The sister of Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old Michigan resident allegedly murdered by her illegal immigrant lover, has claimed former President Donald Trump lied when he stated throughout a marketing campaign occasion that he had spoken to the bereaved household.
Mavi Garcia stated she and her family watched in disbelief as Trump, 77, made the declare during a campaign event in Grand Rapids.
“He didn’t communicate with any of us, so it was type of surprising seeing that he had stated that he had spoke with us, and misinforming individuals on stay TV,” Garcia told local news outlet WOOD-TV.
“It was surprising. I type of stopped watching it. I’d solely seen as much as that, after I heard a few misinformations he stated, I simply stopped watching it.”
The Trump marketing campaign declined to touch upon the document when contacted by The Submit.
Ruby Garcia’s physique was discovered March 22 on the aspect of US-131 with a number of bullet wounds. Her purported love curiosity, 25-year-old Brandon Ortiz-Vite, later admitted to taking pictures Garcia after an argument, dumping her stays and driving away in her automobile.
Ortiz-Vite had been deported in 2020 beneath the Trump administration, however discovered his manner again into the US and was hit with an onslaught of fees after being arrested for Ruby Garcia’s dying.
Trump had highlighted Garcia’s dying in his Michigan speech, saying he had spoken to “some” of her household.
“Now Ruby’s family members and group are left grieving for this unimaginable younger girl, remembering what they referred to as her,” the previous president stated. “They stated she had simply this most contagious laughter, and when she walked right into a room, she lit up that room. And I’ve heard that from so many individuals. I spoke to a few of her household.”
Trump had advised a Detroit radio host throughout a Monday interview that he would “love” to see Ruby’s family at his rally “in the event that they’d wish to be there,” however they didn’t attend the occasion.
Mavi Garcia advised WOOD-TV she wished Ortiz-Vite had “stayed in Mexico,” but in addition criticized Trump for making the case about migration.
“It’s all the time been about unlawful immigrants,” she stated. “No person actually speaks about when People do heinous crimes, and it’s type of surprising why he would simply deliver up illegals. What about People who do heinous crimes like that?”
The previous president has leaned into current high-profile killings dedicated by unlawful migrants, calling it “Biden’s border massacre.”
“Underneath the Trump administration, this monster had been deported, thrown overseas,” Trump stated of Ortiz-Vite. “He wasn’t going to have the ability to come again, [because] you simply have to have a look at the charts, it was very, very arduous to get in, however he got here again — and we threw him overseas and Crooked Joe Biden took him again.”