National Backlash Following Minneapolis Border Patrol Shooting
The Mary Trump Podcast
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis has sparked days of protests and intense scrutiny. In the aftermath, statements from Trump administration officials have been disputed by eyewitness accounts, court records, and Minnesota leaders. As competing versions of events emerge, questions are growing about transparency, accountability, and the use of force by federal agencies. This episode breaks down what we know about the shooting, how officials responded, and why the case has become a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration enforcement.
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| 0:00.0 | They don't abide by the Fourth Amendment. |
| 0:10.0 | They're going into people's houses and businesses and arresting people. |
| 0:14.0 | They don't abide by the Second Amendment. |
| 0:16.0 | They're assassinating Alex Preti because he had a gun. |
| 0:20.0 | That's a right under the Second Amendment. and they don't abide by the First Amendment. |
| 0:23.6 | They're shooting people for engaging in the First Amendment right to peaceful protests. |
| 0:28.6 | They are violating every aspect of our Bill of Rights. Welcome to the Mary Trump podcast. |
| 0:49.1 | Let's dive it. |
| 0:50.7 | In an anguish statement published in the aftermath of their son's murder, Alex Prattie's |
| 0:55.7 | parents wrote, quote, Alex was a kind-hearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends, |
| 1:03.4 | and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. |
| 1:10.6 | Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, |
| 1:13.6 | he will not be with us to see his impact. But because we have fallen so far in this country, |
| 1:22.6 | before most of us could begin to make sense of what happened to this 37-year-old ICU nurse, |
| 1:29.3 | members of the Trump regime came out almost immediately to blame the victim. |
| 1:33.7 | Gregor Bovino, head of Border Patrol operations, had the following lies to tell to Data Bash on CNN. |
| 1:39.9 | When you perpetrate violence, obstruct delay, or obfuscate, border patrol in the performance of their duties in an active crime scene. |
| 1:48.0 | There is no evidence that he was perpetrating violence. |
| 1:51.0 | He brought a semi-automatic weapon to a riot, assaulted federal officers, and at some point they saw that weapon. |
| 1:59.0 | So I do believe the secretary is 100% spot on in what she said. |
| 2:03.7 | Seeing a weapon. |
| 2:04.7 | Why would you bring a weapon and assault a federal officer |
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