{"id":1994,"date":"2026-01-25T23:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:30:58","slug":"barack-michelle-obama-alex-pretti-killing-is-a-wake-up-call-to-every-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"BARACK &#038; MICHELLE OBAMA ALEX PRETTI KILLING IS A WAKE-UP CALL TO EVERY AMERICAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barack and Michelle Obama released a strong-worded joint statement Sunday, breaking their silence on the killing of Alex Pretti, making one thing clear \u2026 \u201cThis has to stop.\u201d<br \/>\nCalling Pretti\u2019s death a heartbreaking tragedy that \u201cshould be a wake-up call to every American,\u201d the former president and first lady said no matter what political party you align with, our collective core values as a nation are \u201cincreasingly under assault.\u201dSee More Below\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9381-300x225.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9381-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_9381.webp 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The couple stated that while federal law enforcement have a difficult job, they have a duty to work with state and local officials to carry out their work in a lawful and accountable way. But \u201cthat\u2019s not what we\u2019re seeing in Minnesota,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Obamas slammed the Trump administration for seeming \u201ceager to escalate the situation,\u201d as chaos spreads in the streets of Minnesota.<br \/>\n\u201cThis has to stop,\u201d they said plainly. \u201cI would hope that after this most recent tragedy, administration officials will reconsider their approach, and start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey as well as state and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate law enforcement goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They continued \u2026 \u201cIn the meantime, every American should support and draw inspiration from the wave of peaceful protests in Minneapolis and other parts of the country. They are a timely reminder that ultimately it\u2019s up to each of us as citizens to speak out against injustice, protect our basic freedoms, and hold our government accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barack and Michelle Obama released a strong-worded joint statement Sunday, breaking their silence on the killing of Alex Pretti, making one thing clear \u2026 \u201cThis has to stop.\u201d Calling Pretti\u2019s death a heartbreaking tragedy that \u201cshould be a wake-up call to every American,\u201d the former president and first lady said no matter what political party [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypulse1.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}