President Donald Trump said on Friday that video of Alex Pretti&#8217;s altercation with federal agents 11 days before he was shot and killed proves that the Minneapolis man was an &#8220;agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist.&#8221;
Trump argued that Pretti&#8217;s &#8220;stock has gone way down&#8221; after the video <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alex-pretti-attacked-immigration-enforcement-days-before-fatal-shooting-video-shows">shows</a> the man confronting federal agents in Minneapolis and kicking out the taillight of a federal vehicle. The video was released by The News Movement earlier this week and published by numerous news outlets.
&#8220;Agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist, Alex Pretti’s stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE Officer, and then crazily kicking in a new and very expensive government vehicle, so hard and violent, in fact, that the taillight broke off in pieces,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115982625271651077">wrote</a> in an early morning Truth Social post. &#8220;It was quite a display of abuse and anger, for all to see, crazed and out of control. The ICE Officer was calm and cool, not an easy thing to be under those circumstances!&#8221;
The footage shows a man yelling and spitting at federal immigration agents on January 13 before he damaged a federal vehicle as it began to drive away. Federal agents then got out of the vehicle and tackled the man to the ground. Pretti&#8217;s family confirmed that it was him in the video.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune confirmed with Alex Pretti&#8217;s family that the man in this video is indeed Alex Pretti.
Filmed by <a href="https://twitter.com/thenewsmovement?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thenewsmovement</a> on January 13, two weeks before Pretti was shot by ICE: <a href="https://t.co/1yLKLApXvB">pic.twitter.com/1yLKLApXvB</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/2016661993671811210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The Pretti family&#8217;s attorney, Steve Schleicher, said the video shows Pretti getting &#8220;violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents.&#8221; Before the video was released, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs">reported</a> that Pretti broke a rib during an altercation with ICE agents a week before his death. One source who spoke to Pretti after the altercation told CNN, “That day, he thought he was going to die.” Pretti was reportedly released at the scene after the confrontation.
A little over a week later, Pretti was shot and killed in the street by Border Patrol agents after confronting authorities who were conducting an immigration operation. Pretti, who was armed with a 9 mm handgun, got into an altercation with agents as they were pushing demonstrators off the road. Video shows Pretti getting pepper-sprayed before he&#8217;s taken to the ground. Pretti then resists as officers attempt to detain him. The video appears to show one agent taking Pretti&#8217;s gun while he&#8217;s on the ground before two other agents fire around 10 shots in five seconds, killing Pretti.
After the deadly shooting, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Pretti a &#8220;domestic terrorist,&#8221; a response that sparked criticism from within Noem&#8217;s department, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-trump-administrations-growing-divide-over-mass-deportation-raids?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=Original&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Inside+The+Trump+Administration%E2%80%99s+Growing+Divide+Over+Mass+Deportation+Raids">reported</a>. Earlier this week, Trump said he did not believe Pretti was &#8220;acting as an assassin,&#8221; as was suggested by top officials in his administration.
“With that being said, you can’t have guns,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;You can’t walk in with guns. You just can’t. You can’t walk in with guns, you can’t do that. But it’s a very unfortunate incident.&#8221;
After another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, was shot and killed by an ICE officer earlier this month, the Trump administration also labeled her a domestic terrorist. The president, however, later said that &#8220;under normal circumstances,&#8221; Good was likely a &#8220;very, solid wonderful person,&#8221; adding, &#8220;But, you know, her actions were pretty tough.&#8221;

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Trump: Video Suggests Alex Pretti May Have Been An ‘Insurrectionist’

