WASHINGTON: The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump did not want to see anyone hurt on US streets but quickly blamed Democrats again after anti-immigrant agents killed a second person in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America\u2019s streets,\u201d White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.<\/p>\n
She described the shooting death of Alex Pretti \u2014 whom a Trump aide had quickly and without evidence branded a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d \u2014 by federal agents on Saturday as a \u201ctragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe mourn for the parents. As a mother myself, of course, I cannot imagine the loss of life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
But the conciliatory tone was short-lived. Leavitt quickly blamed the rival Democratic Party for unrest that has broken out since Trump ordered a surge in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), masked and armed agents deployed in force against local wishes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota,\u201d Leavitt said, blaming Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, both Democrats.<\/p>\n
She accused elected Democrats of \u201cspreading lies about federal law enforcement officers who are risking their lives daily to remove the worst criminal illegal aliens from our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n
She demanded that Walz, to whom Trump spoke by telephone on Monday, and Frey fully cooperate with federal agents and \u201cturn over all illegal aliens\u201d detained by local authorities.<\/p>\n
Pretti had a permit to carry a gun, although video footage did not show him taking out his weapon before ICE agents appeared to shoot him multiple times.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s Republican Party long has defended the right to carry weapons virtually without restriction, and Leavitt said Trump supports the right to bear arms.<\/p>\n
But she added: \u201cAny 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s unfortunately what took place on Saturday,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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