Speaking on his show “The Lead,” CNN’s Jake Tapper accused Republicans of “obviously seizing” on the murder of a Georgia nursing student that was allegedly committed by an illegal immigrant so the GOP could attack President Joe Biden on his immigration policies.
The body of Laken Riley, 22, who had been jogging on the campus of the University of Georgia, was found last week. Police used footage from video cameras to track down Jose Ibarra, 26, a Venezuelan illegal immigrant who has been named a suspect in the case.
“Republicans obviously seizing on this horrific tragedy at the University of Georgia,” Tapper intoned. “This girl, this nursing student, killed by an undocumented Venezuelan migrant, and they’re seizing on this as an example of Biden’s failure to protect the American people, and to secure the border.”
Tapper turned to former President Trump’s response:…
