Washington: Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s mother has blasted president Joe Biden for referring to her daughter as Lincoln Riley during the State of Union speech. “Biden does not even KNOW my child’s name – it [sic] pathetic!” Allyson Phillips wrote on Facebook in response to a comment celebrating the Laken Riley Act, which was recently passed.
“If you are going to say her name (even when forced to do so) at least say the right name!” she added. Phillips also wrote “Amen!” underneath a comment calling 81-year-old Biden “a disgrace of a president.”
During Biden’s speech, Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) was heard yelling, “Say her name!” – referring to Riley. The president quickly snapped back saying, “I know how to say her name.”
“Lincoln — Lincoln Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal,” he added.
Biden did not apologise for the gaffe. However, he went on to say during an interview with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart that he regrets using the word “illegal” to describe Jose Antonio Ibarra, the Venezuelan migrant who attacked and murdered Riley, 22. “I shouldn’t have used illegal, it’s undocumented,” he said.
