Posted on 02/02/2026 11:21:53 AM PST by V_TWIN
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he “saw no evidence” to back the claims of senior Trump administration officials that Alex Pretti was attempting to assault law enforcement officers and instead “saw a man that was retreating” when he was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis.
“I saw no evidence — I saw a man that was retreating. He went to the middle of the street, he didn’t even obstruct traffic, he let a car go through. As the agents advanced on him, he retreated to the side of the street. A woman is violently pushed to the ground and he turns to help her and that’s when he is grabbed from behind,” Paul told Scott Pelley on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
“I saw no evidence of him assaulting the police,” Paul said, contradicting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who called Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and claimed he wanted to “inflict maximum damage on individuals and kill law enforcement.”
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When will the people of KY vote him out with a decent Republican? McConnell is FINALLY getting out in time to die, can’t Rand do us the same favor? But then.....the GOP is so dang lame they would lose the seat to an even more stupid Democrat who’d just vote the liberal line.
Paul is Deep State’s.
He’s got sour grapes because history and the MAGA movement left him in the dirt.
His presidential ambitions are dust now because he can’t compete with Vance and Rubio.
And if Vance/Rubio are the ticket in ‘28, I hope President Vance appoints VP Rubio to continue as Sec. of State.
Reality cannot be interpreted from an ideological POV because it isn't bound by ideology.
Reality is the basis upon which all consciousness rests. Reality is what it is...and it isn't conformed to an ideology.
Rand, God bless him, is his father's stupid son. He is an indoctrinated libertarian.
I always thought Rand was dumb, but this proves he’s at least not blind.
I bet she “spoke out” because if she didn’t they’d kill her.
Check out the complete “pink jacket lady” video. He want protecting anything. He was man handling a woman.
I’ve heard them say he was “shielding a woman from spray” but it clearly didn’t happen in that order.
The air was clear. He sprinted towards a woman who recoiled from him. Agents ran up. He latched onto the woman, held on to her, dragged her to the ground as the agent wrestled him off of her.
The assault is clear as day. But it’s also coat that if you live in Minneapolis and have something positive to say about ICE your life is in danger
Where is Rand Fan to tell us how great he is?
Blind opthalmologist.
Anything to make Trump looks bad
I saw an armed man that violently fought off law enforcement, got free momentarily and reached behind his back for his gun holster and pulled a black item.
The moron commited suicide by cop. Support your law enforcement.
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