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White House Says Biden ‘Absolutely Did Not Apologize’ for Calling Laken Riley’s Alleged Killer an ‘Illegal’
Yahoo! News ^ | Mon, March 11, 2024 | MICHELLE STODDART

Posted on 03/11/2024 3:51:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway

President Joe Biden "absolutely did not apologize" for his use of the term "an illegal" during last week's State of the Union address, principal deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton told reporters Monday. "I want to be really clear about something: the president absolutely did not apologize. There was no apology anywhere in that conversation," Dalton said. "He did not apologize. He used a different word."

Biden made the "illegal" comment during an ad-libbed exchange with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after being heckled by her and other Republicans to say the name of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student police say was murdered in Georgia last month. The suspect is a Venezuelan migrant whom officials say was illegally in the U.S.

Biden, appearing to mispronounce her name as "Lincoln Riley," called her "an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal," a term many immigrants and advocates find offensive.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: abcnews; aliens; biden; damagecontrol; donatefreerepublic; illegalaliens; illegals; joebiden; lakenriley; riley; tightwad; usetherealsource
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To: nickcarraway

Equally infuriating he added, “undocumented immigrants built this country and they are rebuilding our economy”. Of course, he has also said “the middle class built this country” and when pandering, “the black people built this country”.


21 posted on 03/11/2024 4:15:21 PM PDT by Toespi ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Biden should run from any border talk. His worst issue.


22 posted on 03/11/2024 4:16:57 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Grampa Dave

THEY ARE ILLEGAL INVADERS


23 posted on 03/11/2024 4:20:22 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: nickcarraway
White House, a den of thieves, lairs, traitors and sex traffickers..
24 posted on 03/11/2024 4:22:50 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: nickcarraway
The poll numbers for this must be confusing and rapidly changing confusing everyone at the white house.
25 posted on 03/11/2024 4:23:38 PM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: Liz
"the vicious Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela, now operating in America w/ Biden's approval.

Bears repeating...

26 posted on 03/11/2024 4:25:15 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: Bullish
"America’s so sick of those phony baloney idiots."

At least half of America is....the good half.

27 posted on 03/11/2024 4:27:49 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: nickcarraway

so now we have the president saying it’s ok to use illegal no reason to apologize.


28 posted on 03/11/2024 4:33:37 PM PDT by coalminersson (since )
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-says-regrets-reference-illegal-state-union-address-rcna142561


29 posted on 03/11/2024 4:56:31 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: hanamizu

The bigger story is that Pelosi said he shouldn’t have said “illegal”.


30 posted on 03/11/2024 4:58:26 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: nickcarraway

Schrödinger’s Apology

I’m stealing that.


31 posted on 03/11/2024 5:01:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

All I ask is a high royalty.


32 posted on 03/11/2024 5:02:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Biden said he regretted using the word "illegal" in this short MSNBC clip from YouTube:

EXCLUSIVE: Biden says he regrets calling migrant an 'illegal' during State of the Union speech

33 posted on 03/11/2024 5:05:52 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Grampa Dave

Green Eggs and Ham-ass they are.


34 posted on 03/11/2024 5:11:30 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nickcarraway

He did not apologize, but he did not not apologize either. So everyone should be happy.


35 posted on 03/11/2024 5:23:43 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Grampa Dave

No they are all invaders


36 posted on 03/12/2024 3:00:12 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Dalberg-Acton

To say you regret using a certain word it not apologizing. It is accommodating a narrative.


37 posted on 03/12/2024 6:30:08 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
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