The White House mocked Tim Walz Wednesday over a prime-time address that was plagued by technical problems, encouraging the Democratic Minnesota governor to “just resign.”
The audio glitched just seconds into the embattled governor’s message to Minnesotans, with delayed sound of Walz’s remarks about the ongoing presence of federal law enforcement in the North Star State playing over the live sound.
“Tampon is currently attempting to do a live, highly produced statewide address to condemn the enforcement of our immigration laws in Minnesota… but it’s not going so well,” read an X post from the White House’s Rapid Response account, which used the derisive nickname some Republicans use to refer to Walz.
“You’re a loser, @GovTimWalz — and you always will be,” the stinging post continued. “Just resign in disgrace, you buffoon.”
David Freeman, a conservative political activist, described Walz’s address as a “TOTAL DISASTER!”
“Gov. Tim Walz’s high-stakes live speech about the ICE surge in Minnesota? Brutal tech FAIL, audio glitched out with TWO VOICES overlapping, making it impossible to hear a word!” he wrote in a social media post.
The governor did not make any policy announcements in the speech, but encouraged residents to continue to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
“News reports simply don’t do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities,” Walz raged.
He accused ICE agents of “going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live,” pulling people over “indiscriminately” to check immigration paperwork and “kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process.”
“Carry your phone with you at all times,” Walz urged residents. “If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record.”
“Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans.”
The governor indicated that the state would “bank evidence for future prosecution.”
Walz announced earlier this month that he would no longer seek re-election amid claims of widespread fraud in Minnesota.
He has thus far refused calls to step down from office over the fraud scandals plaguing the state.
