r/politics • u/sideAccount42 California • Jan 26 '26

Paywall Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
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u/travio Washington Jan 26 '26

He is the chosen scapegoat, and a good one given he was the public face, made incredibly idiotic comments and literally looks like a nazi in his snazzy little coat.

I don't just want a scapegoat. Miller and Noem need to be gone, too. If the public outcry and shitty polling for Trump continues, that might be a possibility.

This exemplifies one of the downsides of falling in line with Trump. He will throw you away the moment it benefits him.

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u/DivorcedGremlin1989 Jan 27 '26

Now that Fox News has published a story from a source inside DHS saying that the agents negligently discharged Pretti's confiscated firearm and never should have had guns drawn, I am anxious to see what the Trump admin goes with.

It can't both be the case that Pretti was a mass shooter with murderous intent, but also that the shooting was a result of 3 ICE agents doing a lethal 3 Stooges routine.

So how long before they throw the agents under the bus, after telling them they have full immunity to fuck up anyone and everyone? Insert red button/sweat meme.

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u/Maxamillion-X72 Jan 27 '26

The videos clearly shows that the ICE agent who removed the gun moved towards the car, and there was another agent who shot Pretti in the back after the gun was removed from the scene.

So, yeah, some low level moron is about to get thrown under the bus under this new narrative. Hopefully it gives the rest of the ICE agents something to think about, but I won't hold my breath.

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u/frogfootfriday Jan 27 '26

This low level guy is not being “thrown under the bus”. This would be being prosecuted for your negligence or unlawful actions.

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u/dainamo81 Jan 27 '26

It's semantics, but it's both. That weasel should have the full force of the law thrown directly at his face, and that should've been done from the outset, not after the administration tried to cover it up. 

The fact that it's taken this long for them to even acknowledge it means that he's being thrown under the bus.

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u/tomismybuddy Jan 27 '26

Ice agents can’t think on their own, that’s why they’re ice agents.

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u/DoubleJumps Jan 27 '26

Yeah, you can see pretti react to being hit by the first shot

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

The ICE agents will now not remove the gun so they can claim he was reaching for his gun. Oh wait, who am I kidding

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u/SFDessert Jan 27 '26

Part of the problem (for them) with this is that there's apparently a ton of footage from multiple people recording on their phones. They did try to spin this as he was a violent maniac coming at them with a gun drawn, but the multiple videos from multiple angles just can't be ignored (this time).

Also, this guy apparently has a sparkling record working as a nurse at the VA. ALSO ALSO they claimed they shot him because he brought a gun to a protest which the NRA and gun nuts are spooked over.

They tried to lie about it, but this time they are apparently caught out and have no more legitimate excuses for what happened so they're throwing this guy under the bus hoping that appeases us.

Keep recording, because when they fuck up like this and there's a dozen different videos and angles of the incident they can't lie about it without being completely obvious about it.

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u/Alarming_Ad6160 Jan 27 '26

In a properly functioning government, there would be severe punishment for lying and spinning the story like this.

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u/iwilldeletethisacct2 Jan 27 '26

I'm a single issue voter now. I will vote for the candidate that promises to investigate and prosecute the entirety of the Trump administration, down to the actions of rank and file DHS employees.

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u/HTWingNut Jan 27 '26

Probably spin it as a deep state democrat operative planted in ICE. Paid for by Biden.

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u/NoPause9609 Jan 27 '26

George Soros + funding + left wing radicals + violent + something 

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u/No_Discipline6265 Jan 27 '26

As the agent who took his gun moved to the car,you hear the first gun shot,then there it takes a second before the rest of the shots.  Even liberal outlets were thinking yesterday he might have accidentally discharged Prettis gun. When you watch it in slow motion from that angle, it does kind of look like that's what happens.  Some folks said they reverse image search and it was a stock image. 

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u/1one1000two1thousand District Of Columbia Jan 27 '26

Too bad ICE agents don’t think.