White House Says Biden Didn’t Apologize for ‘Illegal’ Comment

Olivia Dalton, outgoing White House principal deputy press secretary, said Monday that President Joe Biden did not apologize for calling slain Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s killer an “illegal.”

“First of all, I want to be really clear about something: the president absolutely did not apologize,” Dalton said aboard Air Force One. “There was no apology anywhere in that conversation. He did not apologize. He used a different word.”

“In addition to the fact that the president did not apologize, I want to make another thing clear,” she continued. “The president spoke directly to this in the State of the Union address not four nights ago when he spoke passionately about knowing what it means to lose a child and extended his deep grief and condolences to Laken Riley’s family in front of the entire country in the House chamber.”

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