the president Joe Biden told MSNBC on Saturday that he regrets using the word “illegal” to describe the undocumented immigrant accused of killing a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student.
“During your answer [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s] Jonathan Capehart, host of MSNBC’s “The Saturday Show” and “The Sunday Show,” said during a campaign interview that you used the word “illegal” when talking about the man who allegedly killed Laken Riley. Georgia.
“Undocumented person. I shouldn’t have used “illegal” either. It’s ‘undocumented,'” Biden said.
“So you regret using that word?” Capehart squeezed him.
“Yes,” Biden replied.
The statement marked a sharp reversal from what Biden said on Friday. While at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the president was asked if he regrets using the word “illegal” to describe immigrants. last nightsir?”
“Well, I’m probably not—I shouldn’t be here technically,” he said he answered.
During his State of the Union address Thursday night, Biden used the term “illegal” to describe it Jose Antonio Ibarraa Venezuelan who was previously arrested by federal authorities after crossing the U.S. border at Ibarra accused By killing Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student. The president did not address Riley’s issue in an interview with MSNBC.
In a speech to Congress on Saturday, Biden said he sought to highlight the differences between his and former President Donald Trump’s proposed rhetoric on the border, promising to “not disrespect any of these people.”
“He’s talking about an ‘insect’. He ‘taints his blood’ when he talks about these people. I talked about what I’m not going to do, what I’m not going to do, I’m not going to disrespect any of these people,” Biden said.
The president added: “I do not share [Trump’s] in general” immigrants built the country, [are] the reason for our economy to grow” but still “we need to control the borders and more orderly flow.”
Asked whether there was a “red line” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in light of Israel’s actions in the Israel-Hamas war, Biden suggested that some steps Netanyahu could take would go too far.
“What is your red line with Prime Minister Netanyahu? Do you have a red line? For example, would the invasion of Rafah, which you urged him not to do, be a red line?” Capehart asked.
“This is a red line,” Biden said, adding, “But I will never abandon Israel. Israel’s defense is still critical.”
However, Biden was adamant that Israel “cannot afford to kill 30,000 more Palestinians as a result of the pursuit.” [Hamas],” according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza, citing figures showing more than 30,000 people in Gaza.