Overview
- On Feb. 27, Representative Ro Khanna confronted Fox host Maria Bartiromo on-air over federal agents’ role in the death of Alex Pretti.
- Khanna said Democrats stayed seated during the State of the Union to protest how ICE operations are carried out, rejecting claims they prioritized undocumented immigrants over citizens.
- Defending the agents, Bartiromo said officers who feel threatened by someone visibly armed "are going to shoot" because "they're trained to kill."
- Khanna countered that policing requires proportional force and argued that a person displaying a gun cannot lawfully be shot on that basis alone, citing constitutional rights.
- Reports identified Pretti as a 37-year-old ICU nurse who had been filming agents during a protest, and noted Bartiromo paused before offering her defense.