Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) accused former President Donald Trump of trying to “score political points” off of a tragedy over comments he made about the murder of Ruby Garcia.
In a visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump bashed the Biden administration and Whitmer over several policies, mainly their stances on immigration. His comments focused on the murder of Garcia, comments Whitmer took issue with in an appearance on CNN.
“The former president was in Grand Rapids today, and he was capitalizing on a horrible tragedy that happened here,” she said. “There is a family that is grieving the loss of Ruby Garcia. And she was a real person with a real story and it is a horrible story that that happened.”
She went on to criticize Trump’s record as president, even accusing him of being weak on border security.
“I cannot abide when someone comes in and just tries to score political points off of someone else’s pain and perpetuates a problem instead of actually trying to solve it,” Whitmer added.
The Michigan governor was referring to comments Trump made on Tuesday when he blamed the death of Garcia on Biden’s immigration policies.
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“Under the Trump administration, this monster had been deported, thrown out of the country, wasn’t going to be able to come back,” Trump said. “Crooked Joe Biden took him back and let him back in and let him stay in, and he viciously killed Ruby.”
The alleged murderer was an illegal Mexican immigrant who had been deported previously.
