White House Insists Biden Didn’t Apologize for ‘Illegal’ Quip During SOTU

The White House insisted Monday that Joe Biden never apologized for using the phrase “an illegal” during last week’s State of the Union address, despite the president saying Saturday he regrets using “illegal” to describe a migrant accused of killing a Georgia student.

Olivia Dalton, the White House’s deputy press secretary, told reporters Monday that regretting something doesn’t equate to an apology.

Biden was interviewed Saturday by the MSNBC journalist Jonathan Capehart, who asked him if he regretted using the word “illegal” in his State of the Union address. Biden responded “Yes.”

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