Tim Walz Draws Nazi Comparison in Criticism of Immigration Agents During Minneapolis Unrest

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ignited a firestorm of backlash this weekend after making one of the most reckless and offensive comparisons in recent political memory likening federal immigration agents to Nazis and invoking the story of Anne Frank to attack President Trump’s border enforcement policies.

“Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank,” Walz said Sunday during a press conference. “Somebody is going to write that children’s story about Minnesota.”

Yes, the Democratic governor of Minnesota a failed vice presidential hopeful compared U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to the Gestapo, accusing them of terrorizing immigrant communities and suggesting that children in Minnesota are now hiding in fear as Anne Frank once did from Hitler’s death squads.

The outrageous remark follows the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a nurse who attempted to interfere with a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis and was found to be armed. Pretti’s death occurred just weeks after another Minneapolis-based incident where Renee Good was shot and killed after she attempted to ram her car into ICE agents. The agents involved had been pursuing individuals with violent criminal records a fact Walz ignored entirely.

Since then, radical mobs have begun actively targeting ICE agents, chanting phrases like “Kill An ICE, Save A Life”, and obstructing law enforcement with open hostility. And yet Walz instead of defending the rule of law has doubled down on his anti-agent rhetoric.

This isn't a first. Last year, Walz publicly described ICE as “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” He’s now gone further, tying the agency’s actions to the Holocaust in an offensive comparison that disrespects the memory of actual Holocaust victims while emboldening violence against American law enforcement.

Walz’s comments are part of a broader pattern among Democrats:

• Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu have also used Nazi references to describe immigration enforcement.

• On Sunday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill likened ICE to East Germany’s STASI, the communist secret police.

Meanwhile, the agents on the ground face real violence and death threats.

“Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement,” said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. “It’s disgusting.”

Blanche wasn’t mincing words. With ICE agents being assaulted, targeted, and demonized and now compared to Nazi stormtroopers by elected Democrats the message from the left is clear they stand with the mobs, not with the law.

Let’s be clear:

• These federal agents are upholding duly enacted immigration law.

• They are pursuing illegal aliens with criminal records, including violent offenders.

• They are now risking their lives not only against criminals, but against a radical political class bent on turning them into villains.

This isn’t just dangerous rhetoric it’s an incitement. And it’s one more reason why 2024 can’t come soon enough.

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