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White House Presser on Minnesota Instantly Backfires

26 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What led to the White House press conference's disastrous reception?

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The White House just held a disastrous press conference following Donald Trump making social media posts, seeming to say that he was trying to reach some agreement with Governor Walz in Minnesota. And then Governor Walz posted on his social media that he had productive calls with Donald Trump about removing some of the ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo from Minnesota.

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But then Caroline Leavitt held this disastrous press conference, and I'll just show you what went down. Caroline Leavitt started attacking the Democratic leader. She goes, the Democrat leaders of Minnesota, like Governor Walz and Mayor Frye, they are the reason that Renee Nicole Goode and Alex Pretty were murdered here. Just listen here. Play this clip.

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46.167 - 63.265 Karoline Leavitt

Yet Democrat leaders in Minnesota with sanctuary city policies have actively defied federal immigration law and the will of the people. And as a result of that defiance, two Minnesotans have now tragically lost their lives on the streets of Tim Walz's state.

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Then Caroline Leavitt said, at the end of the day, while nobody at the White House wants to see people getting murdered, this tragedy occurred because of the hostile resistance of Democratic leaders, she said. Here, play this clip.

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Chapter 2: How did Governor Walz respond to Trump's social media posts?

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But let's be clear about the circumstances which led to that moment on Saturday. This tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota.

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For weeks, Governor Walz and the Mayor Jacob Fry and other elected Democrats were spreading lies about federal law enforcement officers who are risking their lives daily to remove the worst criminal illegal aliens from our streets. Murderers, rapists, pedophiles, human traffickers, and gang members.

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In other words, the White House is ratcheting things up and continuing to defame Alex Preti, Renee Nicole Goode, the others who they've murdered and sent to concentration camps. More from Caroline Leavitt right here, saying that she has confidence in Kristi Noem. Let's play this clip.

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uh to your first question the answer is yes he still has confidence and trust in secretary noam to the second question i would point then caroline levitt says that if you're a gun owner you know that if you go to a protest with your gun and you're confronted by law enforcement you're going to raise the assumption of risk that you should be killed

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Well, that's what you think of the Second Amendment. Let's be very clear.

Chapter 3: What accusations did Caroline Leavitt make against Democratic leaders?

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Alex Jeffrey Preti had a legal permit to conceal carry. Frankly, I've never heard any politicians talk about how much they hate the Second Amendment the way we've heard from Donald Trump and these phony MAGA Republicans who have pretend that they care about the Second Amendment all of these years. Just another MAGA farce just to prop up an authoritarian. Here, play this clip.

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175.058 - 188.297 Kash Patel

FBI Director Kash Patel said in a Sunday interview, quote, you cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest. Does the president believe the Second Amendment rights remain in effect even when protesting?

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188.557 - 210.003 Karoline Leavitt

The president supports the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens, absolutely. There has been no greater supporter or defender of the right to bear arms than President Donald J. Trump. So while Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, Americans do not have a constitutional right to impede lawful immigration enforcement operations.

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And any gun owner knows that when you are carrying a weapon, when you are bearing arms and you are confronted by law enforcement, you are raising the assumption of risk and the risk of force being used against you. And again, that's unfortunately what took place on Saturday.

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Then a reporter asked Caroline Levitt, you know, Donald Trump posted that this was a cover-up and a fraud taking place in Minneapolis. What's the cover-up? What does that mean, Caroline? And here's what she says. Play this clip. I'll take a couple more. Go ahead. So this weekend the president posted that this is a cover-up of the fraud in the state of Minnesota.

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He also posted Minnesota is a cover-up. These both happened after the shooting. So given these came after the shooting, what is the this here?

Chapter 4: What tragic events did Caroline Leavitt link to sanctuary city policies?

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What is the cover-up he's alleging?

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262.454 - 279.855 Karoline Leavitt

Yes, it's a good question. I spoke with the president about this at length. What the president is referring to is the fact that you have Governor Walz and again the mayor who have been encouraging these left wing agitators to come out and to harass and to dox and to threaten ICE and to make this conversation about

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and smear lies about federal law enforcement who again are just trying to do their jobs in an attempt to distract from the widespread massive fraud that has taken place in their state. Billions and billions of dollars has been stolen from law abiding taxpayers in Minnesota

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And the administration continues to be very focused on getting to the bottom of it, especially, and the president raised a good question over the weekend, with respect to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who now has a net worth within the millions. And one must ask themselves, why and how is that possible?

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Is she connected to the fraud rings that we have seen taking place within her state and her own district? It's a question the American people are raising, and the president believes it's one worth answering.

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So more defamation by Caroline Levitt during this disastrous press conference. And then Caroline Levitt is asked if Donald Trump remains confident in Kristi Noem again. Here's what she says. Play this clip. Jake. Caroline, couple quick questions. First, does the president remain fully confident in Kristi Noem's ability to lead the DHS? Yes.

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And then just secondly, just on that Wall Street Journal reporting that we saw yesterday... Then a reporter asked Caroline Levitt if Stephen Miller will be issuing an apology to the family of Alex Preti for calling him an assassin and a domestic terrorist. And she goes, no, you know, the incident remains fluid. It's under investigation. We all saw what happened, Caroline Levitt, on video.

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We all saw what took place. You defaming Alex Preti and calling him a domestic terrorist and saying he was showing up to massacre people is the height of just the most despicable and horrific way to defame someone who you just murdered, who the ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo murdered. Here, play this clip. Gestapo officials referring to him in that way, rushing to that judgment. Danny, go ahead.

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Thanks, Caroline. On Stephen Miller's comments, will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretty for calling him, quote, an assassin who tried to murder federal agents, despite the fact that, as you say, this is still under investigation?

Chapter 5: What was Caroline Leavitt's stance on the Second Amendment?

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But polling shows huge support for this exact thing President Trump is calling for. More than 80% of Americans favor deporting illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes. A country unable to deport criminals who enter it illegally is no country at all.

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And she tried to be like, there's huge approval for ICE going after criminals and rapists. That's not what ICE and Border Patrol are doing. You have the worst people in this country killing the best people in this country. The Renee Nicole Goods, the Alex Pretties, the peaceful protesters. What ICE and Border Patrol Gestapo are doing is they are attacking people with no criminal records.

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They are rounding people up for existing, whether you're an American citizen, Whether you have black or brown skin, whether you're out there peacefully protesting, people who have been living in this country for many, many years, they went after five-year-olds and two-year-olds and they use them as bait for their parents. That's what they're doing.

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And that's why Donald Trump's net approval on immigration is like negative 35. His immigration approval is so underwater right now. And Americans are livid at this. And what Caroline Levin's doing there is just adding more fuel to the fire. So, yes, a little bit ago, Governor Walz said, I had a productive call with Trump earlier today.

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I told them we need an impartial investigation of the Minneapolis shootings involving federal agents and that we need to reduce the number of federal agents in Minnesota. The president agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota and to talk to DHS about ensuring the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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is able to conduct an independent investigation, as would ordinarily be the case. And then Trump posted, Governor Tim Walz called me with a request to work together. It was a good call. And we actually seem to be on similar wavelengths. I told him that I would have Tom Holman call him. I mean, here's the thing. Donald Trump's words are meaningless. meaningless.

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When Donald Trump says he's going to do something, he's someone who violated contracts his whole life. His words mean nothing. His conduct is that of an authoritarian, a wannabe Putin, and I think we just need to call it out for what it is. There you have it. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers and thanks for watching.

951.899 - 964.12 Ben Meiselas

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