How will the Laken Riley story affect the election?

[Tekken_Guy]

How will the Laken Riley story affect the election?

[The Economy is Getting Worse]

No effect, as it is happening too far from the election. However, the migrant surge is hurting Biden.

[Ferguson97]

This story specifically won't move the needle, rather it's a symptom of the larger immigration issue, which is hurting Biden.

[Progressive Pessimist]

I think Biden neutralized it enough to people who aren't Trumpists.

I don't know what more they want out of him-he acknowledged her death and is advocating for a bill to address it without jumping to the blanket statement Republicans are that the undocumented are predisposed to violence and crime.

[MR DARK BRANDON]

It won’t, or any affects will be far canceled out by the SOTU as a whole

[Lief 🗽]

Racist Republicans will be mad about it, normal people won’t care.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

It'll be old news by then, unless it happens again, which I'm sure it will somewhere at some point.

Racist Republicans will be mad about it, normal people won’t care.

The victims parents are...racist? Weird take but whatever.

[DaleCooper]

No effect because no one cares about it now and no one will remember it two weeks from now.

[Ferguson97]

The victims parents are...racist? Weird take but whatever.

I mean yeah they probably are (they are supporting Trump), but Lief is referring to the right-wing politicians who are exploiting their grief for political purposes.

[Gass3268]

Nobody will remember or care about this (at least enough to matter politically) by November.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

I think Biden neutralized it enough to people who aren't Trumpists.

I really disagree with this.  Before the SOTU, only people who are already thoroughly enmeshed in right wing media knew who Laken Riley was.  So for "people who aren't Trumpists", the story was already "neutralized" because they were unaware of it.  Biden just gave it attention to a wider audience which it never merited. It's like if GWB had talked about "Free Mumia" in a SOTU.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The victims parents are...racist? Weird take but whatever.

I mean yeah they probably are (they are supporting Trump), but Lief is referring to the right-wing politicians who are exploiting their grief for political purposes.

I knew someone with less shame than even Lief would eventually go there.

[Progressive Pessimist]

I think Biden neutralized it enough to people who aren't Trumpists.

I really disagree with this.  Before the SOTU, only people who are already thoroughly enmeshed in right wing media knew who Laken Riley was.  So for "people who aren't Trumpists", the story was already "neutralized" because they were unaware of it.  Biden just gave it attention to a wider audience which it never merited. It's like if GWB had talked about "Free Mumia" in a SOTU.

"Neutralize" might not have been the best descriptor, it's still probably better to acknowledge the incident than not to though.

[Ferguson97]

The victims parents are...racist? Weird take but whatever.

I mean yeah they probably are (they are supporting Trump), but Lief is referring to the right-wing politicians who are exploiting their grief for political purposes.

I knew someone with less shame than even Lief would eventually go there.

Go where?