The Governor of California has criticized President Trump, suggesting there is ‘something deeply wrong’ with him following Trump’s remarks about Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
President Donald Trump recently commented on the deaths of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, and Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse.
Both individuals were fatally shot by law enforcement officers; Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross on January 7, and Pretti by federal immigration agents on January 24. These events occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During an interview with Fox News, Trump discussed the incidents, starting with Pretti’s death.
Despite video evidence showing Pretti holding a phone rather than a gun, and eyewitness accounts supporting this, Trump remarked: “I think the whole thing is terrible.”
“I don’t like the fact that he was carrying a gun, that was fully loaded, and he had two magazines with him.
“It’s pretty unusual. But nobody knows when they saw the gun, how they saw the gun. Bottom line is that it was terrible.”
Trump also addressed Good’s death, drawing comparisons between the two victims and their families.
He stated: “Both of them were terrible. The other was terrible too. I’m not sure about his parents, but I know her parents were big Trump fans.
“Makes me feel bad anyway, but I guess you could say even worse – they were tremendous Trump people, Trump fans. And their daughter was, I don’t know if you can say radicalized, maybe radicalized, maybe not, I don’t know.
“But I hate to see it, I hate to see it.”
The comments quickly drew reactions on social media, including from California Governor Gavin Newsom, who remarked: “Something is deeply wrong with this man.”
Another user commented slightly differently, stating: “A lot of things…”
Trump is a controversial figure with ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, his role in the Capitol Riots, and allegations of profiting $1.4 billion from his presidency.
He currently serves as the President of the United States for a second term.
Another person expressed concern: “There is, I don’t think the bulk of us realize just how serious a scenario we’ve landed ourselves in regarding Donald Trump.
“These next half dozen years, we’ll be lucky if Donald doesn’t take us to a place that we don’t want to be as I dwell on our worldly concerns.”
Attempts to reach the White House for comment have been made.