The Killing of Alex Pretti Was No Accident

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman are furious, and they’re not trying to hide it. They dig into the killing of Alex Preti, a VA nurse who rushed in to help someone who’d been pepper sprayed, got tackled, disarmed, and ended up shot to death while the cameras rolled. Then came the part that makes it feel even darker: the immediate scramble to flip the story, smear the victim, and sell the public an alternate version of reality. They talk about what “they heard ‘gun’” is turning into, a magic word that apparently wipes out training, restraint, and consequences. And they get into the bigger trap people are stuck in right now: waiting for guardrails, waiting for Democrats, waiting for a system that keeps proving it won’t protect anyone. If this is “law enforcement,” why does it keep looking like an occupying force, and why is everyone being told to just accept it? Support the show by signing up to our Patreon and get access to the full Weekender episode each Friday as well as special Live Shows and access to our community discord: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody.
0:02.1	Welcome to the McCraig podcast, MJ88, Sacks.
0:04.5	I'm here with Big Counseling, Nick.
0:05.9	I'm hanging in there, but this is another one of those episodes that we have to deal with,
0:11.6	stuff that we predicted, sadly.
0:14.3	It's another one of those episodes, an absolutely infuriating fucking episode.
0:21.0	Everybody, we'll get to the discussion.
0:24.2	You know what I have say just in order to keep this pirate ship rolling.
0:28.1	If you want to support us, keep us going.
0:30.1	Head over to patreon.com slash McCrack podcast.
0:32.6	You'll listen to the weekend or on Fridays, but also keep us editorially independent.
0:36.2	We really do need your help.
0:38.1	Nick, so this last Saturday, we're recording on Monday, January 26th. On Saturday, 37-year-old
0:47.4	Alex Prettie, a Veterans Affairs nurse, was attempting to help a fellow protester who had been pepper sprayed, and ICE
0:59.0	border officials grabbed him, wrestled him to the ground, grabbed a gun that he had a permit
1:05.2	to carry legally, took it away from him, and then shot him an estimated 10 times, killing him,
1:11.3	murdering him.
1:12.5	There's a lot to talk about here.
1:14.5	I assume you are with me.
1:16.4	You are shocked.
1:17.1	You are pissed off.
1:18.7	Ready for this bullshit to be over.
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