Still on blast for the murder of Renee Nicole Good, Chump and his gestapo murdered Alex Pretti yesterday. Administration officials continued lying about what happened. Brownshirt Greg Bovino appeared on CNN today to spread lies. Kathleen O'Boyle (THE MIRROR) notes:
The 37-year-old nurse and legal gun owner was shot and killed by federal agents during protests against immigration enforcement operations in the city. Officials initially claimed Pretti posed an imminent threat to officers, but bystander footage and multiple witness statements show a far more complicated encounter.
Bash repeatedly urged Bovino to provide evidence that Pretti had intended to carry out violence against law enforcement. “There is no evidence – unless you have evidence, I would love to see it if there is – that he was intending to massacre law enforcement other than that he was there and he had a gun lawfully,” she said. It comes after an out-of-control ICE agent screamed a horrific three-word slur before shooting a woman 5 times.
Bovino lied because that's what trash does -- especially trash that likes to dress up in Nazi garb. We're not required to advance his known lies. Back to the article after his lies:
Bash pushed back, noting that Pretti was there to 'film and document' the protests, which is legal, and that 'from everything we have seen, Pretti was the one being assaulted by law enforcement.'
Again, we have no time for the lies of a Nazi lover so we'll not bother with Bovino. Back to the article after his lies:
As the exchange concluded, Bash delivered a blunt final statement, “There is no evidence he was perpetrating violence.”
Pretti, a registered nurse who worked at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, had no criminal history beyond minor traffic violations. According to officials, he legally carried a handgun. Video reviewed by multiple news outlets shows Pretti holding a phone and filming moments before he was tackled by officers, sprayed with a chemical agent, and pinned to the ground. Footage appears to show an officer removing a gun from Pretti’s waistband before shots were fired.
And she's exactly right, "There is no evidence he was perpetrating violence." They lied about Renee and now they're lying about Alex. A government that serves the people will make mistakes. They will not lie to cover up those mistakes. But that's what's happening. Chump and his minions have now murdered two American citizens in Minnesota. Instead of apologizing and launching investigations into the actions of Chump's gestapo, the administration compounds their crimes by attacking the dead. They lie about the dead, they smear them. This is not an accountable government.
Wendy Grossman Kantor (PEOPLE) reports:
"I'm saddened to the deepest part of my heart," veteran Sonny Fouts, 71, tells PEOPLE of Pretti's death
When Alex Pretti appeared on the local news, Minneapolis Air Force veteran Sonny Fouts immediately recognized him. Just two weeks ago, Pretti was the ICU nurse who cared for Sonny, 71, all night after a major surgery.
“I’m saddened,” Sonny tells PEOPLE of Pretti's death. “I’m saddened to the deepest part of my heart.”
Sonny and his significant other, Kimberly Fouts, met Pretti, 37, on Jan. 12, when the 71-year-old underwent a descending aorta aneurysm repair procedure at the VA Medical Center, where the nurse was employed.
The surgery took nine hours, and Sonny was then admitted to the ICU, where he was cared for overnight by Pretti.
During the surgery, Kimberly had been waiting in the family room from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m., when she was told that she could visit Sonny in his ICU room.
“I walked in, and Sonny's just hooked up to so many machines and needles and tubes, and Alex was his nurse and he just lightened the situation,” Kimberly recalls. “There are nurses who come in and don’t really say anything, and Alex was not like that. I appreciated that I immediately felt comfortable with him. And I felt that Sonny was in good hands."
“I do remember how he comforted me, helped me, did his job,” adds Sonny, a retired musician who played saxophone and guitar and was a singer-songwriter. “He made me feel as comfortable as possible. He made me laugh a few times — and I certainly didn’t feel like laughing.”
Sonny appreciated that Pretti comforted and cared for Kimberly, too.
That's who Alex was. That's the man that Chump and his minions are attacking and lying about to cover up for the fact that they murdered an American citizen.
Trampy Kristi Noem is happy to smear Alex but won't answer basic questions. Jazmin Tolliver (HUFFINGTON POST) notes the Secretary for Homeland Security refuses to answer whether ICE had taken Alex's gun before killing him. The videos show that, in fact, they had removed his gun -- we noted that Saturday night -- which was not in his hands. Kristi's a lying piece of trash who wastes taxpayer monies -- in fact, there should be a class action suit by taxpayers addressing her unethical deals, her refusal to travel on a commercial airplane, the fact that we pay for her lodging and that she has a man working under her that the press has reported she's having sex with since at least 2023 (the press has been reporting that for three years, the affair is siad to have been going on for much longer).
AP's Mary Clare Jalonick reports:
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
The call from Rosen, a moderate from Nevada who was part of the group that helped Republicans end the 43-day government shutdown last year, comes amid a growing fury from congressional Democrats who have also vowed to block funding for the Homeland Security Department. A House resolution to launch impeachment proceedings against Noem has the support of more than 100 Democrats, but few Senate Democrats have so far weighed in.
“Kristi Noem has been an abject failure leading the Department of Homeland Security for the last year — and the abuses of power we’re seeing from ICE are the latest proof that she has lost control over her own department and staff,” Rosen said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Saturday, WSWS noted the murder of Alex:
This morning, only a few hours ago, ICE agents carried out a second cold-blooded execution of a citizen of Minneapolis. This killing has taken place only a few blocks from where Renée Nicole Good was murdered little more than two weeks ago.
The video of this atrocity shows that the ICE agents fired their guns repeatedly into the body of their victim as he lay helpless on the ground.
This crime is the response of the Trump administration to yesterday’s powerful and peaceful demonstration against ICE’s reign of terror against the workers and youth of Minneapolis.
