GOP Leaders Slam Biden’s Apology for Describing Laken Riley Murder Suspect as ‘Illegal’

Published on March 11, 2024

Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have sharply criticized President Joe Biden’s public apology for using the word “illegal” to refer to the man accused of Laken Riley’s murder. During his State of the Union address last week, President Biden used the term “illegal” in reference to Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who is accused of attacking Ms. Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student, and brutally beating her to death. “Lincoln Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal,” President Biden said during the address, mispronouncing her first name. “That’s right. But how many thousands of people are being killed by illegals?” he continued. “To her parents, I say, my heart goes out to you having lost children myself.”...

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