Disinformation Agent: Sen. Dick Durbin Brings AI-Generated Image of Alex Pretti Shooting to Senate Floor
Alana Mastrangelo29 Jan 2026476
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) displayed a poster of an AI-generated image falsely depicting the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — in which one AI-created federal agent is clearly missing a head — while delivering remarks on the Senate floor.
“I am on the Senate floor to condemn the killing of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal immigration officers and to demand the Trump Administration take accountability for its actions,” Durbin proclaimed in a Wednesday X post, sharing video footage if him speaking on Capitol Hill.
https://twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/status/2016598095090286789“This weekend, federal agents gunned down yet another American in Minneapolis,” the senator said. “Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse.”
“I’m going to show a photo of that scene, which is graphic, but I’m afraid it’s necessary to appreciate the horror of the moment,” Durbin continued, before displaying an AI-generated image falsely depicting last weekend’s fatal shooting on the Senate floor.
“This photo shows the last second, before the ICE agent killed Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis,” the Democrat lawmaker added, getting yet another piece of information wrong, as the 37-year-old was shot by a border patrol agent — not ICE.
The senator’s X post sharing the video of his remarks was quickly ratioed. For context, “ratioed” is a social media term — primarily used on X — referring to when a post has far more replies than likes or reposts, indicating it is widely disliked or considered wrong by other users, who then flood the comment section to share their criticism.
“You just used an AI image on the floor of the U.S. Senate as evidence, Dick,” Townhall columnist Dustin Grage said.
“I can’t believe it, but it’s real,” Center for Renewing America CEO Eric Teetsel reacted. “@SenatorDurbin actually used the fake AI image from Minnesota on the Senate floor.”
“Did no one notice the alleged ICE officer is missing a head?!” Teetsel asked, sharing a still shot of the image from Durbin’s video, which shows that one of the AI-generated agents obviously does not have a head.
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