President Joe Biden tried to parse his words carefully after being asked point-blank as he came off Air Force One Friday about his use of the word "illegal" to describe the man charged in the death of a slain Georgia nursing student, according to Mediate.
During the State of the Union address Thursday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., heckled Biden, prompting the president to react and refer to the alleged killer of 22-year-old Laken Riley as "an illegal."
Upon stepping off Air Force One, Biden was asked by a reporter, "Do you regret using the word 'illegal' to describe immigrants last night, sir?"
"Well, I probably, uh, I don't regret ... it," the president responded, "uh, technically he's not supposed to be here."
Biden received criticism from Democrats and immigration advocates for using the word "illegal."
Biden told MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart in an interview scheduled to air Saturday, "I shouldn't have used illegal; it's undocumented." He responded "yes" when asked whether he regrets having used the term.
Information from Reuters was used in this report.