Speaker 1: So look, Trump's allies, they're not just defending a disastrous
enforcement operation again, I'm talking about Ice. They're literally blaming
each other for it. And after the fatal Minneapolis shooting
of Alex Pretty, senior advisors folks like Steven Miller pushed
a narrative that literally he was a would be assassin.
I mean, I want you to think about that for
a second. Alex Pretty, an ICU veteran nurse, is a
would be assassin. Now, insiders they say that there's a
blame game that's right now raging inside the White House
over the response and Christineome, well, at the moment, she
may be still holding her job, but as we all know,
as Trump tries to distance himself from the fallout, the
chaos at the top, it's just adding fuel to a
political firestorm. Let me begin by showing you some reporting
from Axios which includes an ex explanation from Stephen Miller himself.
In it. It turns around and says blame game erupts
over Trump's team's false claim Alex Pretty sought a massacre.
It further goes on to say Homeland Security Secretary Christinome
is under fire for issuing misleading and incendiary information that
claimed immigration agents killed an armed Minnesota protesters Saturday because
he wanted to massacre them. That language has now become
a source of controversy in the Trump administration, as it
rightfully should. White House officials are blaming Customs and Border
Patrol for furnishing inaccurate information, while others are actually targeting
Stephen Miller, white House Deputy chief of Staff and top
Trump advisor that six sources with knowledge of the situation
told Axios. Further goes on to say, Alex pretty and
it shows the influence of Miller, Trump's close the longest
serving political advisor whose dominion in the White House far
exceeds his title. Miller's power extends to de facto oversight
of nome though she is a cabinet secretary who technically
outranks him. Everything I've done, I've done it that direction
of the President, and Stephen nom told the person who
relayed her remarks to Axios. It further goes on to say,
DHS posted this statement at twelve thirty one pm on
x Some White House officials had signed off on the statement,
but others had not, leaving them frustrated. Here's the quote
others within the White House attempted to clean up the
DHS statement prior to it being sent, but it had
already been disseminated, said another source familiar with the episode.
And finally, it turns out says between the lines. Miller
said the Minnesota operation did not follow the guidelines established
by the White House in the aftermath of the January
seventh shooting of another Minneapolis Demonshi, that of course, being
Renee Nicole Good specifically. Miller said Bavino's crew was supposed
to divide its force into two groups. One unit was
supposed to handle the arrests of specifically targeting criminal aliens,
and the other squad was in charge of crowd control
to keep disruptors from interfering. White House provided clear guidance
to DHS that the extra personnel that had been sent
to Minnesota for force protection should be used for conducting
fugitive operations to create a physical barrier between the arrest
team and the disruptors. Miller said, we are evaluating why
the CBP teen may not have been following that protocol.
Let me turn around and say this the blame game.
I've seen it. In fact, I write about it in
my sub stack of today, no home for Nome. You know,
about a week ago I predicted and I literally pulled
it out of thin air because I'm not playing pundit
or pundit no stradamis. I'm just using logic, cold, unromantic
insider logic. You see. Let me be clear, President Trump,
he doesn't remove people because the opposition demands it. He
doesn't care that the Democrats are calling for the removal
of Christino. He removes individuals when the math changes, when
the political risk exceeds the value that they bring to
his agenda. And when that moment comes, oh boy, it
arrives fast, and it arrives quietly. Now, Miller's acknowledgment that
there was a possible breach of protocol before pretty shooting, Well,
that's really pissed off unions to literally call now for
his resignation. Let me show you what they said in it.
They write, the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest
federal employee union, has issued a statement calling for the
resignations of DHS Secretary Christinome and Deputy White House Chief
of Staff Steven Miller. Remember they are the largest federation
of government employees and Welcome back to The Michael Cohen
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they're still there. Back to the news, Steven Miller, Well, look,
he's never been very popular. I remember Stephen going back
early into twenty fifteen when he came on board, truly
an unpopular guy. And you know that you're unpopular when
even Tom Tillis expresses his unhappiness. Play the clip, Stevin
Miller is in the same bat this guy, after doing
the stupid comments he made about Greenlund getting the president,
had a difficult circumstances.
Speaker 2: One of the people that came out publicly and said
that this guy was a terrorist before he had even
talked with anybody on the ground.
Speaker 1: And that's clearly not the case now.
Speaker 3: So I mean, it's just, I mean, Steven Miller never
fails to live up to my expectations of incompetence.
Speaker 1: Look, it's not just Steven Miller, you know. As an example,
I kind of compare Christinoam the Stephen Millers to a
carton of milk. No, I'm dead serious. They're like a
carton of milk sitting in your refrigerator on its expiration date. See,
you don't need to drink it to know that the
odds aren't in your favor. So what do you do.
You hesitate, You assess the risk, and if you've been
burnt before, you know what I'm talking about. You don't gamble.
But in politics, spoiled milk doesn't just upset your stomach,
it poisons the entire refrigerator. Get the analogy, mind you,
Lindsey Graham, Ever, the Brown knows, Ever the kiss ass
announced his support yesterday for Miller on Fox News. Thank
God for good old Lindsay. Right play the clip.
Speaker 3: I hope you can make a deal as to Stephen Miller.
To my colleagues who believe that you can convince Donald
Trump that Steven Miller is a liability for him, good
luck with that.
