“I WOKE UP ANGRY… IT’S AN AMERICA I DON’T RECOGNIZE.” — THE VIEW’S ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN EMOTES POWERFULLY OVER ALEX PRETTI’S DEATH On the latest episode of The View, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin admitted she woke up angry in the days after ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed — describing her response as emotional, visceral, and reflective of deeper fears about the country’s trajectory. Griffin’s reaction wasn’t framed as partisan rhetoric but as an honest reaction to watching the aftermath unfold and processing how a life ended in such a sudden, public way — a response she said echoed far beyond the studio and resonated with viewers grappling with the same confusion and sorrow. Her words captured a moment of raw feeling from a corner of mainstream media that seldom drops its guard, marking a rare instance of unfiltered emotion as the nation continues to wrestle with the tragedy and its implications.
‘The View’s Alyssa Farah Griffin Says She “Woke Up Angry” After Alex Pretti Was Shot By ICE: “It’s An America I Don’t Recognize”
The View‘s Alyssa Farah Griffin slammed the government’s response to the recent death of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents at a protest in Minneapolis this weekend.
After Sunny Hostin confessed her mental state was “fragile” after watching the footage of Pretti’s shooting, Griffin told her co-hosts that she “woke up angry” and concerned for the state of her country.
Griffin, who announced she was pregnant on the show in October, said during Monday’s (Jan. 26) broadcast, “I also woke up angry and I’m like, ‘This is the world I’m bringing a child into.’ It’s an America I don’t recognize today.”
She then took aim at the Republican party for expecting Americans to “tolerate” this treatment from ICE officers.
“I’m so sick of my party saying to people, ‘If you care about border security, and you care about getting criminal undocumented migrants out of this country, you have to tolerate this.’ That’s not true.”
“This is incompetence by law enforcement and it’s cruelty by law enforcement,” she said.
Griffin rattled off a list of Pretti’s rights that she felt were violated during the altercation, including his second amendment right to lawfully carry a firearm.
“Do we stand for anything if not for basically half of the Bill of Rights at this point?” she asked. “That’s where I’m completely lost.”
However, she noted that Pretti’s death has marked a political “tide shift” from both sides of the aisle.
Whoopi Goldberg, on the other hand, issued a message directly to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for claiming they will investigate Pretti’s death.
“I dont understand what you’re investigating. You see it, you’re not blind,” Goldberg said. “Kristi Noem, you can’t justify this.”
She continued, “And we all see it and we see it for what you are. You all have blood on your hands.”
The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.
