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Lefties Losing It: Alex Pretti was no peaceful protester
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| 2026.01.29
| Sky News Australia✓
Posted on 01/30/2026 4:10:56 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Transcript Summary
The transcript is a compilation of video clips and commentary highlighting perceived instances of left-leaning individuals, media figures, and protesters reacting strongly or irrationally in 2026, during the second Trump administration.
It features:
- A CNN interview where Jake Tapper questions former Trump official Chad Mizelle about the shooting of Alex Pretti (a Minneapolis protester killed by federal agents), framing it as a First Amendment issue, while Mizelle counters by listing alleged actions like interfering with law enforcement, carrying a gun unlawfully, and resisting arrest.
- Comparisons of media reactions: Abby Phillip's coverage of an incident involving Ilhan Omar versus the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, and her panel with Tiffany Cross, who claims ICE officers are like militias/white supremacists and repeats a false claim that Charlie Kirk was murdered by a right-wing extremist.
- A street confrontation in Melbourne, Australia, where a woman waving the Australian flag is verbally attacked by a protester accusing her of racism, supporting genocide in Palestine, and standing on stolen indigenous land.
- At the Australian Open, journalists repeatedly ask American tennis players (Taylor Fritz, Amanda Anisimova, Madison Keys, Learner Tien, Coco Gauff) about U.S. politics, the Trump administration, immigration/ICE, and representing the American flag; most decline or give neutral responses, with Gauff expressing fatigue as a Black woman seeing marginalized communities affected and hoping for more peace and kindness.
- Footage and discussion of Alex Pretti's interactions with federal agents: videos show him allegedly spitting, kicking a taillight, and clashing 11 days before his fatal shooting; commentary criticizes media (e.g., CNN) for portraying protests as peaceful and Pretti as a victim, while arguing protests are planned, violent, and anti-ICE, with calls for investigations into funding and arrests.
- Broader claims that left-wing protests involve incitement (e.g., calls to harm ICE agents), media bias (using Nazi comparisons), and falling into political traps on immigration enforcement optics, shifting public opinion from broad support for deporting criminals to controversy over non-criminal deportations in blue states.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bolsheviks; crime; deadbolshevik; democrats; domesticenemies; insurgency; minnesota; rebellion
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
01/30/2026 4:26:24 PM PST
by
Mark
(DONATE ONCE every 3 months. Is that a big deal?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
To: Mark
I only saw a snip of Lie-awatha talking that trash and I honestly thought it was AI. Politicians are stupid and the lowest of the low.
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posted on
01/30/2026 4:43:28 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(The left is violence.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Throw in the bill for the damage to the SUV and its tail light. Taxpayers paid for those. We taxpayers, nationally. He owes us.
The money spent on the funeral can be billed.
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posted on
01/30/2026 4:55:16 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
01/30/2026 5:08:35 PM PST
by
Ken Regis
(I concur )
To: Paal Gulli
The only person in the whole world who could have prevented Alex Pretti from getting shot that day ... was Alex Pretti. Had he been locked up from the prior incident he'd (probably) still be alive.
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posted on
01/30/2026 8:40:39 PM PST
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
01/30/2026 8:41:33 PM PST
by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He’s their new Horst Wessel.
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posted on
01/30/2026 9:12:37 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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