Speaker 4: When this clock.
Speaker 3: Strikes twelve on the Trump era, there'll be a few
people walking out the door with Donald Trump. Steven Miller
will be in that group. So I want everybody to
know on the Republican side, Steven Miller is not the problem.
Sanctuary cities is the problem.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 1: Maybe there's something in between, Lindsey. So I won't acknowledge
that sanctuary cities are not for many people in America,
something that is being contested. But Stephen Miller, he is
a problem. And let me tell you something, Lindsay, as
somebody who knows Donald Trump, I don't know infinitely more
than you do. Like I said earlier, when the equation
doesn't balance out in his favor, Stephen Miller, like anyone,
is subject to removal. Now more and more people are
actually calling for the impeachment of christineom and last night
literally last night, when sharing that sentiment, Representative ilhan Omar
standing at a podium was sprayed with some unknown substance
as a man charged her play the clip.
Speaker 6: Secretary Christineolme must resign or face impeachment.
Speaker 5: I don't know. Oh my god, he's.
Speaker 4: No.
Speaker 1: We will no, no, no.
Speaker 5: No, we will continue his sucking assholes.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna get away.
Speaker 1: I want to be crystal clear about something. First of all,
his actions are terrible, the repugnant. I also want to
turn around and say that bil han Omar, well, I
understand her, you know her group and what they're trying
to portray here. There's there are better ways for all
of our representatives to be communicating this concept of just
because you don't like somebody. Look, they're trying to and
have ilhan Omar removed from office too. On the other side,
each side unhappy with the other, impeachment, let's throw this
one out of office. And so they are as she
is elected by the people, and the way the system
works is you're supposed to allow them to do their job.
It's just plain and simple. We have become so uncivil
to one another that it's understandable why nothing in DC
is actually getting accomplished. Now, look, it's obvious that Omar
was not scared. She wasn't scared of this guy. She
wasn't scared of what she was with the liquid that
was thrown on her. Take a look at that video.
She literally lunged back at the man as he charged
the podium. Now CNN, they asked if she was okay,
and her response, I was impressed by it. I've survived war.
Play the clip.
Speaker 2: Representative, are you okay?
Speaker 5: You know I'm gonna go figure if I am, But
I feel okay. I feel that it is important for people,
whether they are an elected officer or to allow these
people to intimidate us, to make us not fight for
our constituents and for the country we love.
Speaker 6: And as I said, you know, I've survived war, and
I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people
think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
Speaker 5: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Not one hundred percent sure I fully understand the final statement.
Let me be clear, she's not supposed to even have
a question like that post to her. No politician, I
don't care. From the top down, from the president down
to city council members, nobody should be throwing anything at
anyone simply because I don't know you don't agree with them.
That's just ridiculous. Now, look, the man has since been charged,
but the same cannot be said for the agents who
are involved, for example, in Alex Pretty's death and the
woman who recorded Pretty's shooting. She was on television last
night on Seeing and told Anderson Cooper that she hasn't
even been contacted by the federal government as part of
their investigation into Pretty's shooting. How is that possible play
the clip.
Speaker 4: Have you been contacted by anyone from the federal government FBI?
Speaker 2: Nope, No, I have not. I do have a legal
team now who are fielding much of that, and I
am no longer accessible in those ways.
Speaker 4: I talked to your attorney this morning. She said she
had not received any outreach from the FBI or anybody
from the federal government.
Speaker 2: I do not think they have my name yet. Obviously
they will.
Speaker 4: You've given testimony to state investigation. Yes. Do you have
confidence in a federal investigation?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 4: No, I do not.
Speaker 2: I have faith in various representatives throughout our country who
are trying to do the right thing and make sure
that justice is served. I have faith in our local
government in Minnesota. I think they are wanting to make
sure to protect us and investigate it thoroughly, but they
are trying to block that from happening. They wouldn't even
let the investigative team come to the crime scene. I mean,
their goal is to protect themselves and to spin stories.
Speaker 4: It's incredible to me, though, that four days after this shooting,
you have not been contacted by anybody from the FBI
or the federal government. What does that tell you.
Speaker 2: That they're protecting themselves and they don't care about the
truth of what happened.
Speaker 1: That's not accurate, all right. Maybe they're getting to it.
Maybe there are other people who also have videos. I
don't know the answer. And here's the crazy thing. Neither
does she. Let's allow the investigation to unfold organically the
way it's supposed to. Will they probably contact her? I
suppose I do. I suppose they will. And I don't
think it's also fair to turn around and now to
put all of the ICE agents into this one giant group.
I don't believe that it's the right thing to do.
I believe that that individual, or that second individual, or
even a third individual that was responsible need to be
held accountable. You know the old expression one bad apple
spoils the bunch, What about a handful, a half a
dozen rotten to the core. These are the ones who
actually need to be prosecuted. And I think we have
to stop blaming the entire the entire group for the
actions of some. Now, if in fact, I turn out
to be that it's all of them, then all of
them need to be prosecuted. But at the very moment,
the individuals that are responsible, every single one of them
that took Alex Predi's life, every single one of them
that was there and that's responsible for Renae Nicole Good,
they need to be held accountable, and I suspect that
they will be. And as always, thanks for listening. Hey everyone,
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