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CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night suggested that ICE officers and Border Patrol agents were worse than Nazis.
During his monologue on &#8220;The Late Show,&#8221; Colbert showed a clip of Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who was discussing Alex Pretti, the leftist protester who was shot and killed by federal agents, with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“Dana, let&#8217;s look at why he was there in the first place,” Bovino said. “Was he simply walking by and just happened to walk into a law enforcement situation and try to direct traffic and stand in the middle of the road and then assault, delay and obstruct law enforcement? Or was he there for a reason? Did he fall victim to that violent and heated rhetoric by a [Minneapolis] Mayor [Jacob] Frey, a [Minnesota] Governor [Tim] Walz? Look, Dana, they&#8217;re trying to portray Border Patrol agents and ICE agents as Gestapo, Nazi and many other words. Did this individual fall victim, as many others have, to that type of heated rhetoric?”
“Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis,” Colbert intoned. “That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.”
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Stephen Colbert: “Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.”<a href="https://t.co/JzMbqTO3C9">pic.twitter.com/JzMbqTO3C9</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/2016860668075422041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The outgoing host, who recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-trump-late-night-host-stephen-colbert-reveals-date-of-final-show">revealed</a> his last episode will air on May 21, does have a habit of making offensive statements when it comes to conservatives; in November 2022, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wash-your-klan-robes-with-your-maga-hat-stephen-colbert-mocks-republicans-after-election-results">mocked</a> Republicans as &#8220;fascists&#8221; and Ku Klux Klan members a day after predictions of a red wave <a href="http://dailywire.com/news/republican-red-wave-stops-at-florida-as-initial-midterm-tallies-leave-house-senate-majorities-in-question/">failed to materialize</a> in the midterm elections.
Colbert, who in May 2022 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/may/18/stephen-colbert-future-republicans-primaries">said</a> the GOP was “choosing its direction for 2022: original recipe nutballs or extra crispy cuckoo cojones,” was giddy when Democrats performed better than expected. “As a performer, there are three things you don’t want to follow: animals, children, or a fascist takeover of your country,” Colbert taunted. “These results is (sic) a crisp nut-punch to Republican optimism leading up to this election.”
Colbert continued, citing headlines he&#8217;d apparently seen on the internet.
“&#8217;The vaunted red wave never hit the shore in mid-term elections,’&#8221; he said. &#8220;‘That’s not a red wave,’ and ‘The red wave was more like a pink splash.’”
“Yes, a pink splash,” Colbert said. “It was a salmon drizzle, a rosy wash. It&#8217;s like what happens when you accidentally wash your Klan robes with your MAGA hat. It&#8217;s just a little pink wash.”
Colbert has demonstrated his contempt for conservatives many times in the past. In March 2022, in the face of soaring gas prices devastating American consumers, Colbert <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/stephen-colberts-elitism-on-soaring-gas-prices-hell-ill-pay-15-a-gallon-because-i-drive-a-tesla/">mocked</a> struggling average Joes and said it was part of the price of backing Ukraine in its war with Russia.
&#8220;Today, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of over $4 a gallon,&#8221; he said. &#8220;OK, that stings, but a clean conscience is worth a buck or two. It’s important. I’m willing to pay $4/gallon. Hell, I’ll pay $15 a gallon because I drive a Tesla.”
Back in May 2019, the cold open for his show opened by mocking farmers, intimating that if their finances were hurt by President Trump’s tariffs targeting China, they would lose their wives to convicts, start stripping for a living, become alcoholics, and turn to growing marijuana.
The show began by playing a clip from a CNN report that claimed President Trump’s “trade war [is] having a major impact on American farmers after talks with China have halted. Some farmers seem to be losing hope.” That was followed by a clip of a farmer who said he had voted for Trump in 2016 but would not do so again.
The show then aired a cartoon titled “The Farmer in the Dell,” based on the famous children’s song, but this time with new lyrics, accompanied by the visuals in the cartoon:
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Tariffs posed by Trump 
Put the farmers in a dump 
Oh no, the derry-o, the farmer’s in a slump. 
The farmer lost his wife. 
She wants a better life. 
She ran off with an ex-convict who rides a b****in’ bike. 
The farmer needs a job. 
He’s stripping while he sobs. 
Hi-ho the stripper pole, they’re laughing at his knob. 
The farmer drinks a lot, 
His liver starts to rot. 
Chuggitiy-chug the winey-o 
Time to start growing pot.
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Stephen Colbert

Anti-Trump Late-Night Host Suggests ICE And Border Patrol Agents Are Worse Than Nazis

