Widely circulated video of Pretti’s killing by federal agents undercut earlier assertions of him being a gunman
White House officials sought to rapidly distance Donald Trump and top officials from their initial portrayals of the man fatally shot by federal officials in Minnesota as a gunman, as they faced a deepening backlash after video footage was widely seen to undercut their assertions.
The move came as Trump advisers appeared to realize that the caustic portrayals of the man, Alex Pretti, who was reportedly licensed to carry a gun, had turned the killing into an even larger political liability for the president.
Over the weekend, senior administration officials including Stephen Miller, the deputy chief of staff, called the victim “a domestic terrorist who tried to assassinate law enforcement”, while Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, accused him of perpetrating “the definition of domestic terrorism”.
Was it already the case before MAGA that it was completely normal for the highest law enforcement authorities in the US to blatantly lie and completely disregard the law, even breaking it themselves on a regular basis, even in high-profile cases?
As a European, I am now so used to the fact that absolutely nothing the White House communicates is even remotely true that it seems like the normal state of affairs in the US.
Is it just particularly extreme with this criminal mafia regime, or was it already common practice before?
Call it “White House Press Secretary normal”
Was it already the case before MAGA that it was completely normal for the highest law enforcement authorities in the US to blatantly lie and completely disregard the law, even breaking it themselves on a regular basis, even in high-profile cases?
Yes, but to a MUCH lesser extent. The atrocities of MAGA are the fascistic end result of DECADES of concerted and deliberate radicalization turned up to 11 once they got the green light.
As a European, I am now so used to the fact that absolutely nothing the White House communicates is even remotely true that it seems like the normal state of affairs in the US.
Same…
Is it just particularly extreme with this criminal mafia regime, or was it already common practice before?
Kinda answered your own question there: it’s basically a more extreme version of what was already common practice in the land of the fee and the home of the slave.
Leavitt is only 28. All that lying has aged her so much.
Jesus Christ… I though she was like 45 or some shit…
Evil really ages you
BTW this cunt wears a cross around her neck as she lies for the anti Christ.
And the grooming
How come it took so long for such harsh blowback that they are thinking twice about their stance? There is a major crisis in the country and it goes far, far, far beyond the wailing baby in the oval office.
drats! surely the murder would have thrown them off my child-fucking trail…
“They don’t believe us? Uh oh, now what do we do?”
Is it too late to call the video fake news
After hearing them speak no amount of external beauty can make up for the ugliness inside.
Too late. They all played their cards way too early and ignorantly. We all know the ridiculous bullshit they said. And just like the videos of Pretti’s murder, their comments are indelibly on record. And no amount of backtracking will change that. America will remember.
Oh no! The scary man is remembering! 😱
The fascists have total control over America right now. They don’t care what you remember if you’re not also building a resistance capable of actually holding them to account.
…America won’t remember. Next week people will be saying “Alex who?”
America will remember.
I hope you’re right, but I’m worried that our attention is about to shift to some fascinating squirrels.
Oh no you don’t
Are they saying this happened at today’s White House press event? Here it is and the official White House statement on this is, it’s the sanctuary city’s fault that ICE murdered those people.
Yeah, no. No take-backsies on this one.
You’d think
If they actually backtracked they’d remove ICE from Minneapolis and move them to Texas. If they’re seriously concerned about the Southern border as they claim there’s no reason they’d start in Minneapolis.
They are in Texas, too. And other Southern states. MN was just because Trump wanted to hammer Walz about the scandal up there, realized brown people stealing from the government would play very well with his base. He’ll bleed it for every drop before letting the goons get rough elsewhere for headlines.
I (unfortunately) live in Texas and haven’t noticed any presence like what it appears they have in Minneapolis.
Of course we also have Republicans top to bottom in our government, so we’re probably a “good” city. Which is ironic because we (Dallas) voted in a Democrat Mayor, but he announced he was changing to be Republican a few weeks after his term began.
With Renee Good you had to watch several videos to have a full picture and conclude it was murder. Many people didn’t bother to put effort that would challenge their opinion so the lies worked on many.
With Alex Pretti this was obvious in every video. His “crime” was trying to shield a woman that the gestapo was attacking.
These incidents also show how important is to record and document what ice is doing.
Without videos the lie that he pulled a gun on agents and started shooting would be three accepted one, because “why would DOJ lie?”
Dude that video is so many levels of fucked up, that we aren’t even talking about that SS motherfucker two hand showing a woman, so she falls on her back into the concrete pavement and then he proceeds to unload pepper spray into her.
That ALONE should be grounds for firing and criminal charges.
They then proceed to pistol whip Alex, throw him onto the ground and unload an entire clip into him.
Then they proceed to lie about EVERY aspect of this encounter, EVERY SINGLE DETAIL, they fucking lie.
This video alone should wake up any maga supporter.
But it won’t, because they are litreral demons.
Yeah! Who cares about the person who was killed! No, we have to protect our dumb shit administration. These people are disgusting ghouls
Is the big lie strategy finally backfiring? I don’t know why it took ten fucking years of this BS but I’ll take it.
Nah, they will just find new ways to set these precedents dishonoring the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 1pth amendments. Probably the 5th too before long.
They are gearing up for fixing elections, these precedents are set on immigration because that is where they have the most support.
If their people buck at executing under false pretense and slandering to justify it, they will find a situation where they will support it.
To me the 1pth amendment is the most controversial
The first penisith amendment. Those dicks had to slip it in there.
Oh for sure I’m not implying the Trump administration is over or anything, but this is just the first time I can ever recall the right not immediately and universally rallying around the most patently false bullshit imaginable.
That said, if they actually pull out of Minneapolis as news reports were indicating, I think this is a huge defeat for the Trump administration. I’m sure they will try to come up with a new plan as you say but it’s still a big tactical win to defeat this particular strategy since I think it was pretty clear and easy how it was going to work.
Wroooong motherfuckers, the only distance you’re getting is shoved up close and personal to be inextricably linked with those Americans you murdered.
