For anyone still holding out hope that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz might show a shred of real leadership in the wake of Sunday’s anti-ICE church invasion in St. Paul, the last 48 hours have provided a sobering answer.
As RedState reported, Walz’s silence in the immediate aftermath of the shocking disruption spoke louder than any statement could. Worshippers were harassed and terrified mid-service, children cried, congregants slipped and fell trying to flee the chaos, and what did Minnesota’s top elected official have to say?
Absolutely nothing — at least,
not until the political pressure became too thick to ignore.
And even then, the response wasn’t from Walz himself. No press conference. No live address. Not even a personal video on social media. Instead, Minnesotans were treated to a press release from his office — a bland, boilerplate attempt to cover for his inaction.
“The Governor has repeatedly and unequivocally urged protesters to do so peacefully. While people have a right to speak out, he in no way supports interrupting a place of worship,” the statement read.
That’s it? A tepid acknowledgment that perhaps storming a church might not be ideal? This wasn’t some vague incident at a political rally. This was a coordinated invasion of a sacred space — a direct violation of federal law, including the FACE Act, with potential civil rights implications under the Ku Klux Klan Act.
But to Tim Walz, it’s just another day of “protest.”
Even more outrageous is that just weeks earlier, Walz himself stoked the very hysteria now fueling these mobs. In pre-Christmas remarks — flanked by left-wing activists — Walz warned that the Trump administration might send ICE agents to “midnight mass services.” The fearmongering couldn’t have been clearer. He implied that churches were at risk — not from agitators, but from law enforcement.
No such ICE targeting ever occurred. But in a tragic twist, the real threat came from within: radical protesters, encouraged by a steady drumbeat of anti-ICE, anti-law-enforcement rhetoric from the state’s political elite.
And now that their warnings have turned into reality — just in the exact opposite direction — Walz has gone quiet. His only response has been to gently urge protesters to be peaceful, as if this were some minor dust-up on the steps of the Capitol, not a deliberate act of intimidation against Christians in the middle of worship.
It’s worth asking: What would Walz’s response have looked like if the political affiliations were reversed? If ICE supporters had stormed a progressive church over sanctuary policies? If worshippers had been chased from the pews amid cries of “No Biden, no KKK, no fascist USA”? Would he have sent out a press release then?
We all know the answer.
And that’s the deeper issue. Tim Walz — along with others in Minnesota’s DFL machine — has repeatedly enabled this climate of lawlessness. Whether by slow-walking condemnation, staying silent during outbreaks of radical behavior, or offering slippery “both sides” equivocations, he has emboldened the very people now wreaking havoc on his own citizens.
