Miller steered DHS to frame Minneapolis shooting as a massacre of officers
TL;DR
Axios reveals Stephen Miller directed DHS messaging that framed Minneapolis shooter Alex Pretti as an assassin aiming to massacre officers, a narrative echoed by Kristi Noem and other White House aides, illustrating Miller's outsized influence on White House messaging during the Minnesota operation.
- Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents Axios
- Trump abandons attack mode as Minneapolis shooting backlash grows BBC
- White House Distances Trump From Initial Response to Minnesota Killing The New York Times
- White House distances Trump from provocative claims by Noem, others on Pretti shooting ABC News
- ‘TACO Trump’ Can’t Really Chicken Out on Mass Deportation New York Magazine
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