Obama Says Killing Of Alex Pretti Should Be 'Wake-Up Call' To All Americans

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Former President Barack Obama released a statement on Sunday honoring slain Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti ― warning that his shooting death at the hands of federal immigration agents should serve as a “wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”

The Democrat’s statement comes a day after federal agents killed 37-year-old Pretti during a protest against the ongoing federal occupation of Minneapolis. Pretti was an ICU nurse for the VA and a legal gun owner with a permit to carry.

“For weeks now, people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city,” Obama wrote.

“For weeks now, people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city,” Obama wrote.

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Don't shit your britches again Donny boy.

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STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MRS. OBAMA
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JANUARY 25, 2026

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Federal law enforcement and immigration agents have a tough job. But Americans expect them to carry out their duties in a lawful, accountable way, and to work with, rather than against, state and local officials to ensure public safety.

That's not what we're seeing in Minnesota. In fact, we're seeing the opposite.

For weeks now, people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city

These unprecedented tactics-which even the former top lawyer of the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration has characterized as embarrassing, lawless and cruel- have now resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S citizens

And yet rather than trying to impose some semblance of discipline and accountability over the agents they've deployed, the President and current administration officials seem eager to escalate the situation, while offering public explanations for the shootings of Mr. Pretti and Renee Good that aren't informed by any serious investigation -and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence.

This has to stop

I would hope that after this most recent tragedy, administration officials will reconsider their approach, and start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey as well as state and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate law enforcement goals.

In the meantime, every American should support and draw inspiration from the wave of peaceful protests in Minneapolis and other parts of the country. They are a timely reminder that ultimately it's up to each of us as citizens to speak out against injustice, protect our basic freedoms, and hold our government accountable.

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2. Congress can save the Republic. But i don't think it will.

The House and Senate could end this national nightmare today. The constitution has provisions exactly for this point in time.

But it will take Republicans. Plenty of them. I don't think they have the courage to act. Sadly.

Republicans are cowards.

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3. Republicans are complicit, not cowards

They want this. They love this. Project 2025 is their fantasy.

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4. MaddowBlog-Trump renews ridiculous offensive against Obama, calls for Democrat's 'arrest'

While Clinton, Biden and Obama urged Americans to protect our civil liberties, Trump had nothing to offer but trash.

Trump renews ridiculous offensive against Obama, calls for Democrat’s ‘arrest’ - MS NOW

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Barack and Michelle Obama also issued a written statement in the wake of the deadly violence. “It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault,” the Obamas wrote. They went on criticize the “unprecedented tactics” the Department of Homeland Security has employed, saying “people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city.”

The Obamas concluded that “rather than trying to impose some semblance of discipline and accountability over the agents they’ve deployed, the President and current administration officials seem eager to escalate the situation, while offering public explanations for the shootings of Mr. Pretti and Renee Good that aren’t informed by any serious investigation — and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence.”

Donald Trump didn’t respond to the substance of any of the former Democratic presidents. But the Republican incumbent, seizing on the FBI executing a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia, did take the opportunity to launch a ridiculous offensive against one of his Democratic predecessors. HuffPost noted:

In one post on his Truth Social site, he accused former President Barack Obama of ‘treason.’ … In addition, Trump shared a bizarre post claiming China, Iran, Italy, Merrill Lynch, the CIA, the FBI and others all worked with Obama to ‘install Biden as a puppet.’

As part of the same overnight avalanche of weird and conspiratorial missives, the president also amplified one item, written by someone else, that insisted that Obama had “falsified evidence,” followed by a separate missive that concluded, “ARREST OBAMA NOW.”

Suffice it to say, the claims that Trump seemed eager to push were all quite bonkers, though the Republican’s online tantrum did offer the public a timely opportunity to appreciate the difference between the incumbent president and his modern Democratic predecessors: While Clinton, Biden and Obama urged Americans to protect our freedoms and civil liberties as they come under assault, Trump had nothing to offer but tiresome trash.