President Joe Biden said in a Saturday interview that he regrets referring to Laken Riley's murder suspect as an 'illegal immigrant.'
Biden called the suspect an “illegal” during his annual State of the Union speech on Thursday, which was held only a couple weeks after Riley, a“The president is cowering to his base and showing deference to a man who deserves none,” Johnson wrote on X in response to Biden’s interview comments. “This man is an illegal immigrant who brutally murdered Laken Riley.”This man is an illegal immigrant who brutally murdered Laken Riley.
Prior to his recent interview, Biden had defended his choice of referring to Riley’s murder suspect as an illegal, asWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also defended Biden’s rhetoric on immigration by saying his remarks were focused on “not demonizing immigrants.” Biden used the term “illegal” during his State of the Union speech when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene interrupted and shouted out to say Laken Riley’s name. The Georgia Congresswoman credited Biden for speaking the “truth” in an interview withFormer President Donald Trump held a rally in Rome, Georgia, on Saturday night, during which he also condemned the president for backtracking his comments.
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