Biden-Trump battle kicks off in pivotal state Georgia with duelling events

Mar 11, 2024 12:02 AM, 5 news, 3 views

US President Joe Biden said Saturday that he regretted using the term “illegal” during his State of the Union address to describe the suspected killer of Laken Riley, as his all-but-certain 2024 GOP rival, Donald Trump, blasted the Democrat’s immigration policies and blamed them for her death at a rally attended by the Georgia nursing student’s family and friends.

Biden expressed remorse after facing frustration from some in his party for the use of the term to describe people who arrived or are living in the US illegally.

“I shouldn’t have used illegal, it’s undocumented,” he said in an interview with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart taped in Atlanta, where the president was meeting with small business owners and holding a campaign rally.

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“ no remorse. He’s got no regret, he’s got no empathy, no compassion, and worst of all, he has no intention of stopping the deadly invasion that stole precious Laken’s beautiful American life,

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“ I say he was an illegal alien. He was an illegal immigrant. He was an illegal migrant

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“ Joe Biden went on television and apologized for calling Laken murderer an illegal. Biden should be apologizing for apologizing to this killer." "I say he is an illegal alien, he is an illegal…

Donald Trump, 8 months

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“ I met her beautiful mother and family backstage,

Donald Trump, 8 months