Deputy AG Todd Blanche gave a master class in gaslighting the public and the media to Meet The Press host Kirsten Welker by lying, changing the topic and focusing on a description rather than the unconscionable execution of Alex Pretti by DHS officers.
Blanche started out by blaming Minnesota police officers for not helping ICE with their violent actions toward citizens, but then it got heated when Welker asked if Blanche saw Pretti brandishing a gun.
Blanche continued claiming we only saw ten seconds of video and there was a lot of footage we haven’t seen yet and wants the investigation to continue, but that’s a lie.
We saw lengthy views on multiple videos minutes long of the entire incident. He was DISARMED before they shot him.
By the way, why isn’t Blanche pushing forward with an investigation into the shooting of Renee Good? Blanche claimed we saw video of the shooting and there was no need for an investigation. We call that a coverup.
A new anti-protestor paradigm from the Trump administration is that filming ICE raids is not peaceful?
At around the six minute mark of the interview, Blanche said, “This was an incredibly split second decision that had to be made by ICE officers confronting a very complicated, violent situation with not a single local law enforcement officer in sight.”
Remember that statement.
