After comparing Alex Pretti to the BTK serial killer, Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “I can't just pretend because you're dead, you're like the superior person”
Kelly: “People are kind of projecting positive qualities on somebody they don't know”
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From the January 26, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports
GREG KELLY (HOST): And that brings us to Alex Pretti. Alex. Alex is his name. I feel sorry for him because he was lied to and manipulated, and he did a very, very, very stupid thing showing up the way he did, going in the middle of the street, taping things, directing traffic, getting in the way. Say no, no, no, no, no, you can't do that. My voice is important here. After all, I'm a nurse. And the media, my goodness gracious. They have a new saint. He's pretty ordinary guy, actually, but he's on the right side of history, right?
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American citizen. Let's see, baseball, rode a bike - that could be me, except for the part where I go out and do something incredibly stupid. All those things - Boy Scout, outdoorsman, right? You know who that is? A lot of people. Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, was all those things. Dennis Rader, remember him? He's the beat, bind, torture and kill guy. He liked to hunt. He was a family man. Everybody liked him. His mother liked him. All that stuff. Dennis Rader and Alex -- I'm sorry, but I can't just pretend because you're dead, you're like the superior person. That happens a lot in America, but only when they really, really want you to represent. People are kind of projecting positive qualities on somebody they don't know. And it goes on.
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That's OK, Trevor, I'll deal with it from here. The glorification and the dismissal. You know, some people are deified, others are ostracized. Right. And it basically comes down to whether or not you're MAGA, right? If you're anti-MAGA, you're somehow glorious. If you're MAGA, you're trash.