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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) crusade to politicize the murder of Laken Riley, took an absurdist turn on Tuesday, as the politician said the young American student would’ve been better off being deported.
Greene directed the strange comment to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who was appearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday to testify on the budget.
Greene used the opportunity to speak about what she called the “open-border” which she said was allowing undocumented immigrants into the country. She tried to connect her argument to Laken Riley, the 22 year-old nursing student who police suspect was killed by an undocumented immigrant while out jogging, but even she couldn’t keep her hateful tirade straight.
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