocumented” instead.
“And I shouldn’t have used illegal, I should’ve… It’s undocumented. And look, when I spoke about the difference between Trump and me, one of the things I talked about on the border was his – the way he talks about vermin, the way he talks about these people polluting the blood. I talked about what I’m not going to do, what I won’t do. I’m not going to treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect. Look, they built the country. The reason our economy is growing, we have to control the border and more orderly flow. But I don’t share his view at all.”
Republicans fired back at Biden, blasting him for not wanting to offend criminals while dismissing calls for a secure border. In their view, this is emblematic of Biden’s America Last policy. The NY Post continues:
“Biden’s word choice doesn’t change the fact that Laken Riley’s killer (1) entered the U.S. illegally, having been encouraged to do so by Biden’s open-border policies, & (2) later killed Laken Riley,” the Republican posted on social media.
“Now Biden says illegals built our country and that he won’t disrespect the illegal who killed Laken Riley by calling him any names, says he should have said that he was undocumented instead of illegal,” music video director Robby Starbuck wrote on X. “Get ready to play this clip all year. Evil.”
Republicans will have to keep up the tempo in attacks against Biden, while also proposing their own vision for America. Biden will likely use the State of the Union as a kickstart to his campaign against Trump, who is the presumptive nominee for the Republican ticket.
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