Laken Riley’s mother on Friday criticized President Biden for saying her daughter’s name incorrectly during Thursday night’s State of the Union address.
In his speech, the president appeared to refer to a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was allegedly killed by a Venezuelan immigrant who entered the country illegally last month as “Lincoln” rather than “Laken.”
“Lincoln Riley, an innocent young woman killed by illegal aliens. That’s true. But how many thousands are killed by legal immigrants?” The president, Republican Marjorie Taylor of Georgia, said: -Congressman Greene made off-script remarks after yelling at Biden, “Say your name!” He was discussing the border crisis.
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Laken Riley and President Biden. (Getty Images)
“Biden doesn’t even know my child’s name. That’s pathetic! If you’re going to say her name, at least say the correct name (even if you’re forced to)!” Laken’s mother, Alison Phillips, said Biden She responded on Facebook after someone pointed out that she was trying to “minimize” Laken’s murder by calling him “Lincoln” and citing her son Beau’s death from cancer.
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Former President Trump said he spoke with Riley’s “devastated” parents late last month while at the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas.
“My parents are in shock, but they are wonderful people,” he said. “This is a Joe Biden invasion. A Biden invasion. I call him Crooked Joe…the most incompetent president ever.”
President Trump continued, “A beautiful 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia was brutally attacked. She was on her morning run… She was a beautiful young woman. I spoke with her parents yesterday. They… These are incredible people. They are incredibly devastated.” . She was very beautiful in many ways. ”
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Trump visited the border on the same day that Biden spoke in another border town, Brownsville, Texas.
Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University, found dead It happened on February 22nd on the University of Georgia campus after a roommate called authorities for not returning home from a morning run.