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Alex Pretti was caught on video attacking the vehicle of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis just days before he was shot and killed in an altercation with Border Patrol.
Footage of the January 13 incident shows Pretti spitting at officers and kicking out the taillight of one of their vehicles. Pretti then raises his middle finger to the vehicle before one agent gets out of the vehicle and quickly wrestles him to the ground.
After a brief scuffle, Pretti manages to slip out of his coat and retreat behind a crowd of protesters. Immigration agents do not follow him. What appears to be a gun can be seen sticking out of Pretti’s waistband.
The footage was originally captured and published by The News Movement.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune confirmed with Alex Pretti&#8217;s family that the man in this video is indeed Alex Pretti.
Filmed by <a href="https://twitter.com/thenewsmovement?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thenewsmovement</a> on January 13, two weeks before Pretti was shot by ICE: <a href="https://t.co/1yLKLApXvB">pic.twitter.com/1yLKLApXvB</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/2016661993671811210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The attorney for Pretti’s family has since confirmed that Pretti is the man in the video.
“A week before Alex was gunned down in the street — despite posing no threat to anyone — he was violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents,&#8221; attorney Steve Schleicher, who represents Pretti’s family, told the <a href="https://www.startribune.com/bystander-video-reveals-confrontation-between-alex-pretti-and-federal-agents-11-days-before-killing/601572009">Minnesota Star Tribune</a> after reviewing the footage.
The January 13 altercation took place in Minneapolis’ Powderhorn neighborhood, within half a mile of the spot that immigration agents had previously shot and killed Renee Good on January 7. Good had been using her vehicle to impede immigration officers, and as several officers approached her vehicle and requested she exit, she drove her car forward, hitting one of the officers before he shot her.
Pretti was shot and killed during an altercation with Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on January 24, 11 days after his earlier confrontation with immigration agents. Pretti’s first violent encounter with immigration agents left him with a broken rib, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs">CNN</a>.
The Department of Homeland Security has said that it has no record of the January 13 interaction between Pretti and immigration officers.
Pretti’s death sparked outrage and fueled more civil unrest in Minnesota as state and local officials have continued to encourage anti-immigration enforcement activists to resist federal law enforcement efforts. In the days since, the Trump administration has swapped out some of the law enforcement personnel in Minnesota, moving out Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and moving in White House border czar Tom Homan.
Homan will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homans-arrival-in-minneapolis-could-change-who-feds-arrest-in-immigration-raids">serve</a> as the liaison between federal immigration officials and Minnesota state and local officials. The border czar has met with some top officials already, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Trump has <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/2016254013587734611">called</a> Pretti’s death a “very unfortunate incident.” Two of the agents involved in Pretti’s death have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-agents-involved-in-alex-pretti-fatal-shooting-placed-on-administrative-leave">placed</a> on administrative leave while the incident is investigated, according to Customs and Border Protection.

Alex Pretti

Alex Pretti Attacked Immigration Enforcement Days Before Fatal Shooting, Video Shows

White House border czar Tom Homan&#8217;s arrival in Minneapolis has already led to discussions about making changes to which illegal immigrants federal authorities should be targeting.
Homan arrived in the Twin Cities on Monday after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. Behind closed doors, the former ICE chief has already been critical of the strategy Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her ally, El Centro sector Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, have employed to increase the number of arrests rather than to focus on the quality of arrests in nabbing the worst criminals, sources within the federal government recently told The Daily Wire.
President Donald Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis, replacing Bovino, who was commanding arrests in the region with more aggressive and showy tactics. Bovino has since been reassigned to the border.
Homeland Security sources on the ground told The Daily Wire that Homan&#8217;s arrival has already brought about changes to their target lists, but noted that nothing is final. The sources were granted anonymity to speak because they&#8217;re not authorized to do so publicly.
&#8220;Targeting is changing strategies,&#8221; one source said.
Another source said they&#8217;ve &#8220;been told strictly target packages for now until they decide how to designate targets and collateral.&#8221; Collaterals are illegal immigrants that federal agents find near their criminal targets.
The source noted that on Tuesday, &#8220;the policy changed three times in the matter of four hours.&#8221;
Senior DHS officials are currently in discussions about what arrests will look like going forward, sources said.
On Monday, federal immigration agents arrested illegal immigrants in Minnesota who carried convictions for kidnapping, child rape, assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, assault, and possession of fraudulent documents, according to DHS.
A White House official told The Daily Wire that Minnesota immigration raids &#8220;should be targeted enforcement operations,&#8221; adding that &#8220;when a target is located, if there are others with them that are illegally present, these individuals should absolutely be arrested.&#8221;
&#8220;No one has directed an end to collateral arrests,&#8221; the official said.
A Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said that &#8220;no such order was given&#8221; to change arrests.
“CBP will continue to enforce the law in Minneapolis, just as they do across the country,&#8221; the spokesperson said.
While in Minneapolis, Homan has also met with Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in an attempt to negotiate better cooperation from local police.
Frey, however, appears to be digging in his heels and said the city &#8220;does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws.&#8221;
Trump fired back at the sanctuary city mayor, saying he was &#8220;playing with fire.&#8221;

