With a big focus on the Southern Border and the broken Immigration System i want to get straight to cnns priscilla alvarez, whos been traveling today with the president priscilla. The georgia audience heard a lot of overlap at the rally tonight between the State Of The Union and his message there in atlanta. But the president also apologized for something that he said to the country on thursday night. What did he say . Thats right, alex. And it was a bit of a pivot. He was referred he was asked, i should say, about his comments during the State Of The Union when referencing the alleged suspect in the Laken Riley Killing here in georgia in the moment he called that person, any legal thats a term that has long been decried right. Immigrant advocates. But when interviewed on msnbc today, the president said that he should have said the word on documented documented version. I shouldnt have usually gone as undocumented and look, when i spoke about the different future in trump on me, one of the things i talked about in the border was but heres the way he talks about vermin, the way he talks about these people polluting the blood. I talked about what im not going to do, what i wont do, im not going to treat any any any of these people with disrespect and built the country. The reason our economy is growing, we have to control the border and more orderly slow, but i dont share it. Have you at all . You regret using that word . Yes of course, the president s comments there coming after criticism from democratic lawmakers and Immigrant Advocates earlier in the week, the president , so that he had not regretted using the term, clearly a change here, but look this here in atlanta was a firearm three speech from President Biden where he ticked through his domestic accomplishments and also weighed out the vision for the next four years if he were to be reelected on reproductive rights, on the worrying health care costs, Student Loan Debt relief among a host of other policies that the Sum Ministration has touted. But in the course of that, he was also interrupted by a protest welcome. Call them genocide joe, and that was a moment that again, it was a reminder of the fractures that are within the president s coalition that he is still trying to manage, that has been difficult for his campaign. But all the same. What was clear here was that he needed to shore up support among a key constituency ahead of whats going to be a heated election cycle in a crucial state, he only narrowly won in 2020. Now, our personnel, alvarez, covering the president in atlanta today. Thank you very much. Lets get straight to cnns Steve Contorno in rome, georgia. Hes been at the rally that donald trump is undertaking in that part of georgia. So steve, donald trump reacting to bidens State Of The Union, and he mocked the delivery. What did he say . I got an idea exactly. Ill turn down trump is speaking to that extended criticism of the various legal troubles that he is facing, including here in georgia, but he started his speech with a rebuttal of storage the president s State Of The Union address. And yes, he did attack me go we all heard cookie joes angry, dark, hatefilled rant of a State Of The Union address, wasnt it didnt it bring us together emergency worker, bring the country together joe biden gave the most divisive partisan, radical, and extreme speech ever delivered by a president in that chamber. Not even close rather than trying to bring our country together, he tried to cling to power by tearing our country a puddle. Joe biden should not be shouting angrily at america. America should be shouting angrily at joe biden now he continued to speak about phil immigration. And lengthen the war. In fact, he offered a response to the president earlier today, saying that he shouldnt use that term illegal and incensing, you should use the term on documented. He said quotes, he was an illegal immigrants. He wasnt illegal alien. He wasnt illegal migrant nation should tap it in our country and that has been the theme of the speech that his appearance here so far he has laid to the president for his handling of the situation at the Southern Border, passing out to his supporters here, posters that feature laken riley. She is the 20 yearold who was killed while running in georgia by allegedly by an undocumented and individual. And she has become a Galvanizing Figure in this race so far, so clearly we are, we are seeing a window into President Trumps strategy against joe biden is going to focus very much on illegal immigration in states like georgia, that he lost the 2020 all right. Steve contorno at the trump rally in rome, georgia. Thanks very much joining me now to discuss republican strategist alice stewart, democratic strategist chuck rocha, and former republican congressman joe walsh. Thank you all for joining me this evening. Alice, i want to start with you what we just heard from the former president going after the current president about his delivery, highlighting his stutter which the president has been very open about. Weve also seen offstage a very aggressive response to that ad in which biden acknowledges his, his age. What do you make of this tone . I think going after his his age and his questions about whether or not he is suitable to run for reelection. Thats an easy one, right . That is easy to point out. But i listened to trumps speech. He didnt talk about that too much. He did talk about it, but hes spent much of his time talking about the importance of immigration and laken riley and the fact that this Biden Administration has really put their head and saying that how this case has sent shockwaves through the people of georgia. I went to the university of georgia. I ran many miles on that campus. I can tell you there are people in the peach state that say this could happen to me. And the fact that it took this president almost two weeks to even acknowledge her name and say that an innocent woman was killed by an illegal, which is factually accurate that is really disturbing to a lot of people and that is why were seeing people speak out against his immigration policies. That is why members of the house have come up for but the laken riley act, which calls for detention of migrants in this country who are committed, accused of burglary or theft. They are taking action. So biden can stick his head in the sand about the seriousness of the laken riley act, but its going to be at his peril because people are outraged. I mean, he did take that pin that Marjorie Taylor greene gave him saying say her name, and he held it up at the State Of The Union. Chuck, what do you make of of laken rileys death and becoming such a flashpoint in this at the State Of The Union, at the trump rally today where her family was in attendance. And what do you make of the president s regret there in that interview for using the word illegal instead of undocumented. I think that immigration is an important issue. Its been an important issue for a long time ever since 911 are system has literally been broke, there has been a bipartisan