Bovino claims Border Patrol agents are ‘the victims’ in deadly Minneapolis shooting
Gregory Bovino applauded his agents’ actions in Minnesota, despite one citizen being killed by agents.
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino on Sunday said his Customs and Border Patrol agents are “the victims” after they shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minnesota. In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Dana Bash pointed out that Bovino had repeatedly referred to Pretti as a “suspect” as he defended CBP’s training and de-escalation tactics.
“With respect, it feels as though in some ways you’re blaming the victim here,” Bash said.
Bovino replied, “The victim? The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I’m not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The suspect put himself in that situation.”
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Bovino should be in danger.
He's going to wake up Charlie Kirked one of these days
I think you're probably right if what you mean is he's going to be killed to further inflame tensions. Somewhat tangential, but I'd also be scared if I was Usha Vance.
I have no sympathy for any of these profligate whorechildren, fuck the lot of em.
fuck these dysfunctional, insecure actresses
She could just reupholster herself in a nice neutral pleather, like Erika Kirk did. She'll be fine.
Remind us how many times you voted for Trump.
That question doesn't make sense. Did you respond to the right comment?
thats why he surrounds himself with all the brownosers.
Greg ‘The Cow’ Bovino applauding the killing of an innocent US citizen by the feckless slobs under his command
Hey don’t dis cows like that.
I have no idea why nobody is killing these people.
They are extremely well funded. Literally more money than most countries’ militaries.
And less trained than your local boy scout troop.
Don’t fall for this narrative, so far the ICE murderers have had an average of 8 years of experience each.
My point stands.
True, especially if you include the
ROTCCub Scouts.Also, FYI it’s just called Scouting now because they accept everyone and aren’t hamstrung by the same troop-ruining insurance agents and greedy capitalist pigs that ruined Girl Scouts.
Yeah I heard they were getting their shit together in the last couple decades. Good for them.
200 billion in the bank. Minus what they spent this year, but I think they are cutting them a new check as we speak. Extracting money from the government is the reason for being for most of congress, most of the executive too for that matter.
Only China and the US spend more than 200 billion on their militaries. These guys will bankrupt the country and de facto default by printing money before they are out of there I fear.
To be fair he's a really small target.
Murdered. Not killed, he was murdered. We all saw the video.
And after murdering him, and Alex Pretti's body lay on the street, they stood back and shot him 5 more times.
Is this the fabled victim complex they've always accused the left of having?
It’s always projection.
Always has been. Always will be.
Totally not a nazi or a sympathizer. No siree
Edit:
Nice
Looks like he's wearing Daddy's jacket
Well, it certainly looks like his much larger father or grandpa was one.
🔥
I'm gonna go against the grain here and say we should stop calling them nazis. Miller, Bovino, they all wear that comparison as a badge of honor, and it's clear their supporters don't mind in the slightest.
These guys are just fucking losers. Full of hate, finally finding an outlet. We have to fight them, but I also pity them.
Sorry I’m gonna call a spade a spade. They can be proud of the moniker but everyone else in the civilized world knows it’s not a badge of honor.
They are losers. They are also nazis.
A badge of honor? I'm surprised they haven't made it a hate crime.
They like acting like Nazis and rubbing it in other people's faces, but they will always pull out the victim card when you call them out on it. That's part of the thrill for them.
Like being pedophiles. We all know it. They know it. But it's violent to call the lovers of freezepeach pedophiles just because they commit acts of pedophelia.
Miller/Noem/Bovino/Trump anytime anyone tries to ask why ICE keeps killing innocent people: "Don't commit your hate crimes here! Hate crime!!!"
So, Nazis.
Just a fan of Hugo Boss... and Nazis
I did not previously have that opinion, but his statement here is indefensible.
there is no place in society for this man.
He is despicable. That he was allowed to rise in government to hold that position of power…
Me and all my homies hate Nazis!
The guy needs to be prosecuted and spend the rest of his life in jail, in isolation.
He looks like Nazi-Skeletor in that picture.
Hey don't besmirch the name of Skeletor. He would never be a racist piece of shit. Skeletor was an equal opportunity employer.
He looks like he just opened the Ark of the Covenant.
If drawn by John Kricfalusi.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/gregory-bovino-coat-german-media
a short one.
Fuck this dude with a road salt rusted brake pad...
Barbed wire and a poly pipe
A soldering iron
with the clip rusted on
I’ll give you some help with that trend right now
As much as I wish this were true, the yearbook listing him as "Most Likely to Shit His Pants in Public" casts doubt on the entire thing. That's not something a high school yearbook would do.
Shhh....don't shatter the dream.
I would love if people weren't encouraged to shout nonsense at him that wouldn't resonate at all because they based their knowledge on a made up internet post. I would much rather people shout actual, credible insults at him.
There’s no way this is true. You fell for a hoax.
Dude isn’t even a political appointee. He’s a regular old career civil servant (GS-15 to be precise) who pretends he’s far more important than he is. He is a walking hatch act violation and I hope he eventually rots in prison and loses his pension.
If Abercrombie & Fitch had a tacticool line of clothing, Bovino would be the photoshoot model. I can smell the cologne and teenage insecurity through this photograph even though by all appearances this is a fully grown adult man.
“short people got no business…” -Randy Newman
I just watched One Battle After Another and holy shit does little bovino remind me of Penn's character.
100%, it’s like it’s an archetype, I guess it is.
