Trump Hugs Laken Riley’s Grieving Mother As Biden Apologizes To Illegal Alien Murderer

On Saturday, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump consoled the family of Laken Riley backstage before speaking at a massive campaign rally in Rome, Georgia. "I met her beautiful mother and family backstage," Trump said. "They said she was like the best. She was always the best to us. They admit that she was the best, and she was the first in her class. She was going to be the best nurse. She was the best nursing student. She was always the best. She was the brightest light in every room, they told me."

"She was the whole world to her parents and to her sister and just to the whole family," Trump said. "Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation. Thus, when this monster showed up at our border, he was set free immediately under the program. That crooked Joe created it," Trump added. "Laken Riley would be alive today if Joe Biden had not willfully and maliciously eviscerated the borders of the United States and set loose thousands and thousands of dangerous criminals into our country," Trump said during his rally.

President Trump can be seen in a viral, heart-warming photo hugging Laken Riley's mother backstage. Lakey Riley was a 22-year-old successful Georgia nursing student who was murdered during a run on February 22 by an illegal Venezuelan migrant. Trump's rally came after President Joe Biden said he regretted calling Riley's murderer an "illegal" during his State of the Union address. During a Saturday interview with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, Biden said, "I shouldn't have used illegal, it's undocumented." Biden added, "When I spoke about the difference between Trump and me, one of the things I talked about in the border was his, the way he talks about vermin, the way he talks about these people polluting the blood," Biden said. "I'm not going to treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect."

During Biden's Thursday SOTU address, Biden went off script after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) demanded he mention Laken Riley, saying, "Lincoln Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. To her parents, I say my heart goes out to you." Biden quickly faced a backlash from Democrats, including Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), who said, "There was a lot of good in President Biden's speech tonight, but his rhetoric about immigrants was incendiary and wrong." Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wrote to X, "Let me be clear: No human being is illegal."

Presidents console families that have suffered loss ,not defend and apologize to the killer ⁦@JoeBiden⁩ Laken Riley’s Mom hugged by ⁦⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ pic.twitter.com/KyWa9gtqLV

— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) March 9, 2024

Trump demands justice for Laken Riley:

“Laken Riley would be alive today if Joe Biden had not willfully and maliciously eviscerated the borders of the United States and set loose thousands and thousands of dangerous criminals into our country.” pic.twitter.com/Qlb6uFcg3m

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) March 9, 2024