During an appearance on ABC News, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addressed the fatal shooting in Minneapolis yesterday.
Things got heated between Bessent and journalist Jonathan Karl over the fact that the man killed by Border Patrol, Alex Pretti, brought a gun (and two extra magazines) to the protest.
Karl argued that there is “no evidence” Pretti tried to use the gun on officers.
This prompted Bessent to respond by noting that, even if that were true, Pretti still brought a gun to a so-called ‘peaceful protest.’