bill that was passed through the senate with a republican from oklahoma. Now, mobile from texas, im going to tell you that folks from oklahoma arent rage and liberals. So he was a concerted, a ton of forgot to way to fix the border fix a system, fix the Asylum System thats broken, fix all of the above because republicans have two parts here. One is, they have a system that is broken, but they also have to get voters out to vote and they are looming losing republican women by the droves because of the Dobbs Decision thats just the fact. And theyre trying to use this issue and openly admit that it was a political decision to not pass the Immigration Reform bill. So they could use it to do exactly what theyre doing right now is to use it for their political gain. And joe walsh, the dnc, tried to head off some of these attacks. Theyve put up billboards near the rally site where trump was in georgia today blaming him for killing the bipartisan border deal. Do you think that voters are going to be Holding Trump accountable for that . Outside . Dont but just give me a second. We cant brush by what you lead with donald trump mocked Joe Biden Stuttering and we cant rush past the other acts of cruelty that this guy puts out there. What a, what a horrible human being he is. He mocked a disability of the current president. I mean, think about that. Thats horrible. Now, on immigrants ration, and i agree with alice, this is too late. Joe biden ignored and did not take seriously this issue for three years and it got dramatically worse. Yeah, republicans are just playing politics right now by ignoring that bill. But, but i think its just too late in the game for biden to all of a sudden get energized about, about immigration. And this is, you know, joe, to your point, this is not the first time that the president has mocked people with disabilities. Yeah, i think hes talked about president stutter before, as well as of course, mocking that reporter during his campaign. Back in 2016 been viciously. I want you all to stay with me because i want to get your thoughts on another big story that is making waves today after the State Of The Union, there are reports that a story that was told by senator katie britt of alabama in her response to the State Of The Union on thursday night is not exactly what it seems the Junior Senator from alabama criticized president joe bidens Border Policies by telling the story of meeting a woman who has sex trafficked by the cartel, starting at just 12 years old. And using that anecdote to call the chaos at the Southern Border, President Bidens Border Crisis i traveled to the del rio sector of texas. Thats where i spoke to a woman who shared her story with me she had been sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12. She told me not just that she was raped every day but how many times a day she was raped . The cartels put her on a mattress in a shoe box of a room and they sent men through that door over and over again for hours and hours on end we wouldnt be okay with this happening in a third world country this is the United States of america and it is past time, in my opinion, that we start acting like it President Bidens Border Policies are a disgrace cnn has now confirmed details first reported by freelance journalists jonathan katz, that the story britt is describing from her 2023 trip actually happened in the mid 2000s when joe biden was neither the president nor the vice president. And it didnt happen in the United States. It happened in mexico. Those details shared by senator britt lineup with the horrific story shared by Karla Jacinto romero in 2015 when she testified in a public congressional hearing about human rights i through a translator, romero said that for four years starting when she was 12, she was quote, emotionally and sexually violated time and time again. She also explained how at age 16 she was able to escape and has since become an activist. Senator britt met carlo romero in that 2023 trip that she referenced in her Speech Photos and a Press Release from a fellow senator. Show show them holding a roundtable with romero down in texas where are they discussed the work being done to rescue victims of human trafficking. In a statement to cnn, a spokesperson for brits Office Neither confirmed nor denied that britt was sharing Jacinto Romero is account, but said that the story the senator told was 100 correct. None of this is meant to downplay the real situation unfolding at the us, mexico, mexico border. But to provide context to what millions heard during senator britts address. On thursday night i want to bring my panel back in to discuss this alice, you have spent years helping republican officials craft their messages what did you make of what senator britt said how she said it, and the story that appears to have holes. Well, we can all agree that story is chilling and it really, really tugs at your heart and its disgusting to hear that being said, you cant blame this on joe biden. Look Playing Loose with the truth on this takes away from the truth of bidens Border Policies, and i think the fact that britt has gotten into the situation takes away from the real issue of bidens disastrous Border Policies. And she did acknowledge the problem, and that is that when joe biden came into office on day one issuing an executive actions taking away Donald Trumps remain in mexico policy, stopping the border wall, and then waiting for three years as the surge at the border of migrants got bigger and bigger and bigger and did not take action until they were sent to democratic cities. Weather were talking about new york, chicago, and denver. Then democratic official said, hey, this is a problem, and now were entering into a president ial campaign. And joe biden says, okay, now its time to address this issue. That is the real issue, and that is what people are frustrated with. Joe. You were shaking your head there. Do you agree with alice that it undermines the republican criticism . Of biden . Look, i respect my friend alex know the issue here. The issue is a United States senator out in out lied. Alex, youre right. She blamed biden for this. It happened years before joe biden was president. She said it happened at our border in the in this country. It happened in mexico. She lied. I mean we get into so much nuance around these sorts of things quick, quick with the nuance, she sat in front of the American People and she lied to us about a very serious problem thats despicable. Chuck, how much do you think think the president needs to be talking about the border on the Campaign Trail at the border is going to be an issue. Im a democrat, im here to tell you its going to be an issue, but you can also do it the right way to joes point. What i started with is what im going to end with is that you cant use this for political points. Lets use it to try to fix a problem thats a real problem that benefits all the American People all right, alice stewart, chuck rocha, joe walsh. Thank you all very much. Up. 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