The father of Laken Riley said this week that his daughter’s death sparked a political “storm,” as many have criticized President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.
“I’d rather her not be such a political, how you say, it started a storm in our country,” Laken Riley’s father, Jason Riley, said in an interview with NBC news, that aired on the TODAY show. “It’s incited a lot of people.”
Jason Riley added that he feels his daughter’s death is “being used somewhat politically,” adding that it makes him “angry.”
“She should be raised up for the person that she is,” he added.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
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