President Biden Says He Regrets Using the Term ‘Illegal’ at SOTU

President Joe Biden says he regrets using the term “illegals” during his State of the Union address earlier this week.

During President Biden’s address on Thursday, he used the term “illegals” during an impromptu response to heckling from Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, about the recent murder of a 22-year-old nursing student. Right-wing politicians have turned Riley’s death into a political talking point because it was allegedly committed by an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela.

“Laken Riley—an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal,” Biden said. “But how many thousands of people are killed by legals? To her parents, I say, my heart goes out to you—having lost children myself, I understand.”

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