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Progressive Rep. Joaquin Castro led a chorus of far-left Democrats who accused President Biden of coming “dangerously close” to sounding like former President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address Thursday.
During his speech, Biden referred to the alleged killer of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley as “an illegal.' Castro charged that Biden’s word choice was “incendiary and wrong.” 'My guest for this year's State of the Union was the widow of a North Texas rancher who was murdered by a neighbor who didn’t want Latinos living next door,” Castro wrote on X. “Across Texas, many families can tell similar stories of hate and harassment inspired by the rhetoric of Donald Trump.” “The rhetoric President Biden used tonight was dangerously close to language from Donald Trump that puts a target on the backs of Latinos everywhere,” he added. “Democrats shouldn’t be taking our cues from MAGA extremism.” “Let me be clear: No human being is illegal,” Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted. “As a proud immigrant, I'm extremely disappointed to hear President Biden use the word ‘illegal,’” Rep. Chuy García similarly wrote on X.Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also knocked Biden for the off-script moment, telling CNN that the president 'should've said 'undocumented,' but it's not a big thing.' FacebookTwitter Flipboard WhatsAppEmailCopy
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