The White House on Monday made an effort to distance President Donald Trump from comments made by several members of his administration that criminalized Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed Saturday by a Border Patrol officer.
In the immediate aftermath of Pretti’s killing, Deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller labeled the protester “an assassin” who “tried to murder federal agents.” When asked about the comment during a briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt stressed that Trump hadn’t used such words.
