Republican senator gets Laken Riley’s name wrong in Fox News segment calling out Biden for same thing

Republican Senator John Barrasso had an embarrassing moment over the weekend when he mispronounced Laken Riley’s name during a Fox News segment calling out President Joe Biden for the exact same thing.

“Joe Biden apologised for the murder of Lincoln – I’m sorry, of Laken Riley,” Mr Barrasso said on the show.

Perhaps poorly timed, host Maria Bartiromo instantly responded: “I know Laken Riley’s family was outraged because President Biden got her name wrong.”

Mr Biden came under fire from some Republicans when hemispronounced the first name of murdered nursing student, Laken Riley, during his State of the Union speech earlier this month, calling her “Lincoln”.

The White House’s official transcript of the speech said that Mr Biden mispronounced her name as “Lanken” during the speech.

Allyson Phillips, Ms Riley’s mother, slammed Mr Biden for the blunder, labelling him “pathetic”.

“Biden does not even KNOW my child’s name – it’s pathetic,” Ms Phillips said. “If you are going to say her name (even when forced to do so) at least say the right name.”

Republican Senator John Barrasso had an embarrassing moment over the weekend when he mispronounced Laken Riley’s name wrong during a Fox News segment

Laken Riley was killed in February after going for a morning run on the University of Georgia’s intramural fields.

Her roommate raised the alarm when she failed to return, prompting a search.

Riley’s body was found minutes later by authorities.

A preliminary autopsy found that she had died of blunt force trauma to the head after her killer allegedly used an object to strike her, “disfiguring her skull,” before “dragging” her to a “secluded area”. Her death was ruled a homicide.

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