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Trump: Using murder to score political points

The national news has followed two cases of missing women over the last few weeks.

In Iowa, Mollie Tibbetts never came home from an evening jog around her neighborhood. Quick police work found the suspected killer to be an undocumented Mexican man.

In Colorado, Shannan Watts, a pregnant mother, and her two daughters disappeared from home. The husband and father, who was having an affair with a coworker, is now charged with the crimes.

At a recent campaign rally, President Trump, hoping to score political points, mentioned the beautiful, attractive Tibbetts and that her killer was in the U.S. illegally.

However, Trump ignored the four deaths in Colorado where the killer was a husband who ran around on his wife.

Sound familiar? Sad!

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