Tim Walz pretends 'disgusting' Nazi Germany comparison isn't divisive



In a recent interview, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) urged Americans to tone down violent and divisive rhetoric — emphasizing unity and civil debate as core to the nation’s strength.

“The president has done this, knowingly divided. He uses words like, ‘the enemy,’ ‘the enemy within,’ and we’ve never used that language,” Walz said in the interview.

However, Walz has contributed to much of the inflammatory rhetoric himself, and BlazeTV host Pat Gray has the receipts.

“Think about how easy it would be to be a damn Republican,” Walz shouted on stage at a DNC summer meeting. “Oh, what should I wear today? This stupid, freaking, red hat. What should I say today? I don’t know, just make sure it’s cruel. Who do we listen to? That guy, oh, the felon in the White House.”


“That’s not divisive at all,” Gray says sarcastically on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“And neither is this,” he adds, before playing another damning clip of Walz.

“My record is so pro-choice, Nancy Pelosi asked me if I should tone it down. I stand with Planned Parenthood, and we won!” he yelled.

In yet another clip, Walz is confronted in a congressional hearing about calling ICE agents under the orders of Trump “a modern-day Gestapo.”

“Do you realize how disgusting that is considering the history of Nazi Germany? Would you like to recant that statement?” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) asked Walz.

“What I said congressman, and I have a long history of supporting law enforcement, I said President Trump was using them as his modern-day Gestapo,” Walz answered.

“Right,” Gray says in disbelief. “That’s the problem.”

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Exclusive: Tom Emmer torches Tim Walz's 'failed' leadership, says he should 'have his head examined'



House Majority Whip and Minnesota native Tom Emmer (R) bashed Democratic Gov. Tim Walz for his "failure to lead" in the aftermath of the gruesome Minnesota shooting during an exclusive interview with Blaze News.

Following the tragic shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School, Emmer spoke about the heartbreak felt in the community while also criticizing Walz's repeated inaction to protect Minnesotans.

'There were warnings all along the way.'

"I'm a Minnesotan and father of seven kids, and we're a Catholic family," Emmer told Blaze News. "The Annunciation school is one of the strongest Catholic parishes in the Twin Cities."

"Words just can't describe the amount of heartbreak and anger that I think all of us feel about this unspeakable act of evil."

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The shooter was later identified as Robert Westman, a man who suffered from gender confusion, raising concerns about transgender gun ownership. Emmer said that rather than addressing Westman's mental health, Democratic policies like those backed by Walz exacerbate the issue.

"Everyone has their own challenges. We respect that. We understand that," Emmer told Blaze News. "But Tim Walz and all of these radical left-wing Democrats that look at a young man like the one involved in this case and tell them, 'You're confused. We're going to make it worse. We're going to encourage you to make it worse.'"

Under Walz's leadership, Minnesota became a "trans refuge" that allowed the state to take children with gender dysphoria away from their parents if they weren't giving them "gender-affirming care." Additionally, Catholic schools were on guard and asking for increased security following the Tennessee shooting in 2023, but Walz ignored their pleas.

"The trans community, God bless them for the challenges they already have, but the suicide in that community is well above the national average. Why aren't we talking about that?" Emmer added. "... He was screaming for help."

"There were warnings all along the way," Emmer told Blaze News.

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Since the shooting, Walz and other Democratic officials have pointed the finger at firearms instead of the underlying motives that may have led Westman to commit the heinous act. Rather than politicizing the atrocity, Emmer said leaders should come together to address the "root of the problem."

"We should be focused on what the root of the problem is," Emmer told Blaze News. "It's mental health. It's a failure of people to actually speak up and follow the laws that are there and enforce them."

"It's all about us and them for Tim Walz, as opposed to how do we all work together and live together in peace and security and respect," Emmer told Blaze News.

