Effort to manipulate killing of Alex Pretti collapsed after footage torpedoed ‘domestic terrorist’ claim – could this be a turning point?
Facing a widespread backlash from the public, Democrats and even his own Republican party, Trump was forced into a partial retreat, distancing himself from efforts by aides such as Stephen Miller and Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, to demonise Pretti, and shuffling leadership of immigration operations in Minneapolis.
For once, the president’s reality distortion field – which promised Mexico would pay for his border wall, claimed Covid would disappear “like a miracle”, insisted the 2020 election was stolen, and rewrote the history of the January 6 insurrection – had met its match.
Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post warned: “Mr President, the American people didn’t vote for these scenes, and you can’t continue to order them to not believe their lying eyes.”
life in prison? we shouldn’t allow any more of our tax dollars to perpetuate that shitstain’s existence. a short drop and a sudden stop then throw his corpse over the side and let the ocean reclaim what’s rightfully hers. this isn’t about treason at this point, it’s about crimes against humanity.
I will never be for capital punishment, no matter for whom we think it’s justified. The nature of equal justice is that it’s there for everyone, or nobody.