White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the “liberal biased media” on Monday in response to The Gateway Pundit questioning the outrage over the death of Alex Pretti, an armed leftist who was interfering with ICE operations in Minneapolis, when compared to the execution of Ashli Babbitt, an innocent January 6 protester and US Air Force veteran who was murdered in cold blood. 

The leftwing media has come to the defense of Alex Pretti, who allegedly pulled his gun on federal agents while he was being wrestled to the ground.

Border Commander Greg Bovino told reporters on Saturday that the incident occurred while federal agents were attempting to arrest Jose Huerta Chuma of Ecuador, an illegal alien who had a record of domestic assault to intentionally inflict bodily harm, disorderly conduct, and driving without a valid license. Pretti appeared to be trying to “do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement” with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and two fully loaded magazines when he was shot dead, Bovino said.

CNN’s Dana Bash has argued that Pretti was lawfully just documenting ICE with his cellphone when law enforcement “went after him,” and she accused Bovino of “blaming the victim.” Other outlets have similarly glorified Pretti and made this incident a focal point of Trump’s second term.

Meanwhile, Ashli Babbitt was murdered by Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd in the US Capitol while she was unarmed and several feet away from her killer, and she received no sympathy from the leftwing media.

“There has no doubt been selective outrage by the liberal biased media in picking and choosing victims and highlighting their stories,” Leavitt noted, further pointing to the deaths of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungary, and other innocent Americans who have been victimized by illegal aliens over the years.

“It’s unfortunate that we did not see the same type of sensationalist media coverage over the tragic deaths of those innocent American women and girls across the country as we are in the wake of this tragedy that took place on Saturday,” she added.

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Conradson: With respect to the shooting in Minneapolis, we’re seeing massive outrage from the mainstream media and the left, but I’m just wondering where was that outrage when Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was executed by Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd, who she posed no threat to in the US Capitol?

Leavitt: Well, you raise a very important point, which I also believe that I just raised as well in those opening remarks, in that there has no doubt been selective outrage by the liberal biased media in picking and choosing victims and highlighting their stories. And as I’ve said, President Trump does not want any Americans to lose their lives in the streets of America and in American communities across the country. He believes what happened on Saturday is a tragedy, but every life is equal to President Trump.

And that’s why the lives of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungary continue to matter to him and be an utmost priority to him to this very day. And it’s unfortunate that we did not see the same type of sensationalist media coverage over the tragic deaths of those innocent American women and girls across the country as we are in the wake of this tragedy that took place on Saturday.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Leavitt also tore into Democratic politicians and the mainstream media during her opening remarks at today’s press conference, crediting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s lawless policies for the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Pretti’s death, she said, “occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota.”

Press Sec Karoline Leavitt NUKES Democrats for Creating Circumstances that Led to Alex Pretti and Renee Good’s Deaths

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Tens of millions of Americans are digging out from a massive and historic winter storm. A staggering 250 million people are under advisories for dangerous cold temperatures and almost 1 million people are without power as the country digs out from a generational storm that dumped snow, sleet and ice across a giant swath of the country.

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The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether Alex Pretti’s gun accidentally fired, which prompted law enforcement to use deadly force.

37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti of South Minneapolis appeared to resist arrest and attack federal law enforcement agents before he was fatally shot.

Pretti was armed with a Sig Sauer P320 pistol and had two additional full magazines.

Alex Pretti reportedly did not notify law enforcement officers that he was armed.

Footage posted to X appears to show the Sig Sauer P320 (known for malfunction issues) going off and possibly spooking federal agents.

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It was the sig going off that spooked the ICE men. pic.twitter.com/JMqU9OOQYA

— meme bastard (@mask_bastard) January 25, 2026

The New York Post reported:

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether an errant shot from Alex Pretti’s handgun — after it was taken off of him — caused Border Patrol agents to think they were being fired on, The Post has learned.

As a result of the accidental discharge, which happened while the gun was in a Border agent’s hand, other officers may have believed their lives were in danger — resulting in the split-second decision to open fire on Pretti, killing him, multiple sources familiar with the investigation said.

The explanation is a shift from initial claims by DHS officials, who at first said Pretti was brandishing the Sig Sauer P320 pistol, which he was legally allowed to carry.

“It was 100% an accidental discharge by the agent that relieved that person of their weapon. Because everyone’s guns were out, they think that there’s a shooting,” one source said.

Additional sources confirmed that this is the explanation for the shooting that DHS is investigating.

Department of Homeland Security agents had their body cameras on during the confrontation and fatal shooting of leftist armed agitator Alex Pretti.

BREAKING: A DHS spokesperson confirms to @FoxNews that several federal agents had their body cameras on during the interaction that led to the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, and footage from “multiple angles” is currently being reviewed by investigators.

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 26, 2026

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Britain may be about to do the right thing.

After a slew of prominent Tories defected to poll leaders Reform UK, including former shadow minister Robert Jenrick, now a conservative firebrand and former Home Office secretary, Suella Braverman jumped ship and joined Reform UK.

