Posted on 02/03/2026 3:17:43 AM PST by RandFan
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“I saw a man that was retreating,” GOP Sen. Rand Paul says of the video he saw of Alex Pretti, shot and killed by federal immigration officers. He has scheduled a Congressional hearing on the matter.
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That’s interesting as I follow a professor Tom Woods who wrote a book about how illegitimate the courts are and their rulings
They dont supersede the constitution is the conclusion who cares what they rule
I also think anyone who impedes traffic on a public street should be beaten to a pulp and/or run over and left in a heap along the curb.
THE END.
'Saint' Pretti was an armed violent protester. Moron fought ICE one too many times.
423.22 Interference with agency functions and disorderly conduct.
(a) You must not assault, threaten, disturb, resist, intimidate, impede, or interfere with any employee or agent of Federal, State, or local government engaged in an official duty.
Too bad GrandStand Rand’s neighbor didn’t finish the job properly.
What dream world are you living in?
I met Rand Paul years ago at a pancake breakfast. Have you ever met the guy?
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Isn’t Rand some kind of eye doctor? I think he should take another look.
And there it is...
Your point? What is legitimate and illegitimate was not the question nor what was being discussed so you can give up on that red herring.
But since you want to bring that up, I will ask this way, given justified shooting, why is Rand Paul more interested in having hearings in support of the illegitimate position of the protestors against ICE as opposed to states violating the legitimate constitutional supremacy clause?
Not going to let you avoid the actual point.
Leftist scum such as yourself should be removed from FR.
Moron, the protester jumped in front of a moving police vehicle!
Because his committee - including GOPers - want him to hold these hearings along with the Dems of course.
What kind of chairman would he be for not doing so
And the Senate GOPers have questions on this
Whether you like it or not . It’s not just Rand.
You’ll see in the hearings next week. GOPers will no doubt be respectful but will have some tough questions.
Whether you like it or not ..
Well, this is an election year and every politician in Washington, whether up for re-election or not, has one eye on the polls and the other on their income stream. Washington would serve America and Americans better if they stopped having so many hearings and use that time to work on Washington’s problems.
Call it the Emily Post Book of Concealed Carry Etiquette
One of the biggest faux pas of Concealed Carry Etiquette and one that will get you dead real quick is getting into a fight with police in a volatile situation while carrying a gun.
For lots of reasons.
One of the better reasons was one given to me by a friend who was a training officer for major high crime metropolitan police dept
His insights - there are some officers who may be on edge after having a bad day and all they need is a reason . There are some officers who fancy themselves the second coming of Wyatt Earp and who are looking for an excuse to use deadly force. When you have a loaded gun, it's just a really bad idea to give them a reason or an excuse.
This POS was not some poor civilian in the wrong place at the wrong time and who caught up in circumstances.
This POS was not even a run of the mill anti ICE rent a rioter who simply got in the faces of the Po Po and taunted them with horns, whistles, ice water , traffic blocking and other forms of passive aggressive obstruction
This POS was a violent individual who had a long history of angry confrontations and physical assaults on ICE officers while carrying a concealed pistol.
I'm stunned that he was not arrested and held in jail after one of his previous assaults on ICE officers while carrying a gun.
ICE officers are not stupid and , given the fact that they are being stalked and targeted for assassination, it's a 100% certainty that they have been briefed on who in the crowds to look out for as potentially dangerous killers.
They knew exactly who this guy was and that he was carrying a pistol concealed under his jacket.
They acted appropriately under the circumstances to disarm an armed individual with a history of unprovoked assaults against ICE officers.
And just to be clear- ICE officers are working to apprehend dangers and violent criminals in an intentionally stressful, chaotic and confrontational situation engineered by Democrat paid professional street violence organizers while surrounded by angry, irrational mentally ill protesters, professional riot instigators and even people out to assassinate ICE officers.
In fact, as this incident proves beyond any shadow of doubt of a doubt , there are violent, armed rent a rioters seeded in the crowds of protesters and the ICE officers acted appropriately dealing with a known paid rent a rioter with a history of assaults against officers while carrying a pistol.
Still refuse to answer the question, where are the hearings on Sanctuary Cities?
And the GOPe supporting Rand Paul is not any kind of endorsement to be proud of, just shows how much he is no different from the rest of the UNI-party.
The officials will have ample time to put their points across
Got it, all you can do is sidestep, you have no defense, enough posed.
Liar. Pretti initially walked up to and confronted ICE. It was not ICE that first approached Pretti.
Rand Paul=Media Whore
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