Tom Homan Joins White House Press Briefing

Homan’s Arrival In Minneapolis Could Change Who Feds Arrest In Immigration Raids

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Kristi Noem

Tom Homan

Two Border Patrol agents who were involved in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday have been placed on administrative leave, a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson told The Daily Wire.
The agents initially continued working but were assigned to different operations. Preliminary findings from a federal investigation <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-federal-agents-fired-their-weapons-during-alex-pretti-shooting-report-congress-says/">determined</a> that two Border Patrol agents fired their weapons during their confrontation with Pretti.
The CBP spokesperson cited &#8220;standard protocol&#8221; as the reason the agents were placed on leave. Border Patrol&#8217;s Gregory Bovino stated during a Sunday press conference that the agents were still on the job.
The Department of Homeland Security contradicted that claim, telling The Daily Wire Wednesday that the agents have been on administrative leave since Saturday.
The initial findings from the internal Customs and Border Protection review stated that Border Patrol agents were working to make an arrest in Minneapolis on Saturday morning when an agent was &#8220;confronted by two female civilians blowing whistles.&#8221; The agent issued a verbal command to the women to &#8220;move out of the roadway&#8221; when they made contact with Pretti.
&#8220;The [CBP officer] pushed them both away and one of the females ran to a male, later identified as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a US citizen,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;The [CBP officer] attempted to move the woman and Pretti out of the roadway. The woman and Pretti did not move. The [CBP officer] deployed his oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray towards both Pretti and the woman.&#8221;
According to the report, the agents &#8220;attempted to take Pretti into custody,&#8221; but &#8220;Pretti resisted CBP personnel&#8217;s efforts and a struggle ensued.&#8221;
&#8220;During the struggle, a [Border Patrol agent] yelled, &#8216;He&#8217;s got a gun!&#8217; multiple times,&#8221; the report said.
&#8220;Approximately five seconds later, a [Border Patrol agent] discharged his CBP-issued Glock 19 and a [CBP officer] also discharged his CBP-issued Glock 47 at Pretti. After the shooting, a BPA [Border Patrol agent] advised he had possession of Pretti&#8217;s firearm,&#8221; CBP added. &#8220;The BPA subsequently cleared and secured Pretti&#8217;s firearm in his vehicle.&#8221;
Following the shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Pretti a &#8220;domestic terrorist&#8221; who arrived on scene &#8220;to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.” She has since faced backlash for getting ahead of multiple ongoing federal investigations.
“It was a horrible response,” a federal government source recently told The Daily Wire. “Many people I’ve heard from say it was unprofessional. She doesn’t know what she’s doing.”
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis was among the growing number of congressional Republicans to condemn Noem and has since called on President Donald Trump to fire her.
Tillis, who announced last year that he would not seek re-election, told reporters Tuesday that Noem “has proven to be way out of her depth,&#8221; adding that her &#8220;amateurish&#8221; handling of the latest fatal shooting &#8220;should be disqualifying.&#8221;
&#8220;She should be out of a job,&#8221; he said.

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Border Patrol Agents Involved In Alex Pretti Fatal Shooting Placed On Administrative Leave

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The Defining Moment Of Trump’s Presidency Has Arrived. The Path Forward Is Obvious.

The Defining Moment Of Trump's Presidency Has Arrived. The Path Forward Is Obvious.

