The father of Mollie Tibbetts, the Iowa college student whom authorities say was killed by an undocumented immigrant, urged in an opinion piece published Saturday against his daughter’s death being used to advance “racist” views against immigrants.
“At the outset, politicians and pundits used Mollie’s death to promote various political agendas. We appealed to them and they graciously stopped,” Rob Tibbetts wrote in an opinion piece for the Des Moines Register. For that, we are grateful.”
“Sadly, others have ignored our request. They have instead chosen to callously distort and corrupt Mollie’s tragic death to advance a cause she vehemently opposed. I encourage the debate on immigration; there is great merit in its reasonable outcome,” he continued. “I encourage the debate on immigration; there is great merit in its reasonable outcome. But do not appropriate Mollie’s soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist.”
“The person who is accused of taking Mollie’s life is no more a reflection of the Hispanic community as white supremacists are of all white people,” Rob Tibbetts added. “To suggest otherwise is a lie. Justice in my America is blind. This person will receive a fair trial, as it should be. If convicted, he will face the consequences society has set. Beyond that, he deserves no more attention.”
Shortly after Mollie’s body was found President Trump tweeted a video saying, “A person came in from Mexico illegally and killed her. We need the wall, we need our immigration laws changed, we need our border laws changed. … This is one instance of many. We have tremendous crime trying to come through the borders.”
Read more at The Hill.
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its not a ‘pawn’ its a fact….did the law enforcement agency arrest the alien at thier risk . etc etc so its out of your hands
Dumb parents.
Idiot father. Latinos like other “minorities” are more prone to crime, this is fact
All Mexican are killers
this i dont agree with. why Mexicans more than the rest of human race?
First of all, my condolances. Next, get out of the way and let law enforcement keep illegals away before it happens to someone else. Mollie R.I.P.
Hey Dad, don’t use me as a pawn to make yourself a media darling! Let me rest in peace!
What a dumb idiot