Donald Trump Jr. disregards Mollie Tibbetts' family's wishes, blames her death on Democrats
President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., disregarded Mollie Tibbetts' family's request of not politicizing her death and wrote a searing op-ed in an Iowa newspaper, blaming Democrats for her murder. The 20-year-old Iowa student’s body was found covered with corn stalks last month in a cornfield in Guernsey. Tibbetts went missing nearly a month ago on July 18 when she went jogging in the evening at around 7.30 p.m. in the small town of Brooklyn, Iowa and had not been heard from since. It was later revealed that she had been allegedly killed by a 24-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant, Cristhian Bahena Rivera.
Shortly after the revelation of Tibbetts' killer, multiple Republicans, including President Trump mentioned her murder and politicized her death to push forward his party's anti-immigration policies in the country. Tibbetts' family, which is still grieving their loss, has since requested to not politicize their child's death.