CBS “News”
The disappearance of a well-liked college student from America’s heartland had touched many people since she vanished one month ago while out for a run. But the stunning news that a Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally has allegedly confessed to kidnapping and murdering her thrust the case into the middle of the contentious immigration debate and midterm elections.
President Trump seized on the man’s arrest in the death of Mollie Tibbetts on Tuesday to call the nation’s immigration laws “a disgrace” that will only be fixed by electing more Republicans. Iowa’s Republican governor, facing a tough re-election challenge in November, blasted an immigration system that “allowed a predator like this to live in our community.” And Iowa’s two U.S. senators, both Republicans, called the death a tragedy that “could have been prevented.”
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of the 20-year-old Tibbetts, whose July 18 disappearance set off a massive search involving state and federal authorities.
Within hours, Mr. Trump noted the arrest at a rally in West Virginia on a day when his former personal lawyer and ex-campaign chairman both faced major legal problems.
“You heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from Mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman,” Mr. Trump told the crowd in Charleston. “Should’ve never happened. Illegally in our country. We’ve had a huge impact, but the laws are so bad. The immigration laws are such a disgrace, we’re getting them changed, but we have to get more Republicans. We have to get ’em.”
CBS Des Moines affiliate KCCI-TV reports Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a statement saying in part, “As Iowans, we are heartbroken, and we are angry. We are angry that a broken immigration system allowed a predator like this to live in our community, and we will do all we can bring justice to Mollie’s killer.”
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst vowed: “We cannot allow these tragedies to continue.”
After an Immigrant’s Arrest, Trump Seizes on Killing of Mollie Tibbetts, Iowa Student
It’s almost as though they don’t give a damn about her death
The Communists Broadcasting System(CBS) and the ALL SEEING EYE of SATAN this networks been sued in the past for such fake programs like SAY GOODBYE and THE GUNS of AUTUM
“That girl in Iowa” was Mollie Tibbetts.
She was stalked and murdered by an illegal alien. Her body was dumped in a corn field.
But I wouldn’t expect the hacks at MSNBC to care about any of that…
He couldnt bother to learn her name, you think Marlo Thomas was murdered, “That Girl.”
They damn sure dont care about the next one.
What does that have to do with the crime rate specifically among illegal immigrants? As a percentage of their population, criminals are a much higher percentage than of citizens. Liberals cannot have a discussion without lying.