http://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/01/29/chris-cillizza-what-does-old-pretti-footage-matter-n2424468
Chris Cillizza, who was dumped by CNN and now streams a blog from his basement
Yesterday, alleged footage of Alex Pretti fighting with ICE agents in the weeks leading up to his death was released.
Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) ~ MUST WATCH: Footage of an a man who looks like Alex Pretti with a gun in his waistband, spitting on and attacking federal law enforcement officers and kicking the tail light of their vehicle on January 13.
Bombshell report from the BBC.
Important context: Pretti was not a peaceful protester.
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/2016610715075809552
Obviously, this footage shows extremely erratic behavior and raises questions about how he acted in the weeks leading up to his fatal encounter with ICE agents. Also, his parents warned him to behave at the protests and they shared that information with the media. It's many puzzle pieces. Chris Cillizza, however, is baffled as to why it matters.
Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) ~ I truly don’t understand how this impacts what happened Saturday? Did the fact that he kicked a taillight out 11 days before mean he somehow should have been shot 10 times when he was already on the ground?
RBe (@RBPundit) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza} It means the peaceful protester narrative was bullshit, Chris. It means the media and Democrats, but I repeat myself, are full of shit. And you pretending to not understand this is why everyone despises the media now.
It's very clear to intelligent people why it matters. It shows a pattern, it shows a propensity to violence, it shows assault and battery (spitting is classified as that in the law) and destruction of property. That matters.
jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza} We know you don't understand. You're stupid, not dishonest.
Hmmm ... how about dishonestly stupid?
Sasha Stone (@realsashastone) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza} I knew the denial would come as the chaser. He's a violent agitator with a gun. Do the math.
Dogs don't have thumbs (@MorlockP) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza}
NEW DEMOCRAT COALTION INDEPENDENT (@reesetheone1) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza} It doesn’t. This shows what happened eleven days later DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
If local authorities had dealt with him and charged him with assault/battery and property destruction that day, he may still be alive. That's the sad part.
CPickDC (@cpickdc) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza}
submandave (@submandave) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza} “I see no relevance to my client’s prior B&E charges in determining the veracity of the claim that he had been invited into the house and given the TV this time.”
I will be generous and assume he’s not actually stupid enough to believe what he wrote.
Cillizza is pretty stupid, but he's not THAT stupid. He simply does not want people to see with their own eyes that Alex Pretti was an unhinged, violent maniac spoiling for a fight with federal law enforcement officers. It provides important context that ruins the libtard fantasy he wants to promote. Cillizza is in the business of leftist misinformation and propaganda, after all.
MyDiego ( @MyDiego526078 ) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza} You ask: “Did the fact that he kicked a taillight out 11 days before mean he somehow should have been shot?” It meant that he was pushing for a violent response.
At the very least, it means portraying him as a peaceful protestor - a man without anger or malice - is just false.
Goatman (@GoatKnowsAll) ~ {Replying to @ChrisCillizza} How can you “truly” not understand this is a narrative buster. The framing of this innocent nurse who was on a lunch break filming civic actions. No this guy was an unhinged armed agitator who had a history of violent clashes with ICE and begged for physical confrontations.
Ah, Cillizza knows it's a narrative buster ... he just doesn't want to acknowledge and admit it.
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