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Unfortunately, the recent violence in Minnesota was not an isolated incident. Like many other blue cities across the country, Minneapolis is plagued by high crime rates. Although Trump has previously extended a hand to blue cities like Minneapolis, Walz continues to dig his heels in.

"I'm hoping partisan, hateful, failed leaders like Tim Walz, JB Pritzker, and others follow the model," Emmer told Blaze News. "You don't have to embrace Donald Trump. ... But certainly you should care enough about your own people. The people that you work for that elected you to protect them and their families from the violence that we've been seeing in Minneapolis as a result of the failure to lead."

"Seriously, there's something wrong with Tim Walz," Emmer told Blaze News. "Somebody should have his head examined and offer him some help, because he's completely gone off the edge."

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Disgusting: Even Tim Walz cheers false rumors of Trump’s death



Over the holiday weekend, rumors began circulating on the left that President Donald Trump had passed away after going several days without a public appearance — but he quickly shut them down.

“NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Aug. 31st. “Also, DC IS A CRIME FREE ZONE! President DJT.”

“The left was really excited,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments. “There was, like, a gleam in their eye. You know, usually they have dead eyes. I think it’s 'cause they take too many SSRIs, but they usually have the dead eyes.”


On August 30, “Donald Trump” was the number-one trending topic on X after the left began excitedly repeating that the president was nowhere to be seen.

In the trending sidebar on X, it revealed that 49,000 posts claimed that “TRUMP IS DEAD,” 17,500 posts claimed that “TRUMP DIED,” and 110,000 posts said “It Happened.”

Even Tim Walz got in on the deranged and deluded excitement.

“You get up in the morning and you doomscroll through things — although I will say this. The last few days you woke up thinking there might be news,” Walz told an audience, to laughter. “Just saying, there will be news sometime.”

“Breaking: People die,” Gonzales comments, disgusted.

“Or is that his cowardly call to violence?” BlazeTV contributor Jaco Booyens chimes in. “Because that’s what they really want. What a sick, sick human being. I don’t recall ever in this network or anyone here ever talking about wanting Joe Biden to lose his life.”

“They say the quiet parts out loud, at least,” he continues. “So let them announce themselves.”

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'There will be news sometime'

The Minnesota Shooter Had Second Thoughts About Transgenderism. Under Tim Walz, Gender Affirming Care is the Only Legal Treatment for Minors.

Minnesota Democrats took control of the political branches of the state government in January 2023 and immediately set about advancing the agenda and priorities of their left-wing base. In something like the playing time of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy," the Minnesota House and Senate passed bills establishing Minnesota as a "trans refuge" state and banning […]

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Two leaders stand in the stark light of blame after horrific Minneapolis Catholic school shooting



On Wednesday, August 27, Robin (formerly Robert) Westman, a 23-year-old transgender-identifying person, opened fire through the windows of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis during a school Mass, killing two children and injuring 17 others. Westman, a former student, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, left behind writings and videos expressing hate toward multiple groups and an obsession with mass shooters.

“Minneapolis didn't just let a massacre happen. It helped make it happen,” says Jill Savage, BlazeTV host of “Blaze News: The Mandate.”

And two people stand under a harsh glare of blame: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D).

Minneapolis’ reputation was already waning thanks to the George Floyd riots and its defund-the-police crusade when Tim Walz made the state a transgender sanctuary in 2023.

But even though this move has proved disastrous, Mayor Frey has doubled down in his support for Minneapolis’ transgender community. “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity,” he said at a press conference on August 27. The next day, he reiterated the sentiment in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett.

“Should we be talking about the trans community and making sure that they feel our love and support, or should we actually be looking at the Catholics right now — the ones that were actually killed yesterday in that church?” says Jill.

“This is the 42nd or maybe 43rd attack on an American Catholic church this year alone in the United States. It is over 520 attacks on Catholic churches here since 2020,” says Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford.

“They’ve been satanic; they’ve been anti-Catholic; they’ve been pro-abortion; they’ve been pro-trans.”

