California Gov. Gavin Newsom today blamed President Trump for the deadly shooting of an armed anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis, accusing the president of deliberately creating conditions to justify invoking the Insurrection Act.
Newsom asserted that Trump was seeking to manufacture chaos as a pretext for deploying extraordinary federal powers.
“Yesterday, hundreds of thousands filled the streets of Minnesota – marching in subzero temperatures in a PEACEFUL protest. Not the excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act the President wanted,” he wrote on X on today.
“So today, Trump made a shooting happen,” Newsom wrote.
“The President must end his violent occupation of Minnesota. NOW.”
The shooting occurred during what federal officials described as a “targeted operation” shortly after 9 a.m. local time, as Customs and Border Patrol agents attempted to arrest an accused criminal migrant. Authorities said Alex Jeffrey Pretti approached the agents while armed and attempted to interfere with the arrest.
Pretti, 37, who local officials said was a lawful gun owner, was shot following a physical confrontation with the agents and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident marked the second fatal shooting of a protester in Minnesota this month tied to encounters with immigration authorities, following the Jan. 7 death of Renee Nichole Good.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also condemned federal authorities after the shooting and urged lawmakers to cut off funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“We have a responsibility to protect Americans from tyranny,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X.
“DHS just shot a man in broad daylight two weeks after they shot a mother in the face without consequence.”
“They need our votes to continue. We cannot give it to them. Every Senator should vote NO,” AOC blasted.
{Matzav.com}
Newscum is the Governor who let LA/Malibu burn down to the ground.