{"id":2355908,"date":"2024-10-16T19:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T23:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-offers-backhanded-apology-to-victims-of-illegal-alien-crime\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T19:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T23:29:21","slug":"harris-offers-backhanded-apology-to-victims-of-illegal-alien-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-offers-backhanded-apology-to-victims-of-illegal-alien-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Offers Backhanded &#8216;Apology&#8217; To Victims Of Illegal Alien Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-offers-backhanded-apology-to-victims-of-illegal-alien-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2355908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent interview with \u2062Fox News, Vice President Kamala\u200b Harris was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-pressed-on-biden-putting-migrants-in-hotels-while-national-guard-slept-in-d-c-parking-garages\/\" title=\"Psaki Pressed On Biden Putting Migrants In Hotels While National Guard Slept In D.C. Parking Garages\">pressed multiple times<\/a> to apologize to families of U.S. citizens allegedly killed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chaos-and-confusion-nbc-host-tears-biden-border-chief-to-shreds-on-air-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"&#039;Chaos and Confusion&#039;: NBC Host Tears Biden Border Chief To Shreds On-Air Over Border Crisis\">illegal immigrants allowed<\/a> into the country during the Biden-Harris administration. Although she acknowledged the tragedies and \u2063expressed \u2063sorrow, Harris&#8217;s response was seen as half-hearted, quickly pivoting to discuss legislative efforts and deflecting blame towards former President Donald Trump. Host Bret Baier emphasized the need for her to directly address the families affected, but Harris maintained an evasive stance. This moment has sparked criticism \u2064of Harris&#8217;s handling of immigration policies and her perceived insensitivity to the victims&#8217; families. The interview also \u2064highlighted longstanding concerns about the administration&#8217;s\u200d border policies and their impact on public safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dqxx1GgvnrQ\">Fox News\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/16\/kamala-harris-offers-backhanded-half-hearted-apology-to-families-of-victims-killed-by-illegal-aliens-she-let-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Kamala%20Harris%20Offers%20Backhanded,%20Half-Hearted%20%E2%80%98Apology%E2%80%99%20To%20Families%20Of%20Victims%20Killed%20By%20Illegal%20Aliens%20She%20Let%20In&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/16\/kamala-harris-offers-backhanded-half-hearted-apology-to-families-of-victims-killed-by-illegal-aliens-she-let-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Kamala%20Harris%20Offers%20Backhanded,%20Half-Hearted%20%E2%80%98Apology%E2%80%99%20To%20Families%20Of%20Victims%20Killed%20By%20Illegal%20Aliens%20She%20Let%20In&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/16\/kamala-harris-offers-backhanded-half-hearted-apology-to-families-of-victims-killed-by-illegal-aliens-she-let-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/16\/kamala-harris-offers-backhanded-half-hearted-apology-to-families-of-victims-killed-by-illegal-aliens-she-let-in\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Kamala%20Harris%20Offers%20Backhanded,%20Half-Hearted%20%E2%80%98Apology%E2%80%99%20To%20Families%20Of%20Victims%20Killed%20By%20Illegal%20Aliens%20She%20Let%20In&amp;body=After%20twice%20being%20pressed%20to%20do%20so,%20Harris%20only%20sort%20of%20apologized%20to%20the%20families%20of%20victims%20killed%20by%20illegals%20her%20administration%20welcomed.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/16\/kamala-harris-offers-backhanded-half-hearted-apology-to-families-of-victims-killed-by-illegal-aliens-she-let-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>After twice being pressed to do so in a Wednesday interview, Vice President Kamala Harris only sort of apologized to the families of victims killed by illegal immigrants let into the U.S. by the Biden-Harris administration &mdash; and immediately followed the apology with &ldquo;but&hellip;&rdquo; before launching into tired talking points about Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came during the Democrat nominee&rsquo;s &ldquo;Special Report&rdquo; interview with Fox News&rsquo; Bret Baier. After naming U.S. citizens who were allegedly &ldquo;brutally assaulted and killed&rdquo; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-migrants-are-being-released-in-states-after-testing-positive-for-covid\/\" title=\"Reports: Migrants Are Being Released In States After Testing Positive For Covid\">illegal aliens released<\/a> by the administration into American communities, the network host asked Harris if she owes the families of these Americans &ldquo;an apology.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d1666fbf1a8a93a37623d15d933ade9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d1666fbf1a8a93a37623d15d933ade9\"><\/div>\n<p>Baier specifically cited <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/14\/bill-clinton-laken-riley-would-still-be-alive-if-biden-harris-admin-vetted-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remarks<\/a> issued by Bill Clinton earlier this week, in which the former president admitted that Laken Riley, a 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student allegedly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/26\/corporate-media-cover-for-bidens-border-invasion-by-pretending-laken-riley-murder-suspect-wasnt-an-illegal-crosser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murdered<\/a>&nbsp;by an illegal alien earlier this year, would still be alive had Biden-Harris properly vetted foreign nationals entering America. <\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging there&rsquo;s &ldquo;no question&rdquo; those deaths are &ldquo;tragic cases,&rdquo; Harris initially declined to issue an apology to the aforementioned families. Instead, she deflected by hyping a congressional bill introduced earlier this year that would have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/06\/nothing-about-the-rigged-senate-border-bill-is-in-the-national-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enshrined<\/a> the ongoing border invasion into law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t imagine the pain that the families of those victims have experienced for losses [that] should not have occurred,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;So, that is true. It is also true that if a border security [bill] had actually been passed nine months ago &hellip; that [would have ensured] that no future harm would occur.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Baier pressed Harris further, noting how the policy decision that led to those deaths was enacted &ldquo;in the early part&rdquo; of the Biden-Harris administration. He also played a clip of a mother &mdash; whose daughter Jocelyn Nungaray was purportedly killed by an illegal alien &mdash; testifying before Congress that the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s border policies led to her child&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-04d8f87b2b62a8404288324e30e9814d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-04d8f87b2b62a8404288324e30e9814d\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you owe them an apology?&rdquo; Baier asked.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Harris deployed the classic backhanded &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry <em>but<\/em>&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so sorry for her loss. I&rsquo;m so sorry for her loss, sincerely, but let&rsquo;s talk about what is happening right now with an individual who does not want to participate in solutions. Let&rsquo;s talk about that,&rdquo; Harris said, turning her &ldquo;apology&rdquo; into an attack on Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Baier if she wanted to answer the mother who testified, Harris deflected, saying, &ldquo;I told you, I feel awful for what she and her family have experienced.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9663946bd5e7d37f104594d6d178f2cb fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9663946bd5e7d37f104594d6d178f2cb\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"cAR7jsYGfC6ZTwUMlBXKPihxDEk9q0IpbJvzt3g8dSoaueNHLy41WmFOQ\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bret Baier REPEATEDLY asks Harris if she&#8217;d like to apologize to the families of Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin, and Laken Riley. <\/p>\n<p>She REFUSES. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SGzzTj3wH9\">pic.twitter.com\/SGzzTj3wH9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1846677621725098027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Wednesday&rsquo;s interview wasn&rsquo;t the first instance Harris has stood by the administration&rsquo;s disastrous border policies. During a Univision town hall last week, the vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/11\/kamala-harris-doubles-down-on-facilitating-bidens-border-invasion-if-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doubled down<\/a> on continuing such horrific policies if elected this November. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3e93497c97526b6109020b240dc2856f fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3e93497c97526b6109020b240dc2856f\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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