President Donald Trump’s recent use of a slur to describe Gov. Tim Walz has “unleashed a f***ing shitstorm” on his family, according to the governor’s daughter.
Hope Walz posted a now-deleted TikTok over the weekend in response to Trump’s social media post on Thanksgiving, in which he called the governor “seriously r******d.”
She said in the video that her family –specifically her brother Gus, who has a nonverbal learning disorder – has since been barraged by “offensive language” from the president’s supporters.
“You can call me whatever you want, you can call my dad, my mom, when it’s Gus, f*** to the no,” Hope Walz said, according to multiple news outlets. “He dealt with people calling him that last August and now there’s a resurgence? No.”
The Walz family also received hate when former Vice President Kamala Harris announced the governor as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
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According to Hope Walz, the latest attacks on her family have involved people driving by the Governor’s Residence yelling the slur, and direct messages on social media “saying absolutely horrendous things.”
“How is it OK that the president of the United States can call somebody — anybody, doesn’t matter who they are — that, and then all of his fricking cult members come and attack those people and that person’s family?” she said.
Trump’s use of the slur came amid a wider Thanksgiving Day post in which he announced a crackdown on immigration, in which he said his administration would “permanently pause” migration from so-called “Third World Countries.”
It has since been followed by wider targeting of the Somali diaspora in the United States, most of which can be found in Minnesota. The president has since described the Somali community as “garbage” and vowed to send them “back to where they came from.”
Trump’s words have been denounced by Democrats across Minnesota, as well as by one Republican, State Rep. Jim Abeler, who invited the president to Minnesota to meet with the Somali community, whom he described as being “woven into Minnesota’s fabric.”
“When I heard your comments about Somali men and women being ‘garbage,’ I was surprised,” he wrote. “The Somalis I know, and I know many, are nothing of the sort. They are businesspeople, drivers, hourly workers supporting their families, investors, nurses, students, and clerics – just like how my ancestors turned out.”
This story was originally published by Bring Me The News on Dec 8, 2025, where it first appeared in the MN News section. Add Bring Me The News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
