Harjinder Singh, 28, was arrested after allegedly making an unauthorized U-turn in Florida last week that resulted in a crash that left three people dead, officials said. (St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office)
"How many more innocent people must die before Gavin Newsom stops playing games with the safety of the American public?" McLaughlin said.
"We pray for the victims and their families. Secretary Noem and DHS are working around the clock to protect the public and get these criminal illegal aliens out of America."
Newsom’s office has strongly rejected any claims of culpability in the Singhs’ incident, claiming it was Florida who "let a murder suspect walk."
"California police had to step in and arrest him, and now Florida’s new LG is staging a photo op to pick him up," Newsom’s office said in a statement.
Harjinder Singh – who was originally denied a work permit by the first Trump administration – has since been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide.
In comments to Fox News Digital, Newsom spokeswoman Diana Crofts-Pelayo defended the governor, after Collins expressed sentiments similar to McLaughlin on Thursday.
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"So, let’s get this straight: Florida let a murder suspect walk, California police had to step in and arrest him and now Florida’s new LG is staging a photo op to pick him up?" Crofts-Pelayo told Fox News Digital.
Harjinder Singh’s reported English illiteracy was also raised as a concern by authorities after reports surfaced he only answered three of 12 verbal questions on his driver test and could only identify one street sign of four displayed.
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