Sky News reported:

“The former home secretary has been unveiled by Nigel Farage as another high-profile catch, at an event launching Veterans for Reform.

Ms. Braverman, who served in government under prime ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, announced that she had resigned the Conservative whip to huge cheers from the veterans gathered for the event.”

I warmly welcome @SuellaBraverman to Reform UK! pic.twitter.com/eGZoK0SdKG

— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) January 26, 2026

Braverman was one of the few people in the last Tory governments who was a real right-winger conservative.

She has been advocating for a united right to defeat the leftwing, deranged Labour party.

Read: British Conservative Firebrand Suella Braverman Calls for the Tories to ‘Unite’ With Reform UK and Learn From Trump, the ‘Quintessential, Anti-Establishment People’s Warrior’

‘Who is with us? The silent, decent majority of law-abiding people in this country.’

Nigel Farage introduces Suella Braverman on stage after her defection to Reform UK, claiming there are more senior political figures soon to follow. pic.twitter.com/VPNkJPFoW0

— GB News (@GBNEWS) January 26, 2026

BREAKING: “I feel like I’ve come home.”

Former home secretary Suella Braverman is the latest Conservative to defect to Reform UK.https://t.co/dHpG6ve8RA

Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/NlRh3szcYL

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 26, 2026

“’I feel like I’ve come home’, she said. ‘Because I believe that a better future is possible for us, I am joining Reform UK. […] Loyalty demands honesty and honesty compels me to say this: today Britain is indeed broken. She is suffering. She is not well. Immigration is out of control. Our public services are on their knees. People don’t feel safe’.

‘Our youngsters are leaving the country for better futures elsewhere. We can’t even defend ourselves and our nation stands weak and humiliated on the world stage’.”

Read more:

SAVE BRITAIN: Tories Are Open to a Coalition With Poll Leaders Reform UK

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a scathing rebuke of Minnesota politicians and the mainstream media during her first press briefing following the fatal CBP-involved shooting of an armed leftist who was impeding law enforcement operations in Minneapolis on Saturday. 

Border Patrol fatally shot a man, identified as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, during a struggle on Saturday morning after the suspect pulled his gun on agents, sparking further violence and chaos in Minneapolis.

Anti-ICE rioters immediately began clashing with ICE and setting fires as law enforcement deployed crowd control measures following Pretti’s death. Thousands of anti-ICE rioters established an “autonomous zone” after overwhelming Minneapolis police and driving them out of the area.

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Pretti’s death also comes amid tensions following the shooting death of Renee Good after she tried to ram federal agents with her vehicle.

Leavitt on Monday blasted Democrat politicians for causing the circumstances surrounding both deaths, while highlighting the deaths of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungary, and Rachel Morin, as well as a recent incident where a Mexican criminal illegal alien with a lengthy criminal record was arrested for throwing a baseball-sized rock at a school bus and nearly killing an 8-year-old third-grade girl.

“Let’s be clear about the circumstances which led to that moment on Saturday,” Leavitt said. “This tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota. For weeks, Governor Walz and the Mayor, Jacob Frey, and other elected Democrats were spreading lies about federal law enforcement officers, who are risking their lives daily to remove the worst criminal Illegal aliens from our streets: Murderers, rapists, pedophiles, human traffickers, and gang members. Governor Walz and Mayor Frey have shamefully blocked local and state police from cooperating with ICE, actively inhibiting efforts to arrest violent criminals.”

She then took aim at the Biden Regime and the corrupt, biased mainstream media that allowed Democrats to funnel an invasion into our country with impunity. “Former President Joe Biden and the Democrats opened America’s borders for four years, inviting tens of millions of illegal aliens from all over the world to flood into our country, among them violent criminals who terrorized American communities and have inflicted devastating, permanent pain and harm on law-abiding Americans and their families. Yet, we never saw outrage from Democrats or their allies in the liberal media over these horrifying crimes against US citizens,” Leavitt told reporters before highlighting some of the deaths of innocent Americans. “The pain of American Angel families was ignored and dismissed because it undermined the Democrat narrative.”

Leavitt further reiterated President Trump’s list of demands for Democratic officials and calls for Congress to immediately pass anti-sanctuary city legislation, which he published in a blistering statement on Sunday. Following the President’s conversation with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz earlier, Leavitt said, the White House is calling on Walz to “do the right thing and continue to work with President Trump to keep the American people safe.”

“The open borders agenda of Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and the Democrats was already on the ballot on November 5, 2024, and it was resoundingly rejected. President Trump will never back down from his promise to deport violent criminal illegal aliens and make America Safe Again, and he welcomes all cooperation in that effort,” Leavitt continued.

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LEAVITT: I would also like to address the chaotic scenes in Minnesota over the weekend. Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America’s streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of federal law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized at the hands of illegal alien criminals. Saturday’s shooting remains under active investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI. The Customs and Border Protection is also conducting their own internal review. As President Trump said yesterday, the administration is reviewing everything with respect to the shooting, and we will let that investigation play out. But let’s be clear about the circumstances which led to that moment on Saturday.

This tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota. For weeks, Governor Walz and the Mayor, Jacob Frey, and other elected Democrats were spreading lies about federal law enforcement officers, who are risking their lives daily to remove the worst criminal Illegal aliens from our streets: Murderers, rapists, pedophiles, human traffickers and gang members. Governor Walz and Mayor Frey have shamefully blocked local and state police from cooperating with ICE, actively inhibiting efforts to arrest violent criminals. They have also used their platforms to encourage left wing agitators to stalk, record, confront, and obstruct Federal officers, who are just trying to lawfully perform their duties, which has created dangerous situations threatening both these officers and the general public and Minnesotans alike.

This is precisely what unfolded in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. Obstructing federal law enforcement and inciting violence against officers is wrong and illegal. This used to be a universally accepted position in the United States. Amid the hysteria, we must remember how we got here to this moment today and what this Democrat opposition is about. Former President Joe Biden and the Democrats opened America’s borders for four years, inviting tens of millions of illegal aliens from all over the world to flood into our country, among them violent criminals who terrorized American communities and have inflicted devastating, permanent pain and harm on law abiding Americans and their families. Yet, we never saw outrage from Democrats or their allies in the liberal media over these horrifying crimes against US citizens.

The pain of American Angel families was ignored and dismissed because it undermined the Democrat narrative. Innocent Americans like Jocelyn Nungary, Laken Riley, and Rachel Morin are just a few of the many victims savagely murdered by illegal alien criminals. Earlier this month, an illegal alien from Mexico with a long criminal history came into our country under Joe Biden’s administration, threw a baseball sized stone at a school bus carrying children in New Jersey, and fractured the skull of an eight-year-old innocent child. President Trump promised accountability to these American families by securing the border, deporting every illegal alien who has committed crimes, especially and most importantly, violent crimes. Nearly 80 million Americans voted for him to deliver on that very promise, and he did. As the duly elected president, the president is fulfilling the will of the people by arresting and removing these threats from our country in cities from Los Angeles, to New York, and yes, Minneapolis.

Yet, Democrat leaders in Minnesota, with sanctuary city policies, have actively defied federal immigration law and the will of the people, and as a result of that defiance, two Minnesotans have now tragically lost their lives on the streets of Tim Walz’s state. It is President Trump’s hope and wish and demand for the resistance and chaos to end today. That’s why President Trump spoke with Governor Walz directly this morning, and he has outlined a clear and simple path to restoring law and order in Minnesota. Number one, Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and all Democrat leaders should turn over all criminal illegal aliens currently incarcerated in their prisons and jails to federal authorities, along with any illegal aliens with active warrants or known criminal histories for immediate deportation. Number two, state and local law enforcement must agree to turn over all illegal aliens who are arrested by local police. And then, thirdly, local police must assist federal law enforcement in apprehending and detaining illegal aliens who are wanted for crime, especially violent crimes.

If Governor Walz and Mayor Frey implement these common sense cooperative measures, that I will add have already been implemented in nearly every single other state across the country, Customs and Border Patrol will not be needed to support ICE on the ground in Minnesota. ICE and local law enforcement can peacefully work together, as they are effectively doing in so many other states and jurisdictions. Additionally, President Trump is calling on the United States Congress to immediately pass legislation ending sanctuary cities once and for all. American cities should be safe sanctuaries for law abiding citizens only, not for dangerous illegal alien criminals, who broke our nation’s laws and do not belong here. We hope Governor Walz will continue— will do the right thing and continue to work with President Trump to keep the American people safe, following their call this morning.

Americans overwhelmingly want exactly what President Trump is delivering: Strong borders and strict immigration enforcement against the worst illegal aliens, of which there are still hundreds of thousands to deport from the interior of our country. The most peaceful way to carry out this vital public safety mission is for Republicans and Democrats to do it together and for state and local law enforcement to work together with federal law enforcement. We want to let cops be cops. You wouldn’t know this continues to be a very popular policy position from the biased media coverage over the course of the last few days, but polling shows huge support for this exact thing President Trump is calling for. More than 80% of Americans favor deporting illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes. A country unable to deport criminals, who enter it illegally, is no country at all. The open borders agenda of Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and the Democrats was already on the ballot on November 5, 2024, and it was resoundingly rejected. President Trump will never back down from his promise to deport violent criminal illegal aliens and make America Safe Again, and he welcomes all cooperation in that effort.

As the Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump announced earlier that he spoke with Tim Walz and that Walz had agreed to work with his administration, amid the chaos and rioting in Minnesota.

MORE:

JUST IN: Trump Says Tim Walz Called Him Ahead of Tom Homan’s Visit to Minneapolis – “It was a Very Good Call, and We, Actually, Seemed to be on a Similar Wavelength”

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