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EPISODE · Jan 26, 2026 · 1H 10M

ICE Goes Woke After Nurse Murder: Uses Terms 'Gaslighting' and Calls Themselves Victims

from Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté · host Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

This weekend Border Patrol in Minneapolis murdered another peaceful protester, ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Trump officials are having such a horrible time trying to cover for this one that they’re resorting to the cancel-culture lingo they mocked for years:“It feels as though you’re blaming the victim here,” says CNN’s Dana Bash.Senior Border Patrol Official Greg Bovino whines back, “The victims?? The victims are the border patrol agents! I’m not blaming the border patrol agents! The victim are the border patrol agents! The suspect put himself in that situation.” And then one more time for good measure: “The victims are the border patrol agents!”Then deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche uses the word he learned from woke culture, complaining that the media needs to stop “gaslighting the administration about what happened.” What happened was seen by the entire country in footage filmed by protesters. It is not gaslighting to watch the video.And just to ratchet up the hypocrisy even more, they begin claiming that Pretti acted illegally by bringing a gun to the protest. Pretti had a legal permit to carry a gun. But that doesn’t matter:“You cannot bring a firearm to any sort of protest that you want,” says FBI Director Kash Patel.“He brought a gun!” adds Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “I’ve been to a protest. Guess what, I didn’t bring a gun. I brought a billboard!”So now these guys, the same people who lionized Kyle Rittenhouse for bringing an assault rifle to police-violence protests, are against the Second Amendment? And pro-woke culture? It’s hard to be surprised anymore, but this one’s a lot to take in.Join Katie and Aaron for all this, and so much more, on a wild episode of Monday Mourning.Watch the full episode for free and please subscribe to us here on Substack and for free on YouTube, your support keeps us going! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe

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