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The MaddowBlog-'For what?': JD Vance stumped on why Alex Pretti's family might deserve an apology
Given his role in a broader smear campaign, the vice president offered the wrong answer to the right question.
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https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/for-what-jd-vance-stumped-on-why-alex-prettis-family-might-deserve-an-apology
JD Vance sat down with The Daily Mail’s Phillip Nieto for an interview that covered quite a bit of ground, though one exchange stood out — in large part because Nieto asked the vice president a question that’s been on the minds of many.
....Vance again described the intensive care unit nurse who was shot and killed by federal immigration officers as “a guy who showed up with ill intent to an ICE protest,” despite the fact that there was no such protest and that the vice president isn’t in a position to tell the public what Pretti was thinking.....
Let’s not forget that it was literally just hours after Pretti was killed when Donald Trump’s political operation kicked into high gear. The White House’s Stephen Miller, for example, said the ICU nurse was a “domestic terrorist” and a “would-be assassin.” Gregory Bovino, who helped lead Border Patrol operations, told the public that Pretti intended to “massacre” law enforcement personnel.....
The falsehoods weren’t just at odds with eyewitness accounts, they were also plainly contradicted by unambiguous video evidence that documented exactly what happened. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told The Washington Post that the Republican administration’s claims were “flat-out insane.”
Vance was part of that operation. After Miller falsely claimed via social media that Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents,” it was the vice president who decided to amplify the smear online.
That’s precisely why “for what?” was such an offensive answer to a good question about the apology owed to the victim’s family.
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T15:03:19.787414258Z
Vance: For what?
....Vance again described the intensive care unit nurse who was shot and killed by federal immigration officers as “a guy who showed up with ill intent to an ICE protest,” despite the fact that there was no such protest and that the vice president isn’t in a position to tell the public what Pretti was thinking.....
Let’s not forget that it was literally just hours after Pretti was killed when Donald Trump’s political operation kicked into high gear. The White House’s Stephen Miller, for example, said the ICU nurse was a “domestic terrorist” and a “would-be assassin.” Gregory Bovino, who helped lead Border Patrol operations, told the public that Pretti intended to “massacre” law enforcement personnel.....
The falsehoods weren’t just at odds with eyewitness accounts, they were also plainly contradicted by unambiguous video evidence that documented exactly what happened. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told The Washington Post that the Republican administration’s claims were “flat-out insane.”
Vance was part of that operation. After Miller falsely claimed via social media that Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents,” it was the vice president who decided to amplify the smear online.
That’s precisely why “for what?” was such an offensive answer to a good question about the apology owed to the victim’s family.
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