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WATCH: Biden Flubs Laken Riley’s Name During Shouting Match With MTG
Tensions boiled over during President Biden’s State of The Union address on Thursday when he called on House Republicans to pass an amnesty bill that will send more than $60 billion to Ukraine and other foreign nations. Republicans reacted to Biden’s demands with disgust and began to chant “say her name,” a reference to University of Georgia student Laken Riley, who was killed by an illegal alien earlier this month. When the president did say her name, he mispronounced it, referring to her as “Lincoln Riley.”
Biden and his Democrat allies have referred to the Senate immigration bill that would normalize 5,000 illegal alien entries every single day, provide a path to citizenship for millions of illegals and provide minimal funds to securing the border as a “border security bill.”
After Biden referred to the bill as the “toughest set of border security reforms we’ve ever seen,” the president was interrupted by House Republicans who rejected his framing of the bill.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) could be heard shouting “say her name,” at which point Biden repeated a common campaign talking point where he blames the border crisis on Republicans. “Oh, you don’t think so? Oh, you don’t like that bill, huh? That conservatives got together and said it was a good bill? I’ll be darned. That’s amazing,” Biden said.
As the shouting match continued, the president reached into his pocket and retrieved the Laken Riley button that was given to him by Rep. Greene (R-GA). Upon retrieving the button, Biden mispronounced the slain college student’s name, referring to her as “Lincoln Riley.”
“Lincoln Riley. An innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal,” Biden said while holding up the button. “. That’s right. But how many of thousands of people being killed by illegals?” he continued.
“To her parents I say, my heart goes out to you, having lost children myself, I understand.”
Biden then attempted to sell the amnesty bill as a major win for border security, though House Republicans were not buying it. The president was then met with boos and chants of “build the wall.”