Reverse victim and offender.
Someone needs to squash this bug.
GET THOSE "VICTIMS" OUT OF THERE!
Such an easy solution.
Bovino needs to be deported from earth. To the sun, to mars, to hell, I don't care but he doesn't belong here and society is better off without him.
a bullet is a hell of a lot cheaper than some vessel launched into space just saying.
But think of the footage of him going crazy as he's floating in space shitting himself. If the US does the right thing eventually everyone should get a treat. Plus it solved the whole future nazis worshipping his grave problem. Hell send trump's corpse with him.
SS Bovine
Greg ‘The Cow’ Bovino, ladies & gentlemen!
Heard the little bitch ass half stack doesn’t like the terrorist nazi group of losers ice being called names, what a sorry ass sister fucking cunt- just like his merry band of nazi gimps
His own voluntary words here, will secure his conviction after this regime falls.
These agents are the real victims. Do you know how much strain a finger must exert in order to pull a trigger?
And enough times to give himself repetitive stress injury, by the friggin look of it.
Highest priority is to start killing people like this. You can kill 100 ice agents and they will just find more. We need to start taking off heads of those in charge.
A narcissist is always the victim. DARVO is their natural reaction.
They ought to be careful what they wish for. It is very dangerous to pre-normalize ICE being assaulted with firearms. What if violent extremists took that as a sign to escalate to bombs or something? They just leave their shit lying around everywhere, put their guys in hotels, dress up in costumes; all very irresponsible.
During WW2 Danes who profiteered on collaboration with the Nazi occupiers risked getting their businesses blown up. I don't know why I felt the need to write... I really dont.
Anyway, is ICE renting hotel rooms? What are they doing about transportation? I mean when they decend on a new city all the time, then they must get local vehicles. What about food services? Laundry? Toilet paper? If people risk their businesses by doing business with ICE, then the infrastructure behind the occupation collapses.
Gregory Bovino applauded his
agents’ Nazis actions in Minnesota, despite one citizen being killed by Nazis .Fixed that for you.
"Bovino.... the victim ... in deadly Minneapolis shooting"
You don't call people like that a victim when they fall. He can never be a victim.
When this is all over, we should leave their bodies for the scavengers.
The leader of the daddy issues club shows how weak he is.
He is such a foul, disgusting excuse for a waste of a man.
The good news is this traitor will never have freedom of movement in this country ever again in his life. He will never be safe in public.
He’s choosing to retire in CA hahaha. I hope the resident never let him have a moment’s peace.
I just wonder how many people they’ve horrifically raped and killed when the cameras weren’t rolling
Be a few by now
Fascists always claim to be the victims.
A tale as old as time.
Going to be awkward when the inner circle shrinks and people realise his name ends with a vowel.
I don't get it
Some levels of racism involve the belief that Italians aren’t white
Ohhhh, sheesh, that didn't even occur to me. Thanks.
DARVO.
DARVO.
Greg Bovino claims a lot of things, most of them lies.
Bovinois a blind bastardized bum sucker with his head firmly planted up trumps ass
I can't keep all of the murders over the years straight. Which one was it where reps from the police union tried to make a statement to the press and the one guy was just blubbering through his crocodile tears claiming that they were the victims?
The republican admin want them to be victims of something, that's for sure. That's why ICE are searching so hard, to find what they are looking for.
Be careful of what you wish for
"Durr, no way, idiot! The leopards won't eat my face. I'm the specialist boi!"
"That's why they gave me this special mask and my special gun, then told me not to think about consequences before they released me into the wild. Sir, yes, sir!" 🫡
Is this clown the new Arpaio? The abuse the fuck out of everyone so I can be the biggest badass kind of guy? He seems far more sadistic than Arpaio who seemed to do it because he wanted the attention. Bovino genuinely seems to enjoy inflicting pain.
They will indeed be a victim sooner than later. Some prophesies are just so doggone self fulfilling.
Relocated out of Minneapolis feels like moving a priest who fucked a kid to a new church. Keep them in the city so we know where to kill them
A victim in the sense the rapist is the victim cause they were asking for it?
Look at me I'm narcissistic long coat wearing asshole. Like most narcissist I completely lack empathy and am never wrong. I'm always the victim even where I'm hurting people. signed Bovine Asshole.
little nazi says what?
Darvissimo.
He's going to need a step stool to get him up to the Noose when it's time.
Well, in a sense, I guess he’s a little bit right, because hopefully those fucks will eventually get vigilante justice’s.
But in terms of the narrative he’s trying to spin: eat shit, motherfucker.
Lil Greg doesn't understand the meaning of the word "victim". Lil Greg should be given an experiential teaching of the word.
I'm not opposed to people getting their just comeuppance, but it's pretty plain to see the absolute thirst they have for victim-hood. If they really were victims they'd run out of synonyms to describe the extent of it. Not just because they're borderline illiterate, but also because they've spent 20 years feeling sorry for themselves when nobody has so much as checked them on any of their shitty behavior.
If trans existence is the embodiment of an "oppressive regime" then being murdered on the street would be the embodiment of... "an oppressive regime?"
If good ran that pig over she might still be alive. If Alex dripped those pigs with his gun he might still be alive
Short people always think it's everyone else's fault.
Don't blame all short people for this nazi.
Who the fuck is this circumcised penis with hair and teeth?
Punchable face.
Herr field marshal, ven vill ze undesirables all be rounded up?