{"id":2371319,"date":"2024-11-20T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T19:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-celebration-of-life-without-parole-sentence-for-laken-rileys-killer-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T19:49:40","slug":"trump-leads-celebration-of-life-without-parole-sentence-for-laken-rileys-killer-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leads-celebration-of-life-without-parole-sentence-for-laken-rileys-killer-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump leads celebration of life without parole sentence for Laken Riley\u2019s killer &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ftrump-leads-celebration-of-life-without-parole-sentence-for-laken-rileys-killer-washington-examiner%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=2371319&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>The \u200darticle discusses the recent sentencing of Jose\u200d Ibarra, a Venezuelan \u200cimmigrant convicted of murdering Georgia college student Laken Riley. President-elect\u200c Donald Trump \u200band House Republicans celebrated \u200bthe life sentence without parole \u2064that \u2062Ibarra received for his crimes. Trump emphasized the need \u200cfor better border security on his social media, \u2062hoping the verdict would provide some closure\u200c for Riley&#8217;s family. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized the Biden-Harris administration, blaming them for \u200cIbarra&#8217;s\u200b entry into \u200cthe U.S.\u200c and the resulting \u2063tragedy.\u200c Other prominent Republicans, including \u2062House Speaker Mike \u2063Johnson, expressed their\u200d approval of the sentence, with Johnson simply stating &#8220;justice served.&#8221; Georgia Governor\u2063 Brian Kemp echoed similar sentiments, arguing that Ibarra should never have been allowed\u2062 into the country and that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">open border policies\u2064 contributed<\/a> to the incident. <\/p>\n<p>the sentencing has sparked a political discussion centering on immigration\u200d policy and its impacts.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump leads celebration of life without parole sentence for Laken Riley&rsquo;s killer<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1888127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Republicans<\/a> commemorated the sentencing of Jose Ibarra, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegal Venezuelan immigrant<\/a> who killed Georgia college student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/laken-riley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Laken Riley<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3236124\/laken-riley-killer-jose-ibarra-found-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ibarra, 26, was convicted on charges of malice murder and felony murder<\/a> in the death of Riley, who was killed in February in the woods at the University of Georgia. On Wednesday afternoon, Superior Court Judge Patrick Haggard sentenced Ibarra to life without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote on social media that Ibarra was &ldquo;found GUILTY on all counts for his horrific crimes&rdquo; and underscored the need to secure the border as quickly as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Although the pain and heartbreak will last forever, hopefully this can help bring some peace and closure to her wonderful family who fought for Justice, and to ensure that other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-tells-kids-gop-hates-immigrants-dems-are-party-of-lunch\/\" title=\"Book Tells Kids GOP Hates Immigrants, Dems Are Party Of Lunch\">families don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have to go through what they have,&rdquo; Trump wrote on Truth Social. &ldquo;We love you, Laken, and our hearts will always be with you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113516525402212824\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) deemed Ibarra a &ldquo;monster&rdquo; who was let into the country under the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s watch and said the Democratic Party was &ldquo;responsible&rdquo; for her death.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a mother and a lifelong Georgian, Laken&rsquo;s death is deeply personal to me,&rdquo; Greene wrote on X. &ldquo;She would still be alive today if not for the policies of open-border Democrats. Laken was a smart, beautiful young woman with boundless potential. Tragically, she is not the first American life lost at the hands of illegal aliens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Laken Riley&rsquo;s killer&mdash;an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-blames-criminal-denies-any-responsibility-for-latest-murder-allegedly-by-illegal-alien\/\" title=\"Mayorkas Attributes Latest Murder to &#039;Criminal,&#039; Denies Responsibility, Despite Allegations Against Illegal Alien\">illegal alien monster<\/a> let into our country and flown to Georgia by Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Secretary Mayorkas&mdash;has been found GUILTY on all 10 charges.<\/p>\n<p>As a mother and a lifelong Georgian, Laken&rsquo;s death is deeply personal to me. She would still be&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jQtVJja6Fw\">pic.twitter.com\/jQtVJja6Fw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#127482;&#127480; (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1859285174308999412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) chose to be more direct with his reaction to Ibarra&rsquo;s sentencing, simply writing &ldquo;justice served&rdquo; on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justice served. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XdwSeY6Gtn\">https:\/\/t.co\/XdwSeY6Gtn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1859278445508714638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) reacted to the sentencing by recalling how President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> apologized for referring to Ibarra as an &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; immigrant at his State of the Union speech, contending he &ldquo;shouldn&rsquo;t have used&rdquo; the term and instead referred to Ibarra as an &ldquo;undocumented&rdquo; immigrant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The monster who killed Laken Riley was convicted on all 10 counts. <\/p>\n<p>Never forget that a smiling Joe Biden apologized for referring to Laken&rsquo;s murderer as exactly what he is: an illegal alien. <\/p>\n<p>Joe, Kamala, and their entire regime FAILED Laken Riley. <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GjpyH91SPQ\">pic.twitter.com\/GjpyH91SPQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1859283535779049739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brian-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brian Kemp<\/a> (R-GA) issued his own statement on the ruling, contending that Ibarra should have &ldquo;never&rdquo; been allowed into the country to begin with. He added, &ldquo;Open border policies failed Laken Riley,&rdquo; and the safety of the country&rsquo;s residents should remain the &ldquo;number one priority.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please see my statement regarding today&#8217;s guilty verdict: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fXcUyBNn1T\">pic.twitter.com\/fXcUyBNn1T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKemp\/status\/1859282664215253164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Riley&rsquo;s death was one of many that brought the topic of illegal immigration to the forefront of the 2024 presidential election, which Trump won against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>. Jocelyn Nungaray, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/mother-jocelyn-nungaray-dismisses-harris-apology-very-inconvenient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a 12-year-old girl killed by illegal immigrants<\/a>, was another victim who Trump and others gave major attention to.<\/p>\n<p>Following Trump&rsquo;s victory against Harris, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> has vowed to get to work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-will-be-no-enforcement-sheriff-blasts-biden-for-dismantling-ice\/\" title=\"\u2018There Will Be No Enforcement\u2019: Sheriff Blasts Biden For \u2018Dismantling\u2019 ICE\">deporting illegal immigrants<\/a> across the country once he enters office, with criminals and terrorists being prioritized in their deportation. The incoming administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3232941\/trump-national-emergency-mass-deportation-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">will declare a national emergency and use military resources<\/a> to implement a mass deportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1888127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1888127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump celebrates life sentence for Laken Riley&#8217;s killer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2371320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/E3D41D8C-0D05-468E-ABEB-A8643E4F1115-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33010,42983,27245,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2371319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criminal-justice","tag-laken-riley","tag-life-sentence","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/E3D41D8C-0D05-468E-ABEB-A8643E4F1115-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371323,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371319\/revisions\/2371323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}