'Bloodthirsty': MAGA media calls for violence after nurse's killing leaves analysts aghast

Two analysts were stunned on Tuesday after a flood of "bloodthirsty" MAGA media personalities called for President Donald Trump to inflict more violence against protesters in Minneapolis following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

Sam Stein, managing editor of The Bulwark, and Will Sommer, the publication's senior reporter, discussed how the MAGA media sphere reacted to Pretti's death during a new episode of "Bulwark Takes" on Tuesday. They highlighted examples from commentators like Megyn Kelly, who claimed she felt no sympathy for Pretti after he was killed, and Greg Kelly, who said immigration officers were right to mistake Pretti's phone for a gun.

"Look, to openly say you don't feel sorry that someone was shot to death, you gotta have a little absence of something in your core to say something like that, but that seems to be a particular strain of reaction on the right," Stein said.

Sommer noted that Kelly's argument that Pretti's death was justified because he was shouting at officers was an "innovation in Constitutional law."

"At that point, if you're shouting, safety's off and they can kill you if they want," he noted.

The MAGA reactions happened at a time when the Trump administration is switching out its immigration leadership. Border czar Tom Homan was deployed to Minneapolis to take over command from Customs and Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, who is reportedly being forced into retirement after a disastrous response to Pretti's death.

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