The View's Whoopi Goldberg built her career defending the indefensible.
But she just got caught in a lie so big even she couldn't spin it.
And Whoopi Goldberg had an ugly meltdown after one video exposed this massive Minnesota lie.
Newly surfaced footage destroys the peaceful protester narrative
New video footage emerged showing Alex Pretti violently attacking federal agents 11 days before Border Patrol agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis.
Pretti's own parents confirmed the person in the video is their son.
The footage shows Pretti confronting federal officers, cursing at them, spitting on agents, and kicking out the taillight of their vehicle before being tackled to the ground.
CNN reported Pretti suffered a broken rib in the altercation, though a family spokesman later said they couldn't confirm the extent of his injuries.
The Department of Homeland Security had no record of the earlier incident, meaning Pretti walked away without charges despite his violent assault on federal property and personnel.
This was the same man Ana Navarro claimed days earlier on CNN was "the perfect guy" you'd want dating your daughter.
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Goldberg whined that evidence was being "weaponized"
Whoopi Goldberg whined that the video was being "weaponized" against Pretti.
She complained that Trump supporters "were waiting for something like this to happen" that would "destroy the narrative that he was a peaceful protester."
The timeline didn't matter to Goldberg.
Federal agents faced a known violent agitator who had already assaulted them.
Sara Haines piled on with one of the dumbest takes of the week.
"I think if you used your brain you recognized that not only did it happen 11 days prior, but no one deserved to be shot at all let alone ten times," Haines declared.
So Pretti violently assaults federal agents, destroys government property, walks away without consequences, then shows up armed at another ICE operation 11 days later.
And ICE agents are supposed to treat him like a friendly observer?
Alyssa Farah Griffin tried claiming the new footage actually hurt ICE's case by showing Pretti "could be immobilized by law enforcement without having to shoot him ten times."
Griffin missed the entire point.
Pretti already proved what happens when you tackle him and let him go.
He shows back up armed.
Even Sunny Hostin couldn't hide what this video really means
Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin accidentally admitted what really terrified the left about this footage.
"My concern is now this video provides those two officers who we saw shoot him ten times with a self-defense claim," Hostin said.
Justice wasn't her concern.
The video gave ICE agents a winning legal defense, and that terrified her.
Hostin laid out exactly how it works: "The argument could be, you know, 'we know who this was, he was an aggressive person, he destroyed property' — and now we see he has a gun. We feared for our lives."
Then she scoffed at the idea of law enforcement fearing for their lives.
But federal agents faced a violent agitator who already physically attacked them once, wearing the same clothes in both videos, showing up armed less than two weeks later.
And Hostin thinks agents shouldn't fear for their lives?
Sara Haines desperately tried casting doubt on whether agents even connected the dots between incidents.
DHS officials told ABC News that agents had been videotaping protesters, using facial recognition, and sharing information about known agitators across teams.
The agents knew exactly who Pretti was.
Democrats watching their martyr narrative collapse in real time
Goldberg's meltdown exposed the panic setting in across the left.
Democrats spent weeks building Pretti into their next George Floyd.
One video destroyed that entire narrative in seconds.
DHS reported a 1,300% increase in assaults on ICE officers during Trump's first year back in office.
A 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks on agents.
Those numbers reveal organized violence, not spontaneous protest.
Federal agents in Minneapolis operate in a war zone created by radical leftist activists who coordinate through encrypted apps, dox agents and their families, and show up armed to confrontations.
The View co-hosts know all this.
They just can't admit it on camera because it destroys their false narrative about peaceful Americans being gunned down by federal thugs.
Hostin's slip about the self-defense claim revealed the game.
She's a former federal prosecutor who knows exactly how this case will play in court.
The video of Pretti's earlier assault gives ICE agents everything they need for a justified shooting defense.
Known violent agitator with previous assault on federal agents showing up armed at second operation.
Any jury will understand why agents felt their lives were in danger.
That's what has Democrats panicking.
They can't turn Pretti into a martyr when video shows him spitting on federal agents and kicking out taillights.
The whole narrative just collapsed.
And Whoopi Goldberg's meltdown about the video being "weaponized" shows she knows it.
Sources:
- Nicholas Fondacaro, "The View Whines Video of Violent Pretti Is Being 'Weaponized,' 'Fear' it Helps ICE," NewsBusters, January 29, 2026.
- "Killing of Alex Pretti," Wikipedia, accessed January 29, 2026.
- "Radical Rhetoric by Sanctuary Politicians Leads to an Unprecedented 1,300% Increase in Assaults Against ICE Officers," Department of Homeland Security, January 8, 2026.
- "The Violence and Chaos Comes from Activists, Not ICE," The Gateway Pundit, January 2026.