But they haven’t been that surprising.

“Minneapolis and Minnesota have had an extreme tolerance for evil and promoting evil,” says Bedford, condemning the state's “permissive abortion laws” and policies allowing the state to take children away from parents who oppose "gender-affirming care."

Bedford stresses the need to investigate how things like cross-sex hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and mutilating surgeries impact a transgender-identifying individual’s behavior. Perhaps Westman was just a case of mental illness; perhaps there were drugs related to his gender transition that influenced his deadly actions. “I think that's something that's absolutely worth investigating,” he says.

As for Walz, Bedford says he “deserves condemnation for his anti-Catholic sentiments.” The woke governor denied Catholic schools' requests for security funding in 2022 and 2023, despite an $18 billion state surplus, leaving nonpublic schools without access to safety grants provided to public schools. He also allegedly denied Catholic school students access to Minnesota’s Postsecondary Enrollment Options program, preventing them from earning tuition-free college credits, despite their academic eligibility.

“These are the sorts of things that are going on in the United States and are being allowed by our politicians. … It's soft on evil, and it allows it to fester,” he says.

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DHS directs $110 million in FEMA funds to protect 'faith-based' groups following Minnesota atrocity



President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to protect and bolster funding for Christian communities across the country in the aftermath of the atrocious Minnesota shooting that took place on Wednesday.

The latest effort from the administration comes from the Department of Homeland Security, where Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to direct $110 million of FEMA funds to more than 600 "faith-based" organizations across America.

'We are using this money to protect American communities — especially places where people gather in prayer.'

These funds are being administered through FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program so that churches and faith groups can invest in security enhancements such as "cameras, warning and alert systems, gates and lighting, access control systems, and training programs for staff."

"In the face of violent criminals and radical organizations intent on hurting American communities, the Trump Administration is helping houses of worship, schools, and community centers to harden their defenses against attacks and protect themselves," Noem wrote in a post on X.

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This announcement comes just days after 23-year-old Robert Westman, a man who claimed to be a woman, fired into Annunciation Catholic Church and School on Wednesday morning, killing 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski. A total of 14 children and three adults were also wounded during the service when Westman fired into the pews.

Minnesota Catholic schools had previously pleaded with Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to increase security prior to the horrific shooting, but they were ultimately ignored.

In a 2023 letter, Minnesota Catholic Conference Executive Director Jason Adkins and Minndependent President Tim Benz asked Walz to ensure that nonpublic religious schools were allocated funding to increase school security, but Walz failed to follow through. This plea came after a transgender individual killed three 9-year-old children and three adults at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

“The latest school shooting at a nonpublic Christian school in Tennessee sadly confirms what we already know – our schools are under attack,” the letter reads. “In Minnesota, nonpublic schools, particularly our Jewish and Muslim schools, have experienced increased levels of threats, all of which we must take very seriously.”

A spokesperson for Gov. Walz's office gave Blaze News the following statement: "The governor cares deeply about the safety of students and has signed into law millions in funding for school safety. Our office met with them, and the governor meets with the Catholic Conference on a regular basis. Private schools do indeed receive state funding. We remain committed to working with anyone who is willing to work with us to stop gun violence and keep our students safe."

Blaze News has asked the governor's office for proof of such payments.

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The administration has taken these threats seriously. Within days, the FBI announced that agents are investigating the shooting as an anti-Catholic hate crime, and the DHS has redirected funds to address threats facing Christian communities across America.

"Instead of using grant money to fund climate change initiatives and political pet projects, we are using this money to protect American communities — especially places where people gather in prayer," Noem said.

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Tone-deaf Democrats lash out over prayers for Christians murdered in devastating Minnesota shooting



In the aftermath of the atrocious mass shooting at a Minnesota Catholic church, several Democrats jumped at the opportunity to denounce prayer.