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Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino will reportedly leave Minnesota immediately as the Trump administration handles fallout from a fatal agent-involved shooting.
Bovino will exit the state along with a portion of Border Patrol agents, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti/card/gregory-bovino-to-leave-minnesota-imminently-administration-officials-say-frrOvYHhip0aGJEmPlz5?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos3">The Wall Street Journal</a>. President Donald Trump has said that he will recall all Border Patrol agents from Minnesota if the state agrees to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that if Minnesota and local authorities change their approach to ICE and agree to assist federal authorities in apprehending illegal aliens, the president would withdraw Border Patrol from the state.
“If Governor [Tim Walz] and Mayor [Jacob 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,” <a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2015853983022137651">said</a> Leavitt. “ICE and local law enforcement can peacefully work together as they are effectively doing in so many other states and jurisdictions.”
Tensions in Minneapolis have exploded after two immigration enforcement-involved shootings this month. On Saturday, a Customs and Border Protection agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital, who was allegedly interfering with immigration operations in the city. Pretti’s death came just weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed in her vehicle after appearing to drive in the direction of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis.
As Bovino withdraws from the state, border czar Tom Homan is traveling to Minnesota to take the lead in mediating between state and local authorities and federal immigration authorities, the White House announced on Monday.
“Mr. Homan is the point-person in cooperating with state and local authorities and corresponding with them, again, to achieve this level of cooperation to subdue the chaos on the streets of Minneapolis,” <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2015858143268360266">said</a> Leavitt.
The president spoke with Walz and Frey over the phone on Monday and had positive reports about both calls. Of Walz, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115962378381121858">said</a> that he and the Minnesota governor “seemed to be on a similar wavelength” regarding the future of immigration operations in the state. Of Frey, Trump described the conversation as “very good” and said the mayor would be meeting with Homan on Tuesday.
Rhetoric from state leaders and administration officials flared in the aftermath of the Good and Pretti shootings. On Sunday, Walz suggested that illegal aliens in his state were experiencing a version of the tragedy of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi regime in an attic for over two years before dying in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested that Pretti was a “domestic terrorist.”
“Violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and to perpetuate violence. That is the definition of domestic terrorism,” <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/25/trump-officials-stick-terrorist-label-on-americans-killed-by-dhs">said</a> Noem.

