Biden’s ‘Illegals’ Gaffe During the State of the Union Was Bad. His Immigration Policies Are Worse.
President Joe Biden, during Thursday’s State of the Union address, clearly prioritized reminding the audience that he was not his political opponent, former President Donald Trump. That is, until he made the politically incorrect gaffe heard ‘round the world.
“Laken Riley—an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal,” he said, addressing those who are blaming the recent murder of 22 year-old nursing student Laken Riley on Biden’s lax immigration policies at the border, given that the suspected killer is an undocumented man from Venezuela.
“But how many thousands of people are killed by legals?” he continued. “To her parents, I say, my heart goes out to you—having lost children myself, I understand.