{"id":130668,"date":"2026-02-11T23:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130668\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:51:09","slug":"after-controversy-maga-jersey-shore-star-set-to-take-stage-in-blue-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130668\/","title":{"rendered":"After controversy, MAGA \u2018Jersey Shore\u2019 star set to take stage in blue state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Y2JTKFKLLZHPZKOIHBOAXL5BPQ\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Vinny Guadagnino is being scrutinized by his fanbase after his comments about ICE and the murder of Alex Pretti went viral. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O5HVQAJG4BCBJERDDC5Z3D75YQ\">\u201cThe other option to change course [is] \u2026 to stop [demonstrators] jumping into the middle of the active police scenes that are happening because it\u2019s causing people to get killed by angry men with guns wearing squat gear due to human error, force, fear, miscommunication or whatever else the police acts poorly at times,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vinnyguadagnino\/p\/DSk8nuniazh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guadagnino wrote in an Instagram comment section.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GIWKRQ7ZQJFMFNEG3XQ62KEIQE\">\u201cI\u2019d rather the people be saved by not depending on the proper judgement of angry guys with guns in the middle of street brawls,\u201d the reality star said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JXV4MR5YQVDUDDUHBSCGDJUC5A\">He appeared to question why Minnesotans were protesting the ICE raids disrupting daily life in Minneapolis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KXDQ6RCUKBFSVMILY75EP4YVPE\">\u201cWhy are they [demonstrators] jumping in now? Who is telling them to? This has been going on and law enforcement has always existed. Is it plausible puppeteers are making this happen for political gain and power?\u201d he asked. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IZDG5SJRXJEHHCDK7YGOTDDEJA\">He claimed that Pretti was \u201ca victim of somehow feeling compelled to be in the middle of a police investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HUSAUR5ZBRBJJEKW2Q5YHMVDJU\">Guadagnino did, however, write that he believes Pretti\u2019s killing was a \u201c\u2026. wrongful tragic death by angry young men with guns who should be held accountable if wrong doing was done.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FMUIURYEG5CTLKORKUO3OWUAKY\">He is a known supporter of President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, attending the Oct. 27, 2024, Madison Square Garden rally that featured names like Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, and now HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZQQEJYEEC5C5PMRCGA5TI7CURE\">Guadagnino defended his vote for Trump in the 2024 election on social media as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PT7NSUC4CJATFK3EZW76K7SF4U\">The star is on a stand-up comedy tour around the United States titled \u201cVinny G Live,\u201d with his next show landing him in a Democratic stronghold: Boston. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Vinny Guadagnino is being scrutinized by his fanbase after his comments about ICE and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-130668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}