Gregory Bovino

Border Patrol Partially Withdraws From Minnesota After Pretti Shooting

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All hell has now broken loose in Minneapolis after another shooting on Saturday involving federal officers and a person who allegedly attempted to interfere with them in the pursuit of their legal duty.
That person&#8217;s name was Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis man.
The Left continues to ramp up this chaos. They are doing this on purpose. There is no question that this is a purposeful attempt to undermine federal law enforcement in their pursuit of duty. And if that ends with ugly images on television, then that is exactly what they want.
They are desperate for ugly images on television because they believe the images will undermine the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration program and the Trump administration itself.
Let us be very clear. More people are being deported from red states than from blue states right now. But you&#8217;re not seeing these ugly images happening in red states.
Why?
Because red states are helping to facilitate the deportation of people who should not be here. Red states are helping to ensure that criminal illegal immigrants are not in the system. And when they arrest somebody for a crime and that person is an illegal immigrant, they then tell federal law enforcement, federal authorities, ICE, and Border Patrol, so the person can be deported.
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Blue states, sanctuary cities, and sanctuary states are not doing that. That is what necessitates more boots on the ground from the federal government in these areas. And then local and state politicians have suggested that this amounts to a Gestapo-like occupation.
They&#8217;ve been driving their own supporters out into the streets. Some of those supporters are then obstructing federal law enforcement, committing federal crimes.
When that happens, the likelihood of terrible incidents goes way up. That is the simple logic, and that appears to be something that left-wing politicians want and are desperate for. It appears to be something that they think they can run on if they put ugly images on your television of immigration agents in confrontations with Americans.
And if some of those incidents end with death, then that means they will be able to undermine their political opposition.
That is despicable. It truly is. We should all — Democrats, Republicans, and independents — be in favor of criminal illegal immigrants going home, not being in the United States.
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This is not a controversial issue. The necessity for a larger federal presence or harder implementation measures is only being made necessary because there are Democratic politicians and members of the legacy media who have decided to ramp up the rhetoric to facilitate the chaos.
This is indeed planned. That is a reality. So that ends with bad situations.
We&#8217;ve been saying this for months. You have the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, coming out and saying that ICE agents are like the Gestapo or like the KKK. You have Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey saying the same, If you have all Democratic politicians suggesting that protesting ICE agents is not only a decent thing to do, but a positive and good thing to do, and then treating obstruction of federal law enforcement officers as a form of legitimate protest —which is the gray line they always seem to blur — you will end up with more confrontations, more violence, and more possible deaths under disputed circumstances.
There should always be a full investigation, not because I believe the officers are guilty of murder or manslaughter, but because I believe that it will exonerate the officers. And if it doesn’t, you need the full investigation to ensure that there&#8217;s continued trust in law enforcement.
Those investigations should go forward. They should be perfectly objective. They should not be railroading someone, as we have seen in the past with Derek Chauvin and George Floyd. The cases should not be adjudicated in the media.
That&#8217;s why the best response from everyone in the federal government to Walz to Frey should be a full, thorough investigation.
But of course, the biggest issue is why these incidents keep happening in the first place.
It is not just a matter of individual incidents that are randomly cropping up. This is not random. It is happening in a specific city at a specific time, in a specific place for a reason. 
It is being driven deliberately. I can&#8217;t emphasize this enough:  It is being deliberately driven by members of the Democratic higher echelons. It is being specifically driven by the legacy media.
I repeat: You are not seeing this in red areas, and more deportations are being carried out in those areas than in the blue areas. That’s a statistical fact. More deportations are taking place in Texas and Florida than are taking place in Minneapolis. 
But all the tape you&#8217;re seeing is from Minneapolis.
 Why is this not happening again in New Orleans? Why is this not happening in Dallas, Texas? Why isn&#8217;t this happening in red areas?
The answer is obvious. Tim Walz — who&#8217;s been absolutely abhorrent throughout this entire debacle, a terrible governor, a disgrace to the country, a man who was nominated for vice president of the United States by the Democratic Party — declared, “Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”
The basic idea here is that Walz won&#8217;t help by actively facilitating the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants. He’s going to facilitate the obstruction of law enforcement, and then, when things get violent, he’s going to tell federal law enforcement to pull out.
“They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values,”  he wrote on Facebook. “They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.”
I don&#8217;t think Tim Walz is interested in keeping things peaceful in Minnesota. I see very little evidence that he is. Walz is building an entire permission structure for violence against officers.
Over the weekend, he said, “Quit referring to these people as law enforcement. They are not law enforcement.”
What do you think he is saying to protesters? What do you think he&#8217;s saying when he says they&#8217;re not law enforcement?
He&#8217;s saying if they&#8217;re not, then what are they then? They must be lawbreakers because they&#8217;re wandering around committing crimes against other American citizens.
Thus, he creates a permission structure for all of this.
He compared illegal immigrant children in Minnesota to Anne Frank.
No.
Anne Frank was not attempting to immigrate to the country from which she was deported. Anne Frank was a citizen of the country in which she lived. She was sent to Auschwitz and then transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she died of typhus. That is not the same thing.
American law enforcement agents, ICE officers, and Border Patrol agents are not Nazis. They are not the Gestapo.
This is a purposefully driven chaos operation pushed by Democrats for political purposes.