These murders and other acts of violence are being perpetrated with the full support of the Trump administration. Following Renée Good’s killing, the government denounced the victim as a terrorist and declared that there would be no criminal investigation into the circumstances of the shooter. The ICE agent who murdered her has gone scot-free.
Just one day before the city-wide general strike, Vice President Vance came to Minneapolis, where he once again defended the murder of Renée Good and denounced opponents of ICE’s violent rampage as “far-left agitators.” One can be certain that in private meetings Vance instructed ICE to continue its operations and assured its agents that they would be fully supported by the government.
The reign of terror by Trump’s ICE stormtroopers must be stopped.
So that's a moderate Democrat outraged and a Socialist publication outraged. That's no where near the end of it. Reanna Smith (THE MIRROR) notes podcaster Tim Pool is calling out the government's lies as well:
"Yea uh this is civil war," Pool wrote as he shared a post by Democratic strategist Matt McDermott claiming that Attorney General Pam Bondi is "openly using state violence as a bargaining chip to seize election infrastructure."
Bondi sent a three-page letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz with three requests following Pretti's death. One called for the Department of Justice to be given "access to voter rolls".
The Attorney General stated: "Third, allow the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota's voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960. Fulfilling this common-sense request will better guarantee free and fair elections and boost confidence in the rule of law."
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But while Pool branded Pretti a "radicalized leftist," he questioned the Trump administration's narrative that he was out to "massacre" law enforcement officers.
"I don't believe this for 2 seconds," he wrote. "There's no reason to think he was trying to massacre LEOs."
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) urged President Trump’s MAGA base to “take off their political blinders” as she expressed skepticism about the use of force deployed during the latest shooting in Minnesota involving a federal immigration agent.
In a post on the social platform X, Greene touted her support for law enforcement and immigration enforcement, but she also defended the right to legally carry firearms, indirectly pushing back on claims that 37-year-old Alex Pretti posed a threat to federal officers by virtue of carrying a firearm.
“I unapologetically believe in border security and deporting criminal illegal aliens and I support law enforcement. However, I also unapologetically support the 2nd amendment,” Greene wrote. “Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm.”
“I support American’s 1st and 4th amendment rights,” she continued. “There is nothing wrong with legally peacefully protesting and videoing.”
People are standing up. You've got the ongoing protesters. You've got moderates, Socialists, MAGAs and Democrats. Senator Chuck Schumer has found his spine. Caroline Linton (CBS NEWS) reports:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday that Democrats will not put up the necessary votes to advance a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of immigration agents shooting and killing a man in Minneapolis on Saturday.
"What's happening in Minnesota is appalling —and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans' refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE," Schumer said in a statement. "I will vote no. Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included."
But it's not just those groupings of people. There are Republicans, for example. Sanjana Karanth (HUFFINGTON POST) reports:
A growing number of Republicans are pushing for an investigation into the tactics that federal immigration authorities are using in Minnesota after ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed over the weekend.
Several videos of the incident on Saturday showed the 37-year-old holding his phone in one hand as he filmed Border Patrol activity. When Pretti tried to help a female observer who had been shoved by a federal agent, several other agents attacked him with pepper spray and wrestled him to the ground. At least one agent repeatedly shot Pretti, killing him and sparking more chaos.
“This is a real tragedy. I think the death of Americans, what we’re seeing on TV, it’s causing deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability. Americans don’t like what they’re seeing right now,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.
“What is the endgame? What is the solution? And, you know, we believe in federalism and state rights, and nobody likes feds coming into their state,” he added. “And so what’s the goal right now? Is it to deport every single non-U.S. citizen? I don’t think that’s what Americans want.”
A host of other congressional Republicans, including Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas and Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, pressed for more information. Their statements, in addition to concern expressed from several Republican governors, reflected a party struggling with how to respond to Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at a VA hospital.
[. . .]
The
killing has raised uncomfortable questions about the GOP's core
positions on issues ranging from gun ownership to states' rights and
trust in the federal government.
Cassidy, who is facing a Trump-backed challenger in his reelection bid, said on social media that the shooting was “incredibly disturbing” and that the “credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake.” He pushed for “a full joint federal and state investigation.” Tillis, who is not seeking reelection, urged a “thorough and impartial investigation” and said “any administration official who rushes to judgment and tries to shut down an investigation before it begins are doing an incredible disservice to the nation and to President Trump’s legacy.”
It's also nurses. Katie Herchenroeder (MOTHER JONES) explains:
The nation’s largest union of registered nurses fervently renewed their demand to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and cease current deportation operations in American cities after a federal immigration agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old registered nurse, in Minneapolis on Saturday.
“The nation’s nurses,” National Nurses United, which has more than 225,000 members nationwide, began in a statement, “who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.”
“This time,” they continued, “they have executed one of our fellow nurses.”
It's also gun right advocates. David McAfee (RAW STORY) notes Ka$h Patel, head of the FBI got caught lying on FOX "NEWS:"
But it wasn't just Dem voices chiming in. Instead, the MN Gun Owners Caucus also added, "This is completely incorrect on Minnesota law."
"There is no prohibition on a permit holder carrying a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines at a protest or rally in Minnesota," the group wrote.
When
a reader noted that Pretti reportedly wasn't carrying an ID, which he
is required to do under the state's concealed-carry law, MN Gun Owners Caucus hit back with a simple reply:
"It’s a $25 ticket," the group answered Sunday.
The group was also asked about the state's magazine restrictions, to which it replied, "There are none."
Not a good time for Ka$h. He was the king of conspiracies and now those who once supported him see him as a sell out. Selling out on Epstein, selling out on everything. MAGA's been widely sharing this SUBSTACK article that paints Chump as a participant in Epstein's crimes against women. It's the sort of article that Chump would have promoted during his campaign if it didn't mention his name. Now it's the sort of article that's costing him MAGA support.
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