US Edition‘The View’ Host Whoopi Goldberg Condemns Federal Officials After Alex Pretti Shooting: ‘Blood On Your Hands’
The View hosts criticized the Trump administration after federal agents killed nurse Alex Pretti, stating video evidence contradicts official claims and calling the incident a "straight up murder."
- On Monday, January 26, 2026, ABC's The View confronted the Minneapolis shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and sharply criticized federal agents and the Trump administration over his killing.
- Operation Metro Surge had placed federal agents in Minneapolis after the Trump administration deployed the operation in December, and Pretti's death followed the January killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent.
- Video footage aired on The View shows Border Patrol agents disarming Alex Pretti before shooting him 10 times while he filmed with a permitted holstered handgun under Minnesota law.
- On air, Goldberg called out Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, and Gregory Bovino, CBP head, accusing them of `blood on your hands`, while the Trump administration defended agents and about 100 demonstrators protested in Park City, Utah.
- Hosts argued investigators are falling short and said agents lack proper probes, while Sunny Hostin called the weekend an `inflection point` that could drive change and Sara Haines blamed Trump administration rhetoric for emboldening agents.
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Trump officials’ own words thrown back at them in brutal takedown by CNN’s Anderson Cooper
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper threw the Trump administration’s own words back at them on Monday in a devastating takedown over a comment made following the killing of an ICU nurse at a protest in Minneapolis over the weekend. Cooper discussed the Trump administration’s justifications for the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. Pretti, 37, attended a protest of Trump’s immigration tactics when he was swarmed by federal officers and sh…
Anderson Cooper Brings Receipts Showing Trump’s Double Standard on Guns: ‘He Supports the 2nd Amendment – Just Not All the Time’
CNN’s Anderson Cooper exposed the double standard applied by President Donald Trump when it comes to gun rights. On Saturday, Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who had been filming them. At one point, one agent shoved a woman to the ground. Video shows Pretti attempting to help her before being swarmed by agents, who took his holstered firearm, for which Pretti had a permit. After disarming him, agents …
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'The View' Hosts Seethe at 2nd 'Straight Up Murder' by ICE in Minnesota: 'Blood on Your Hands'
“The View” hosts were seething on Monday morning, after ICE killed a second U.S. citizen in Minnesota this weekend. In discussing it, moderator Whoopi Goldberg minced no words, shaming the Trump administration for defending the second “straight up murder” in recent weeks. To tee up the subject, the ABC hosts played various angles of footage of Alex Pretti’s killing, and the moments that led up to it, followed by clips of Homeland Security Secret…
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