Donald Trump blamed “border czar” Kamala Harris for the savage killing of 22-year-old Georgia college student Laken Riley, who was allegedly murdered by a migrant that illegally crossed the border.
The former president, 78, declared that “Laken’s blood is on Kamala Harris’ hands,” during a rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center in Atlanta Saturday — where Harris, 59, ripped Trump during a campaign event days earlier.
“Kamala Harris let in the savage monster who killed Laken Riley,” Trump railed.
“Kamala is responsible for the death as though she were watching it herself,” he added.
Riley, a nursing student at the University of Augusta, was jogging on the campus of the University of Georgia on Feb. 22 when she was attacked and killed.
Her battered body was found in a wooded area near Lake Herrick. Officials determined she died of blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.
Her killer, 26-year-old Venezuelan national Jose Ibarra, entered the US illegally in El Paso, Texas, in September 2022, but was released after about a day in custody.
He has been linked to the Venezuelan gang El Tren de Aragua. Ibarra pleaded not guilty to 10 charges linked to her murder.
“Kamala Harris should not be asking your vote, she should be begging Laken Riley’s family for forgiveness,” he said to cheers.
During his 90-minute remarks, Trump also “congratulated” Russian President Vladimir Putin for making “another great deal” in the latest prisoner swap with the US that saw Wall Street Journalist Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan and 14 others released from a Russian prison Thursday.
“They released some of the greatest killers anywhere in the world,” Trump said of those President Biden, 81, and other Western leaders turned over to Russia to secure their release.
“It’s nice to say we got them back but does that set a bad precedent,” he warned.
Trump also chimed in on the controversy over Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who was previously disqualified from an international female boxing competition but was cleared by the IOC to compete in the Olympics, where she secured a medal on Saturday.
Trump recalled the fight in which her Italian opponent, Angela Carini, quit just 46 seconds into the fight. He referred to Khelif, who was born a biological female, as “he.”
“[Carini] got hit so hard she didn’t know what the hell hit her … he was a good male boxer. And she didn’t even go down. He hurt with two jabs and she said ‘I’m out,’” he said.
Trump has repeatedly promised to keep men out of women’s sports, if elected.