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An armed Minneapolis protestor is shot and killed by Border Patrol — and more protestors fill the streets in freezing temperatures, the shooting fallout reaches D.C., and America beefs up its naval presence near Iran.
It’s Monday, January 26, 2026, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Border Patrol Fatally Shoots Armed Man In Minneapolis</h2>
Border Patrol shot and killed an armed protester in Minneapolis over the weekend, setting off more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/live-updates-ice-agent-fatally-shoots-agitator-as-chaos-erupts-in-minneapolis?author=Daily+Wire&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=LIVE+UPDATES%3A+Trump+Says+Walz+And+Frey+Are+%E2%80%98Inciting+Insurrection%E2%80%99+After+Minneapolis+Shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protests</a>. The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a nurse who officials say was armed while he was interacting with law enforcement, and he had magazines with ammo on him. Border Patrol agents said they were trying to conduct an operation to detain an illegal immigrant with a violent criminal history when the situation with Pretti took place. According to video, Pretti seemed to insert himself in the situation while Border Patrol dealt with an agitator. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the incident as an avoidable tragedy.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Fatal Shooting Could Spark Govt Shutdown</h2>
The deadly encounter between federal immigration agents and a Minneapolis man has ignited a fierce debate among political leaders that could impact all Americans. This incident is having a ripple effect across Washington, with one of the most significant reactions coming from Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-leaders-address-latest-minneapolis-shooting-without-mentioning-suspect-was-armed?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Dem+Leaders+Address+Latest+Minneapolis+Shooting+Without+Mentioning+Suspect+Was+Armed">Democrats</a>. They now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-government-shutdown-looms-amid-minnesota-immigration-showdown?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Another+Government+Shutdown+Looms+Amid+Minnesota+Immigration+Showdown">say</a> they will no longer support a budget deal that the House had already passed because it includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a statement released Saturday that “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.” Polymarket is now putting the odds of a government shutdown at 80%.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump’s ‘Massive Armada’ Reaches Middle East</h2>
President Donald Trump says he has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-massive-fleet-headed-toward-iran-were-watching-them-very-closely?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+%E2%80%98Massive+Fleet%E2%80%99+Headed+Toward+Iran%3A+%E2%80%98We%E2%80%99re+Watching+Them+Very+Closely%E2%80%99">dispatched</a> a fleet of warships to Iran as the death toll in the country continues to climb amid anti-government protests. The armada Trump spoke of is the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, which was last stationed in the South China Sea and reportedly reached the Middle East on Sunday. The strike group includes the Lincoln aircraft carrier, as well as three guided-missile destroyers. The Lincoln itself is carrying five fighter squadrons, and more cargo jets and aerial refueling tankers have also deployed to the region. The military hardware has surged into the area as questions swirl over Trump’s response to Tehran violating his red line with the mass slaughter of protesters. Various estimates have put the current death toll anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands.

Morning Brief: Armed Protester Killed, Dems Threaten Shutdown, & Trump Sends Warships To Middle East

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Governor Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have all released public statements after an armed suspect was fatally shot by federal immigration authorities in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. While none of the officials mentioned that the suspect was armed in their initial statements, all three placed blame on the Trump administration.
Walz <a href="https://x.com/GovTimWalz/status/2015093164999119352">said</a>, “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota.”
Rep. Omar said, “This appears to be an execution by immigration enforcement.”
The congresswoman added that she is “absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled” that federal agents “murdered another member of our community.” She claimed the shooting was not “isolated or accidental,” but the result of the Trump administration “trying to beat us into submission.”
Omar said President Trump has turned Minnesota from a place of refuge into a “warzone where unchecked federal forces murder our neighbors.”
Mayor Jacob Frey <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e8f5b2d100cbb45b&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1183US1185&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n4pOcatORFmgkvfJG3qadk6m2PeZQ:1769279232335&amp;udm=7&amp;fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKp0UJuhqwKhR0QUhF54-6jIYFfWbU_Clyew-1Wh7zkL7GXEIyGmuNECR0N8Mieh0vrbko1hIXGpe6KXjyGEMS8qvHaRh07NvGqLEM3M87dnCJpMBzPaV5Lhp5Fj09RARKxk74OrMhODu_WtVQMOJKHENd2SPLAKC7sNmjJeo9Ay2jG82MyzB9jsSwsFJRv2_sldbWqNA&amp;q=jacob+frey+press+conference&amp;sa=X&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiDiJvh5qSSAxUsKVkFHasVIDYQtKgLegQIFBAB&amp;biw=736&amp;bih=787&amp;dpr=2&amp;aic=0#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:60cdfb03,vid:R1WnkJt-2Yc,st:0">said</a>, “How many times must local and national leaders plead with you Donald Trump to end this operation and recognize that this is not creating safety in our city.”
The Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">told</a> The Daily Wire that the incident occurred as immigration officers carried out a “targeted operation” for an illegal immigrant “wanted for violent assault.” The individual who was shot approached Border Patrol agents with a “semi-automatic handgun.” The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The statement put out by the Department of Homeland Security stands in sharp contrast to those put out by local and national leaders.
“At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun,” DHS said. “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted.”
Other prominent leaders in Washington, D.C., are voicing their opinions as well. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said, “Americans are being killed in the street by their government. Our Constitution is being shredded and our rights are dissolving. Resist.” She added, “We have a responsibility to protect Americans from tyranny.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer">declared</a> that ICE needs to be &#8220;out of Minnesota now.&#8221;
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated, “As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today,” adding, “ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.”
The Department of Homeland Security has said additional details about the armed struggle are forthcoming.

