Overview
- Walz said she was holding neighbors she described as terrorized by ICE near to her heart and wished them a Merry Christmas in a late Christmas Eve TikTok.
- The 24-year-old posted to an audience reported as more than 500,000 followers after a brief hiatus from the platform.
- The message drew swift criticism from social media users who called the remarks out of touch and accused her of overlooking American victims.
- Her return follows earlier posts in December, including a now-deleted expletive-laced video attacking President Donald Trump and a pause from TikTok after reporting threatening messages.
- Coverage places the post against reports of ICE actions targeting hundreds of undocumented residents in Minneapolis’s Somali community and separate state claims of roughly $1 billion in fraud tied to scammers within that community.