MTG challenged POTUS to say Laken Riley's name. Biden went off script and did — sort of.

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 23:27

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and President Joe Biden — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, left, looks on as President Joe Biden, right, arrives to the House Chamber of the US Capitol for his third State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024.
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Before the president's SOTU, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene demanded Biden to say Laken Riley's name.
Biden briefly went off script to address Riley's family and immigration.
However, Biden mispronounced her name and addressed undocumented immigrants as "illegal."

During his State of the Union Address on Thursday, President Joe Biden took the bait on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's challenge to talk about Laken Riley, the recently slain 22-year-old nursing student whose name has been used as a political point for the GOP's hardline immigration stance.