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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Matthew Choi and Sejal Govindarao

REVEALED: Texas dems cringe at biden calling migrant an illegal during state of the union | Vintage Vibes


WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats were not thrilled with President Joe Biden using the term “an illegal” to describe an undocumented immigrant during his State of the Union address Thursday.

During the speech, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene heckled Biden to acknowledge Laken Riley, a Georgia student who was allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant, as he was discussing the border. Biden repeated Greene saying Riley was “killed by an illegal. That’s right.”

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