Another Evil Thing Trump Did Last Week That You Might Have Missed

It’s difficult to keep track of all of them.

In the wake of the horrific murder of nursing student Laken Riley while out on a run in February, a tragedy that happened about half a mile from my house and which I wrote about here, her father Jason Riley spoke at the Georgia State Capitol at the occasion of the passing of a resolution honoring his daughter’s memory. (This should not be confused with The Laken Riley Act, a federal bill specifically focused on requiring ICE to detain illegal/undocumented immigrants who have been previously charged with crimes.) Jason Riley and his family had previously accepted former President Donald Trump’s invitation to attend a rally he held in Rome shortly after his daughter’s murder, meeting with Trump beforehand, and when he was at the Capitol, Jason Riley spoke specifically to Trump’s message.

“God gave me a beautiful daughter to father, protect, provide for and nurture,” Jason Riley said. “A man with an evil heart stole her heart. He was in the country and in this state illegally. My vision for every senator in this chamber is that you protect citizens from this illegal invasion.”

I have friends in Athens, who were heartbroken and terrorized by Laken Riley’s murder and also appalled by Trump’s rhetoric about…