Biden defends calling Laken Riley's migrant 'murderer' an 'illegal' during the State of the Union despite fury from his own party: 'Technically, he's not supposed to be here'

President Joe Biden defended his improvised remark in his State of the Union speech calling the alleged killer of Laken Riley an 'illegal' after the remark drew outrage from fellow Democrats. President Biden got asked if he regretted calling the accused killer of Laken Riley an 'illegal' That came after progressives pounced on his ad-libbed remark during his address, even while conservatives pounced over Biden mistakenly using the wrong name to describe the victim in the tragic killing. 'Technically not supposed to be here,' Biden responded President Joe Biden, holding up a pin of Laken Riley, referred to her as an 'innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal'. She also protested Biden during the speech over Israel's war in Gaza Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Ayanna Pressley hold up signs as President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address 'The rhetoric President Biden used tonight was dangerously close to language from Donald Trump that puts a target on the backs of Latinos everywhere,' said Rep. Joaquin Castro The moment came in a speech where Biden blasted Republicans for blowing up a Senate compromise deal that would surge resources to the border while sending billions to aid Ukraine House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was prepared to give Biden a pass on the language when she got asked about it on CNN not long after the speech.