Tim Walz Refuses to Apologize for Calling Federal Agents Nazis

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the almost-Vice-President of the United States of America, repeatedly refused during a Thursday congressional hearing to apologize for comparing ICE agents to the Gestapo.

“Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets,” Waltz said in a commencement speech at the University of Minnesota’s law school last month. “They’re in unmarked vans, wearing masks, being shipped off to foreign torture dungeons.”

On Thursday, Walz testified in a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing alongside Governors Kathy Hochul of New York and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois. Lawmakers grilled the governors about cases of violent criminal illegal aliens allowed to “roam free” in their states. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn, highlighted how Walz signed several omnibus bills into law in 2023, granting illegal aliens “free healthcare, free college, and driver’s licenses.”

Multiple lawmakers specifically pressed Walz on his commencement speech remarks.

WOW! Congresswoman Nancy Mace completely OBLITERATES Tim Walz for comparing the brave men and women of ICE to the Nazi Gestapo.@RepNancyMace: "Do you apologize for your disgusting comparison of ICE to the Gestapo?" pic.twitter.com/xtI5u9PmLz

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) June 12, 2025

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., asked Walz a series of yes-or-no questions about the Holocaust and the historical German Gestapo, including whether Walz knew that they “committed genocide against the Jews.” (Read more from “Tim Walz Refuses to Apologize for Calling Federal Agents Nazis” HERE)