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BumRushDaShow

(166,829 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:24 AM Friday

Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong

Source: Politico

01/29/2026 10:59 PM EST


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has conceded she may have gotten some information wrong in her initial response to Border Patrol’s killing of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis ICU nurse she labeled a domestic terrorist.

Noem also dodged questions about her leadership of DHS amid widespread outrage, even among some Republicans, about the deaths of Pretti and Renee Good during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

Noem, who said Pretti committed an “act of domestic terrorism” against immigration agents despite videos showing otherwise, told Fox News on Thursday that the situation immediately following the killing was “very chaotic,” and the details she presented to reporters came from initial reports from Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis.

“We were being relayed information from on the ground from CBP agents and officers that were there,” Noem said. “We were using the best information we had at the time.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/noem-pretti-shooting-00756830

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Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Friday OP
Hey, Noem! PJMcK Friday #1
She better not avoid criminal charges. If she did they will be back doing the same thing. travelingthrulife Friday #10
Fucking liar! 2naSalit Friday #2
Aren't high level leaders supposed to keep a calm head in chaotic conditions? Irish_Dem Friday #3
I'm sorry but she should be sued into oblivion for slander and wrongful death. MLWR Friday #4
She should be jailed. If we do not punish these people they will be back doing it again. travelingthrulife Friday #11
it's amusing and sad watching a psychopath trying to wrap their brains around empathy Javaman Friday #5
You don't say.... mwooldri Friday #6
It is their normal routine to blame the victim, just like Daddy Trump does. travelingthrulife Friday #12
Isn't There A Concete Pad She Can Be Taken To? ColoringFool Friday #7
Noem called the murdered AMERICAN CITIZEN a domestic terrorist in trying to cover up the crime. Botany Friday #8
This is the standard story modification liars do. Aussie105 Friday #9
Ya can't put the toothpaste back in the tube...the cat's out of the bag...Tough...you said it, you own it..nt mitch96 Friday #13
Now that her lies are coming back to haunt her dlk Friday #14
She knew E. Normus Friday #15
Oops! Martin68 Friday #16
The best information I have at present is that she is a wholly unqualified, lying, bloodthirsty moron. Harker Friday #17
CYA time eh cosplay?? Won't work as you continue to dig a deeper hole. Bengus81 Friday #18
Trying to save her job Bayard Friday #19
Liar Cirsium Friday #20

PJMcK

(24,870 posts)
1. Hey, Noem!
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:31 AM
Friday

You were unquestionably wrong. Your shoot-from-the-hip responses demonstrate your lack of judgment, your lack of knowledge and your lack of humanity. Your entire behavior has been un-American.

Step aside, resign, sit down and shut up. You’ll never hold office again and you’ll be lucky to avoid criminal charges.

Asshat.

travelingthrulife

(4,749 posts)
10. She better not avoid criminal charges. If she did they will be back doing the same thing.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:28 AM
Friday

They must be harshly punished.

travelingthrulife

(4,749 posts)
11. She should be jailed. If we do not punish these people they will be back doing it again.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:30 AM
Friday

Are those oaths they take completely meaningless?

Javaman

(65,340 posts)
5. it's amusing and sad watching a psychopath trying to wrap their brains around empathy
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:30 AM
Friday

she's trying to scrape the shit off her, but she's made of shit.

mwooldri

(10,799 posts)
6. You don't say....
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:41 AM
Friday

(is the sarcasm tag really necessary here?)

If that was her best information.... then at best it seems to me she lacks critical thinking skills. I'm sure someone would have shown her the video before she went out there labelling Alex Pretti a "domestic terrorist".

travelingthrulife

(4,749 posts)
12. It is their normal routine to blame the victim, just like Daddy Trump does.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:31 AM
Friday

This is why they need to be punished with substantial prison time.

Botany

(76,618 posts)
8. Noem called the murdered AMERICAN CITIZEN a domestic terrorist in trying to cover up the crime.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 08:03 AM
Friday

Bald faced liar. “We were using the best information we had at the time.” She had access
to the videos and the federal agents’ body cameras videos.

Call it what it is Trump’s war on American people on “the streets of Minneapolis.

Aussie105

(7,706 posts)
9. This is the standard story modification liars do.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 08:26 AM
Friday

You change the story until your audience finds it acceptable.
The very fluidity of the story line is the problem.

eg
Mom to 5 year old son: Did you touch the cookie jar?
Son: nope!

Mom: so those crumbs on your mouth, where did they come from?
Son: OK, I did take a cookie.

Mom: The jar is empty. How come?
Son: I might have had more than one.

You just change the story and watch your audience to see which version they find acceptable.

Not a good look Noem.
You are not a 5 year old trying to convince your mom.

mitch96

(15,708 posts)
13. Ya can't put the toothpaste back in the tube...the cat's out of the bag...Tough...you said it, you own it..nt
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:36 AM
Friday

dlk

(13,160 posts)
14. Now that her lies are coming back to haunt her
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:37 AM
Friday

Norm is changing her tune. If her lips are moving…

E. Normus

(113 posts)
15. She knew
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 11:28 AM
Friday

exactly what happened. Her knee jerk response was of course to lie. This is what her higher ups want her to do, as they also do as a matter of course. It's all coming down to something. Something that can only be redeemed by fire!

Harker

(17,531 posts)
17. The best information I have at present is that she is a wholly unqualified, lying, bloodthirsty moron.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 12:17 PM
Friday

Bayard

(28,929 posts)
19. Trying to save her job
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 01:36 PM
Friday

She has the same attitude about these two murder victims as she had for her dog and goat.

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