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Dem Leaders Address Latest Minneapolis Shooting Without Mentioning Suspect Was Armed

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President Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon reacted to the Border Patrol-involved fatal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">shooting</a> in Minneapolis, accusing Democrat leaders in the state of inciting insurrection and questioning if they called off local law enforcement so federal immigration officers would be left unprotected.
The shooting, which occurred hours ago, reportedly involved an armed 37-year-old white male.
&#8220;This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go,&#8221; Trump posted to Truth Social, captioning an image of the gun. &#8220;What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off?&#8221;
&#8220;It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do!&#8221; the president continued.
Trump then brought up the stunning fraud scandal in Minnesota, where it&#8217;s suspected that billions of tax dollars were stolen. The scandal has been tied to the state&#8217;s large Somali population.
&#8220;Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account?&#8221; the president wrote. &#8220;And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota? We are there because of massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy.&#8221;
&#8220;We want the money back, and we want it back, NOW,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Those Fraudsters who stole the money are going to jail, where they belong! This is no different than a really big Bank Robbery. Much of what you’re witnessing is a COVER UP for this Theft and Fraud.&#8221;
Trump also accused far-Left Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) of &#8220;inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!&#8221;
&#8220;Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America,&#8221; Trump said.
&#8220;LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB!&#8221; he added. &#8220;12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!&#8221;
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As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">The Daily Wire</a>, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the incident occurred Saturday morning during a “targeted operation” for an illegal immigrant “wanted for violent assault,” when another individual came up to Border Patrol agents with a “semi-automatic handgun.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-suspect-fatally-shot-by-federal-immigration-authorities-in-minneapolis?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Armed+Suspect+Fatally+Shot+By+Federal+Immigration+Authorities+In+Minneapolis">Armed Suspect Fatally Shot By Federal Immigration Authorities In Minneapolis</a>

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Trump Targets Frey, Walz In Blistering Response To Fatal Border Patrol-Involved Shooting

Trump Targets Mayor, Gov In Blistering Response To Fatal Border Patrol-Involved Shooting

A Customs and Border Protection officer was injured Wednesday morning in Compton, California, after an illegal immigrant human smuggler with a rap sheet &#8220;rammed&#8221; federal agents with his vehicle, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire.
The ramming happened as officers were trying to arrest Salvadoran national William Eduardo Moran Carballo, who is involved in a human smuggling operation and has two prior arrests for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, DHS said. Carballo has had a final order of deportation since 2019.
One of the officers responded by firing &#8220;defensive shots,&#8221; DHS said. Carballo, who was not hit, tried to run from the officers before he was eventually nabbed.
“In a dangerous attempt to evade arrest, this criminal illegal alien weaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement. Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired defensive shots,&#8221; DHS said in a statement.
“These dangerous attempts to evade arrest have surged since sanctuary politicians, including Governor Newsom, have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest and provided guides advising illegal aliens how to recognize ICE, block entry, and defy arrest,&#8221; the agency added.
DHS said the &#8220;situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming.”
The latest ramming incident comes just two weeks after a woman, reportedly part of an anti-ICE watch group in Minneapolis, allegedly hit an ICE officer with her car as she tried to block federal authorities.
A week later, an illegal immigrant in a nearby neighborhood hit an ICE officer with a snow shovel and broom handle as he tried to evade arrest. The target was previously convicted for driving without a license and arrested for two counts of giving a false name to a peace officer.
He was previously released from a local jail by local authorities before ICE could arrest him.
ICE is currently facing a more than 1,300% surge in assaults and a 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks, according to DHS.

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