Overview
- In a May commencement address at the University of Minnesota Law School, Walz said President Trump was using ICE agents as his “modern-day Gestapo.”
- During Thursday’s House Oversight Committee hearing, Reps. Tom Emmer and Byron Donalds led demands for an apology over the comparison.
- Walz defended his choice of words as a historical reference and declined to retract or apologize for the remark.
- The Department of Homeland Security reported a 413% increase in assaults on ICE officers this year, citing recent attacks by protesters throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails.
- Walz testified alongside Democratic governors J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Kathy Hochul of New York on sanctuary state policies at the same hearing.