Hope Walz, the daughter of Minnesota Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, shared a Christmas message that included a rebuke of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), expressing solidarity with the communities she said are suffering from the agency's actions.
In a video posted on social media at Christmas, Hope Waltz said“I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Today I am holding all of our neighbors who have been terrorized by ICE near and dear to my heart and sending them love and light, and to all of our homeless people and just anyone who is struggling right now, I am holding very close to me and I hope you all can do the same. Last year has been hard on all of us, but I am so proud of the work I have done in this wonderful community and everything you guys do every day. And yes, happy holidays.”
The remarks are the latest in a series of politically charged statements from the 24-year-old. In August, Hope Waltz transmitted at what she called Trump's “shitty, weak, scaredy-cat behavior in DC” in a social media video, using it as a springboard to discuss the history of mass incarceration in the United States.
She quoted reading Locking up our own James Forman Jr. while studying at the University of Minnesota and recommended combining it with The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander. Walz argued that the books help explain “modern mass incarceration of fellow black men” and argued that federal crime crackdowns under Trump are a continuation of long-standing U.S. policies targeting those who are not “rich and white people.” She added, “It's just more,” describing Trump's efforts in the capital.
In April she decided not to attend graduate school, saying he would not support institutions that “do not support their students and the right to protest.”
