Donald Trump traveled to Michigan and Wisconsin and used the recent death of a 25-year-old Michigan woman killed by a man who immigration officials say entered the country illegally to hammer President Joe Biden over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Donald Trump continued to hammer President Joe Biden over his handling of the US-Mexico border Tuesday as he returned to the campaign trail with visits to two pivotal midwestern swing states that could determine the outcome of the 2024 election.Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Mich.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Ortiz-Vite told authorities that he shot Garcia multiple times during an argument while inside her car. He then exited the passenger side, walked around the rear of the car and opened the driver’s door. He said he shot her once more because he believed she was still alive. He then pulled her from the car and drove away.
The killing received minimal attention until a conservative media outlet began reporting that Ortiz-Vite was an “illegal immigrant.” Republicans across Michigan began citing the case to highlight issues at the southern border. Soon after, Trump announced that he would travel to Grand Rapids for a campaign event.
“At an unknown date and location Ortiz-Vite reentered the United States without inspection by an immigration official,” an ICE spokesperson said in a statement. Ruby’s sister, Mavi, who has become the spokesperson for the family, has disputed the former president’s account, telling multiple outlets that neither Trump nor anybody from his campaign has contacted anybody in her immediate family.
“The mainstream media is abhorrent for spending more time nitpicking President Trump’s words and obsessing over his ‘rhetoric’ than writing about the heinous crimes committed by Joe Biden’s illegal immigrants, like the one who killed Ruby Garcia,” said Trump’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a statement.
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