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Posted: 2024-03-13T00:20:18Z | Updated: 2024-03-13T00:20:18Z

Donald Trump met with the parents of Laken Riley, the college student found dead near the University of Georgia last month, before Saturdays rally and a photo of their encounter definitely attracted internet eyeballs on Tuesday.

Riley died after Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan citizen who immigration authorities say unlawfully crossed into the United States in 2022, allegedly killed her.

Authorities said Rileys skull was disfigured and that she died from blunt force trauma. As a result, Ibarra has been charged with multiple crimes, including malice murder, felony murder and false imprisonment.

Because Rileys alleged killer was in the country illegally, many right-wingers have turned her death into a cause clbre.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) castigated President Joe Biden at the State of the Union, telling him to say her name.

The president did, though it sounded like he was saying, Lincoln Riley instead.

Rileys mother, Allyson Phillips, was upset at Bidens verbal blunder, calling it pathetic, according to the New York Post.

Phillips and Rileys father, Jason Riley, attended Trumps Georgia rally and met the former president backstage.

Trump posted photos of the meeting on his website, including one pic that many people on social media found bizarre since it showed Rileys parents beaming with joy after Trump had autographed a photo of their deceased daughter.

Oh, and, like Biden, he got Rileys name wrong, misspelling it as Lakan.

The mixed messages in the photo inspiried a lot of reactions.