The White House on Monday blamed Minnesota Democrats for the shooting deaths of protestors.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the shooting and killing by a federal immigration officer of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis "occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota."
Her remarks showed the administration still seeks to blame the violence on political rivals, despite President Donald Trump seeking to ease tensions by saying Monday that he had a productive phone conversation with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Federal reviews underway
During Monday's briefing, Leavitt said that a trio of "active investigations" and internal probes of the shooting were underway by federal agencies.
Leavitt said that the Department of Homeland Security and FBI were investigating the shooting and that U.S. Customs and Border Protection was "conducting their own internal review."
"As President Trump said yesterday, the administration is reviewing everything with respect to the shooting, and we will let that investigation play out," Leavitt added.
Leavitt puts distance between Trump and 'assassin' rhetoric on Pretti
Asked about deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller's social media characterization of Pretti, without offering any evidence, as "an assassin" who "tried to murder federal agents," Leavitt stressed that Trump hadn't used such words.
"This has obviously been a very fluid and fast moving situation throughout the weekend," Leavitt said, adding that Trump "has said that he wants to let the investigation continue and let the facts lead."
Asked if Miller would apologize to Pretti's family, Leavitt again turned to Trump's position.
"Nobody here at the White House, including the president of the United States, wants to see Americans hurt and losing their lives," she said.
Leavitt said that she has "not heard the president characterize" Pretti as a domestic terrorist.
That marks something of a difference with the message of other administration officials. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has labeled Pretti as committing an act of domestic terrorism.
Leavitt said she has "heard the president say he wants to get the facts on the investigation" of the shooting.
Border czar Homan will now be point of contact in Minneapolis
Leavitt said that Tom Homan, the administration's border czar, would be "the main point of contact on the ground in Minneapolis" during continued operations by federal immigration officers.
That marks something of a change as Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino had been the public face of operations in the city.
Leavitt said that Bovino would "very much continue to lead Customs and Border Patrol, throughout and across the country."
Leavitt says Trump still has 'utmost confidence and trust' in Noem
Asked if Noem had made a mistake that led Trump to send Homan to Minnesota, Leavitt said no.
Noting that Noem oversees "the entire Department of Homeland Security," Leavitt stressed that that includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is managing response to "a brutal winter storm, where hundreds of thousands of Americans have been impacted by that."
Leavitt said that Homan "is in a unique position to drop everything and go to Minnesota to continue having these productive conversations with state and local officials," adding that he would be "catching a plane in just a few hours to do just that, at the at the request of the president."mes even as outrage over the shooting has raised the possibility of a partial government shutdown in a week because of a standoff over additional funding for immigration enforcement.