Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Thursday that people are driving by his home, rolling down their windows and yelling a slur for developmentally disabled people, mimicking President Donald Trump after he used the derogatory term to attack him.
The Democratic governor said he has concerns after Trump started the attack in a Truth Social post and continued to attack him this week, TMZ reported, showing video from a press conference.
“This creates danger. And I’ll tell you what, in my time on this, I’ve never seen this before," Walz said. "People driving by my house and using the r-word in front of people. This is shameful and I have yet to see an elected official, a Republican elected official, say, 'You’re right, that’s shameful. He should not say it.'"
Walz said he now fears for his safety.
"So look, I’m worried. We know how these things go. They start with taunts. They turn into violence. Deeply concerned," Walz added, referring to the killings of Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their dog Gilbert.
When a reporter asked Trump if he regretted calling Walz the slur, the president doubled down — and continued to attack Somalia and Somalian immigrants in the United States, whom he labeled as "garbage" this week. A large community of Somalians, whom Walz has praised, lives in Minnesota.
“I think there’s something wrong with him, anybody that would do what he did, anybody that would allow those people into the state and pay billions out to Somalia," Trump said. "We give billions of dollars to Somalia, it’s not even a country because it doesn’t function like a country. It’s got a name but it doesn’t function like a country. There’s something wrong with Walz."
