A fresh video posted Wednesday by Minnesota’s embattled Democrat governor Tim Walz is racing across social media — and not because it inspired confidence or calm. Quite the opposite. In the clip, Walz comes off smug, condescending, and unmoored from reality as he accuses federal immigration authorities of targeting “people of color” and even “dragging pregnant women down the street,” all without offering a shred of evidence.
Walz claims Minnesotans are being singled out for “retribution” simply for protesting ICE agents as they carry out federal law. He then turns his fire toward President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, demanding they “end this occupation,” as if Minnesota were some foreign territory under siege.
Gov. Tim Walz: ICE Operations in Minnesota Are a “Campaign of Organized Brutality”
“Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live.” pic.twitter.com/yYNXh18xIJ
— RCP Video (@rcpvideo) January 15, 2026
From there, the governor spirals into a rambling list of grievances and thinly veiled calls to action. Trump, Walz insists, wants “chaos, confusion, and violence.” He reassures his progressive base that they are “not powerless,” a line that quickly veers into something far more dangerous. Walz encourages people to “resist” and to “help people in danger,” language that echoes activist networks like ICE-Watch — groups that have repeatedly interfered with law enforcement operations.
Then comes the most troubling part. Walz urges Minnesotans to “witness” ICE operations, to film agents at all times, and to help create a “database of atrocities” to be used for “future prosecutions.” In plain English, the governor of Minnesota is encouraging citizens to insert themselves into volatile law enforcement encounters, escalating already tense situations and putting lives at risk.
This isn’t hypothetical. Just last week, a deadly encounter involving Renee Nicole Good was seized upon by Walz as proof of federal brutality, even as investigations were still ongoing. Rather than calling for restraint or facts, Walz accused the Trump administration of attacking the victim and her family, while portraying federal officers as kidnappers hauling citizens into “unmarked vans.”
At one point, Walz lashes out at Trump for warning that a “day of reckoning” is coming, dishonestly framing it as punishment for Minnesota voting against Trump in past elections. He then applauds Minnesotans for standing up with “courage, empathy, and profound grace,” language that rings hollow when paired with footage of agitators confronting law enforcement with vehicles and mobs.
Excellent point @GrageDustin why hasn’t Becca Good released her video footage? She’s clearly rolling tape. pic.twitter.com/u2ZHTTyFgw
— JohnFGately (@johnfgately) January 9, 2026
What Walz is doing here isn’t leadership. It’s performance. Kabuki theater, complete with a dramatic, theater-kid exit clearly designed to go viral. And the timing isn’t accidental. This meltdown comes as Walz tries to deflect attention from a massive fraud scandal that exploded under his watch — a $9 billion debacle tied largely to Somali-linked schemes so egregious it reportedly ended his reelection ambitions.
Instead of accountability, Walz offers hysteria. Instead of facts, he offers fantasies of roving ICE agents terrorizing grocery stores and schools. And instead of calming a tense moment, he pours gasoline on it, knowing full well that some people will take his words literally — and that someone could get killed.
