In a raw and emotional episode, the cohosts of The View condemned the government over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, with Whoopi Goldberg declaring officials have “blood on their hands,” marking a rare moment of unified outrage across the political spectrum.
As the nation continues to reel from the shooting death of 37-year-old Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti, the cohosts of The View have delivered a blistering condemnation of the federal government, calling the incident a “straight-up murder” and an inflection point for the country. The powerful segment aired Monday, marking the show’s first new episode since Pretti was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol officers on Saturday.
“They murdered a man,” declared moderator Whoopi Goldberg at the top of the show, her voice heavy with emotion. “They shot him 10 times. What the…” the 70-year-old EGOT-winning actress continued, stopping just short of profanity to emphasize her profound frustration. “I don’t know what you’re investigating if you’re not investigating the straight-up murder, the straight-up murder. This is the second one.”
Goldberg’s passionate opening came just days after an officer was captured on camera shooting and killing Pretti, a VA nurse who was holding up a cell phone to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Minneapolis. The incident is the second such fatal shooting involving federal agents in Minnesota in recent weeks, following the death of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent while attempting to drive away from a protest.
Panelist Sara Haines took aim at the culture within federal agencies, suggesting that the violence stems from a systemic problem. “The people that seem to be bringing the violence are the ICE agents themselves,” she stated. “The problem is they’re currently recruiting people using imagery from single-shooter games, giving them this vibe that they’re coming to get rid of vermin, and they’re also telling them they have immunity.”
Republican cohost Ana Navarro stressed that Pretti, who had a gun and a permit to carry a concealed handgun, was simply “brandishing a camera” in the moments before his death. “This government does something that I am not used to saying about a U.S. government. It lies to the citizens, it lies to the people,” Navarro said. “So, for them, a camera is just as dangerous as a gun. What they don’t want is for people to see the truth.”
Legal expert and former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin fought back tears as she described the profound impact of watching the videos of the shooting. “My mental state today, after spending the weekend watching these videos over and over again, is fragile, just because I always believed in the rule of law,” Hostin shared. “To see the lawlessness by the United States government is deeply disturbing.”
Hostin called the deaths of Pretti and Good “two unjustified killings, two unlawful killings of two American citizens who were, by the way, watching out for their neighbor.” She predicted that Pretti’s death “may indeed lead to some kind of change” after witnessing a “groundswell” of Americans from both sides of the political aisle speaking out against the shooting.
Former Trump White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin described the situation as a violation of multiple constitutional rights. “This is incompetence by law enforcement, and it’s cruelty by law enforcement,” she said. “This is a tide shift. I’m seeing it from every corner. My least political friends, celebrities who never weigh in, politicians, a good number of Republicans, are coming out.”
Griffin concluded her remarks by directly addressing the public’s ability to see the truth, stating, “The administration can say whatever the hell it wants, we have our eyes and we have our ears, and we know what we saw.”
Goldberg closed the segment with a direct and damning message to those defending the agent who fired on Pretti. She specifically named Kristi Noem, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, who earlier alleged that officers acted in self-defense after Pretti “acted violently.”
“Kristi Noem, you can’t justify this,” Goldberg said, looking into the camera. “We all see it. And we see you for what you are. You all have blood on your hands.”
The government’s narrative has been strongly contradicted by eyewitness footage, which appears to show an officer removing a weapon from Pretti’s body before another agent opens fire while Pretti is on the ground. According to reports, the footage has been widely circulated and analyzed, showing a different sequence of events than the official account.
The condemnation extends beyond the talk show, with Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada calling for Noem’s impeachment. “Kristi Noem has been an abject failure leading the Department of Homeland Security for the last year — and the abuses of power we’re seeing from ICE are the latest proof that she has lost control over her own department and staff,” Rosen said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Pretti’s family has also spoken out, criticizing the “sickening lies told about our son by the administration” and calling them “reprehensible and disgusting.” “Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man,” the family’s statement read.
The unified front from The View’s cohosts, representing a wide range of political viewpoints, underscores the gravity of the moment. The emotional and direct nature of their condemnation reflects a growing public demand for accountability and transparency, signaling that the conversation around federal law enforcement’s conduct has reached a critical boiling point.
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