I just spoke with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. As you know, it’s so important to me and the team here at Meidas that you get to hear directly from our political leaders who are on the frontlines fighting back against the Trump regime’s assaults.
I spoke with the governor at a moment when the truth is finally breaking through the fog of lies coming out of the Trump White House. Over the past several days, the American people have watched federal agents invade communities, trample constitutional rights, kill Americans — and then lie about it all. The killing of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital, has become a flashpoint because it lays bare what this regime is doing and why it cannot be allowed to continue. It also shows that their gaslighting is no longer working.
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As Trump left the White House earlier today, he made a stunning remark. After years of demagoguery around guns and the Second Amendment, Trump said, “You can’t just walk into places or be in public and have a gun or a concealed carry.” Where are all those Second Amendment People now?
Trump also claimed that Kristi Noem is “doing a very good job,” even as Democrats have formally called for her impeachment. This came after his administration defamed Alex Pretti and his family, smeared him as a “domestic terrorist,” and pushed demonstrably false narratives that collapsed the moment video evidence emerged. Then, in one of the most ghoulish moments I have seen from a president, Trump declared, “I love his family. I love everybody.” You do not defame a man, have your regime work overtime to try to justify his killing, and then say you’re all about love. It’s sociopathic.
After conflicting statements and information regarding Governor Walz’s conversations with Trump and his meeting with “Border Czar” Tom Homan, I wanted to cut straight to the truth. No Trump regime propaganda. Just the facts. So I asked Governor Walz about it directly.
Governor Walz told me that Tom Homan landed in Minnesota last night and was in his office this morning. The governor’s office reiterated Minnesota’s priorities clearly and directly: full cooperation with impartial investigations into the shootings involving federal agents, a swift and significant reduction in the number of federal forces operating in the state, and an end to what Walz described as a campaign of retribution against Minnesota.
Walz did not sugarcoat his skepticism. He said he wished the White House had arrived at this moment because of moral outrage over the killings of Alex Pretti and Rene Good, and the trauma inflicted on a child who witnessed the violence. His assessment was blunt. He believes the administration’s shift has more to do with collapsing poll numbers than conscience. Reports recently revealed that Trump did not like the coverage he was receiving on TV about the murders, so that certainly checks out. Still, Walz said he is cautiously hopeful that the presence of Homan, as opposed to Bovino, could mean the regime is shifting strategies.
Walz contrasted Homan’s outreach with the conduct of Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino (Homan landed in Minnesota last night and was at Walz’s office by 9:00am this morning). Despite years of personal and professional familiarity, Noem never contacted the governor. “She never made any attempt to contact me,” Walz said. Instead, she held press conferences and went on television to defame Minnesota officials and the victim. Walz described the previous operation as “amateur hour,” adding that it “got two people killed” and made no one safer.
One of the most striking parts of our conversation centered on the disinformation machine emanating from the White House, something we focus on a lot here at MeidasTouch. Walz explained how false claims are pushed with no tether to reality, forcing state leaders to chase lies while trying to govern a state under siege. He cited examples that would be laughable if the stakes were not so high. The administration claimed it arrested 13,000 people in Minnesota, a number that is impossible. It asserted that Minnesota should hand over 1,300 undocumented people from its prisons, even though the entire prison population is around 8,200 and only seven inmates are undocumented and already serving sentences.
These aren’t just innocuous lies in a vacuum. They are used to justify violence.
Walz painted a haunting picture of what federal operations have looked like on the ground. He described abandoned cars with hazard lights flashing, windows smashed, and seatbelts cut where people were dragged away. He spoke about children watching their parents disappear. None of it has improved public safety. All of it has inflicted fear. So many of these horrifying scenes have been captured on video thanks to the work of our team on the ground in partnership with Status Coup.
What has forced the regime to change course, at least for now, was not restraint from Washington but resistance from the people. Walz spoke about the tens of thousands of Minnesotans who filled the streets in brutal cold. “You can be pretty certain every one of those is going to be in a warm voting booth come November,” he said. The message is getting through.
This moment is not about party. Walz was emphatic on that point. What is happening in Minnesota, and across the country, is a moral question. It is about empathy, basic decency, and constitutional rights. Minnesota’s record undermines the narrative the administration wants to sell. The state ranks near the top in quality of life, health care, education, and happiness. It has low childhood poverty, high insurance coverage, and long life expectancy. Walz believes the administration resents the fact that progressive policies work, that a system built on the idea that everyone matters produces real results.
He also addressed the mixed reporting about Greg Bovino’s status. Walz explained that in Washington, people are often not fired publicly. They are quietly shut out. Bovino’s emails were shut down. His influence evaporated. Walz believes that change is real, but he stressed that symbolism is not enough. Federal agents need to leave Minnesota, and the posture of the regime must change quickly.
The governor placed this conflict in historical context. Federal intervention has happened before, he said, most notably during the civil rights movement, when the federal government stepped in because states were denying rights. What is happening now is the opposite. Minnesota is honoring rights, and the federal government is trying to take them away. That inversion should alarm every American.
Walz also pointed to another layer of hypocrisy that is now cracking. After months of absolutist Second Amendment rhetoric, even gun groups are starting to speak up. The administration managed to outrage independents, progressives, and now lawful gun owners who recognize that the government threatening to shoot permitted carriers is the definition of overreach.
When I asked Walz about Kristi Noem personally, his response was measured but unsparing. He described working with her for years, co-writing legislation, knowing her family, and collaborating on issues like biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel. He said he has not changed his values. He has always supported reproductive freedom and marriage equality. What changed, in his view, is the anger and cruelty that now define MAGA politics. “To do that to Alex is beyond the pale,” Walz said.
We ended by talking about Alex Pretti himself. Walz spent time with Pretti’s colleagues, ICU nurses who work at one of the nation’s largest VA hospitals. They described a man with an unshakable moral compass, someone who could not stand by when a woman was assaulted. The video confirms what they told him. Pretti stepped in to protect someone else, and that act of courage cost him his life.
Minnesota will not forget. The country should not forget. Walz made clear that independent investigations will proceed. Accountability is not optional.
This is a defining moment. The question now is whether this pressure will force a real change in behavior or whether the regime will revert to lies and violence the moment it thinks the cameras have moved on. Minnesotans are watching. So is the rest of the country. And we will never stop holding power to account here at the MeidasTouch Network.
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