A masked man horrifically shot and killed two children, ages 8 and 10, while they were praying in the pews of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The assailant also left 17 others injured, including two in critical condition.

The shooter, who was later identified as Robin Westman, took aim at the innocent children and other Mass attendees through the stained-glass windows before taking his own life in the parking lot.

'Stop praying for a f**king minute and demand action.'

In response to the senseless tragedy, leaders from President Donald Trump to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) conveyed their deepest sympathies and offered prayers to the families of the victims.

Although the response was largely bipartisan and unifying, some Democrats took it upon themselves to lash out.

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Jen Psaki, former press secretary for the Biden administration, managed to twist the atrocity into a political critique of the Trump administration while simultaneously dismissing prayers offered by Americans across the country.

"Prayer is not freaking enough," Psaki wrote in a post on X. "Prayer does not end school shootings. Prayers do not make parents feel safe sending their kids to school. Prayer does not bring these kids back. Enough with the thoughts and prayers."

"When kids are getting shot in their pews at a catholic school mass and your crime plan is to have national guard put mulch down around DC maybe rethink your strategy," Psaki said in another post.

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) echoed Psaki, saying that prayers were an insufficient response to the atrocity that took place at the Catholic church.

"Don't just say that this is about thoughts and prayers right now," Frey said in a press conference following the shooting. "These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church."

Brian Krassenstein, a left-wing political commentator, made similar remarks on his X account Wednesday, insisting that people "stop praying for a f**king minute and demand action by people and not just God."

"Praying is the problem here, not the solution," Krassenstein said. "People use prayer instead of action. If prayer worked a house of prayer wouldn’t have just experienced this tragedy."

"Prayer becomes a problem when it takes the place of real action that could save children’s lives," Krassenstein said in another post. "If that offends you, good, it should."

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Gov. Walz's condemnation of Trump's efforts to make Democrat-run cities safe aged really poorly



A shooter clad in black gunned down school children during a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in the pews. Another two victims are in critical condition. Of the 17 injured in the attack, 14 were children.

According to police, the shooter apparently barricaded the doors from the outside and began opening fire into the church through the windows.

The coward responsible, who has not yet been identified, used a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol, and ultimately committed suicide at the back of the church.

The day before the church attack, seven individuals were shot, one mortally, behind Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. One witness described the scene to KSTP-TV as a "blood shower."

While these evil acts are particularly egregious, Minneapolis has seen a great deal of violence and bloodletting in recent months and years. While murders are down this year, assault offenses exceed those committed last year and are significantly higher than the previous three-year average. According to Neighborhood Scout, the city ranks 1 on the crime index, where 100 is safest.

'This cruelty must end.'

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz's recent criticism of the Trump administration's efforts to restore law and order to Democrat-run cities has aged especially poorly in light of the recent mass shootings and the city's general problems with violent crime.

In addition to defending DEI and championing Minnesota as a sanctuary for trans-identifying individuals in his Monday speech at the Democratic National Committee summer 2025 meeting in Minneapolis, Walz characterized the Trump administration's efforts to curb crime with the help of the National Guard as cruel, "fascist," unconstitutional, and as a "flaunting [sic] of the rule of law."

The Democratic governor insinuated further that Trump was following the "law of the jungle" contra the "law of human decency," and stated, "This cruelty must end."

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) told the Guardian that if the president tried to repeat in Minneapolis the successful crime-reduction efforts undertaken in Washington, D.C., "It would be just a blatantly illegal usurpation of local control."

"Of course, we would take immediate action to get injunctive relief," Frey added.

While Democrats are resistive to the intervention by the Trump administration, the president's crime-fighting initiative in Washington, D.C., has so far been a resounding success. Following the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department and the deployment of the National Guard, there were no murders for at least 10 days.

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Tim Walz Screeches About GOP’s ‘Stupid Frickin’ Red Hat’ During Angry Rant

'Think of how easy it would be to be a damn Republican'