The father of Laken Riley , the Georgia nursing student allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant, says in a new interview that he is upset that her death has become a political lightning rod. “I think it’s being used politically to get those votes,” Jason Riley told NBC News . “It makes me angry. I feel like, you know, they’re just using my daughter’s name for that. And she was much better than that, and she should be raised up for the person that she is. She was an angel.
” Riley was found dead last month after going for a run in Athens, Ga., and police say her alleged killer is a Venezuelan man who immigration authorities say entered the country illegally in 2022. Former president Donald Trump and other Republicans have cited Riley’s death to slam President Biden over his immigration policies, challenging him to “say her name” at his recent State of the Union address. Biden did so in response to one GOP outburst at the speech, though he mispronounced her first name. Jason Riley told NBC News that his daughter’s death has “incited a lot of people” and that “there’s people on both sides that have lashed out at our families.” The interview with Jason Riley aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show
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