US EditionUSA Today: Timeline of Trump officials' changing comments on Alex Pretti shooting
Trump officials initially labeled Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist after the Minneapolis shooting but later shifted messaging amid video evidence and internal reviews.
- On Jan. 24, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, with officials immediately framing him as a grave threat to law enforcement.
- DHS and senior officials immediately characterized the incident as domestic terrorism, with Kristi Noem saying Pretti `wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement` and Stephen Miller calling him a 'domestic terrorist'.
- Visual evidence and social posts presented conflicting portrayals as video footage showed Pretti never brandished his weapon, yet President Donald Trump and official White House accounts posted images highlighting the gun's loaded magazines.
- The White House sent Tom Homan, border czar, to oversee Minneapolis, and Karoline Leavitt distanced President Donald Trump from initial language while Homan announced a drawdown of agents and operational changes.
- Lawmakers from both parties, including Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, called for a full, impartial probe as political pressure mounted; President Donald Trump said officials are `reviewing everything` and on Jan. 27 wants an "honorable and honest" investigation.
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Democrats and their media cohorts were quick to engage in a propaganda campaign to deify Alex Pretti, the armed ICE protester who was shot and killed in Minneapolis after physically engaging with federal agents. As is often the case, that campaign would soon blow up in their face when an earlier video surfaced of Pretti spitting on and antagonizing ICE agents, even kicking one of their vehicles, and President Donald J. Trump was right there to r…
In a protest in Minneapolis, ICE officials shoot US citizen Alex Pretti. The alarm about the incident is huge internationally. Afterwards, a video shows the intensive caregiver in another protest. US President Trump sees Pretti "out of control".
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