Trump Campaign Clams Up After Slain Woman’s Family Denies Convo
Donald Trump claimed at a campaign rally on Tuesday that he had been in touch with the family of a young woman murdered last month by an undocumented Mexican immigrant, much to the surprise of the victim’s actual relatives.
But as the family denies any outreach from the former president, Trump’s team is refusing to say who, if anyone, they spoke to.
“They said she just had just this most contagious laughter, and when she walked into a room, she lit up that room,” Trump told a crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where 25-year-old Ruby Garcia was shot dead by a friend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite. “And I’ve heard that from so many people—I spoke to some of her family.”