After President Biden appeared to refer to Laken Riley as 'Lincoln,' Pat McAfee thought Lincoln Riley, the USC football coach, had died.
President Biden was urged to 'say her name' Thursday night during his State of the Union address, a reference to Laken Riley, the Georgia college student allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant last month. When Biden did mention her, it sounded like he botched Riley's first name and said 'Lincoln' instead. Naturally, 'Lincoln Riley' trended on X, formerly Twitter, but the social media platform isn't always perfect.
described the trend as a 'sports' topic. Of course, that wasn't correct, but it makes sense. Lincoln Riley is a real person, the head football coach at USC. For those who were not watching the speech, it may have been a surprise to see the coach's name top the trending lists on social media out of nowhere. And, sometimes, it's unfortunately not good news. Pat McAfee, host of 'The Pat McAfee Show,' spotted the trend and thought the worst had happened to the coach.
saw his name trending, I’m like, ‘Wait, he was just on the show.’ I was like, ‘What did Lincoln Riley do?'' Biden was shredded for the apparent mishap, most notably by Laken's mother, Allyson Phillips. 'Biden does not even KNOW my child’s name – it’s pathetic! If you are going to say her name at least say the right name!' she wrote on Facebook. 'Joe Biden just confused Laken Riley, a college student killed by an illegal immigrant, with USC football coach Lincoln Riley.
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