Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on?"

[highplainsdem]

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-25T20:24:45.045Z

[leftstreet]

1. Have they arrested Pretti's killer? n/t

[Freddie]

2. ICE made sure numerous goons took shots at him

So we couldn’t single one out like the last murder.

[rampartd]

9. "felony murder" statutes make that unnecessary

but these guys will never be tried. more likely the governor will be sued for something stupid.

[bluestarone]

17. I've mentioned this as well.

We'll see if THAT behavior continues as planned. I cannot wait until we get control and see WHO are the ASSHOLES ordering this BULLSHIT BEHAVIOR!!

[quakerboy]

31. Thats conspiracy, no?

Also.. If you shoot someone without just cause, thats still a crime, whether you kill them or not, no?

[Historic NY]

43. The one guy cranked off at minimum 8 shots into him

they even told us he was an 8yr border patrol veteran. Sure makes one wonder if all those shot up migrants found dead the deserts along the southern were just target practice.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. I stand with Pretti, Good and Walz

The other side are led by demented and perverted NAZI traitors.

[MustLoveBeagles]

16. As do I

[SheltieLover]

27. Me too!

[WokeAintWhatIAm]

34. That is not a side, It's an obstacle to peace

[Irish_Dem]

4. Good vs Evil. Which side do you want to be on?

[Escape]

11. Up until now...

and throughout our 250 year history, that was an easy and obvious question to answer for all Americans.

Amazingly, now about 40 percent would proudly choose EVIL.

Hopefully, they will all be rewarded accordingly for their bizarre and baffling collapse of morality.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes evil is now the popular norm. Goodness has fallen out of favor.

Yes greatest moral collapse in US history.

Yes I hope we will see karma play out.

[ananda]

15. I keep thinking karma is at play in all of this...

for every perpetrator and for every victim.

Maybe they were the opposite in former lives.

[electric_blue68]

29. No...It's Not the "popular norm" if 60%+ still Oppose it.

[niyad]

28. Unfortunately, the history of the European invaders and colonizers

is drenched in blood. Near genocide and forced assimilation of the Indigenous. Slavery. The civil war. Jim Crow. Misogny. Shall I go on?

[Initech]

30. It's insane how American morality absolutely collapsed between 2011 - 2016.

And it has a lot to do with the psychopath who decided that a classroom full of murdered children wasn't real.

[quakerboy]

32. What percentage of the US population

Joined the KKK?

How many were sympathetic to the German American Bund before the war?

Before that, how many were on board to prevent those terrible (fill in your minority of choice. Chinese, Catholic, Jew, German, Black, indigenous, Irish. Whatever the hate-able minority of the day was) from destroying this country?

This is us.

[OldBaldy1701E]

41. Yup.

But, watch the lengths we will go to in making sure that we don't have to face this fact.

[calimary]

14. That's about the size of it.

And you can only pick one.

[sarisataka]

5. The historical question: What did the average person do when they saw what was happening?

Has been posed again.
To us.
Today.

[Beartracks]

6. Hey, Republicans! The government tyranny you've always warned about is here!

Don't let the fact that it came from YOUR side of the political spectrum deter you in your opposition to it!

==============

[SocialDemocrat61]

7. Unfortunately there will be many

who will say the winning side and sell out their friends and neighbors

[Mysterian]

8. Patriotic Americans do not support secret police

Loyal Americans support freedom not a police state.

[red dog 1]

10. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-25T15:47:39.198Z

[quakerboy]

33. So what will he do about it?

Per the cities website, this is the oath he and his fellow officers swore

"I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, and the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Minneapolis;

That I shall, in recognition of my service as a peace keeper, first do no harm, that I will uphold and safeguard the sanctity of life, and that I will shield and protect my community from those who would seek to cause harm;

That I shall intervene in protest, both verbally and physically, if I witness anyone violating another's rights;

That I recognize those I serve are members of the human family worthy of dignity and respect, and my term in office shall be guided by my love of service to the community and the grace of humanity."

[Historic NY]

44. He finally took over the crime scense that the HS was trying to scrub away.

[quakerboy]

45. thats not nothing

Though im not holding my breath for any solid accountability.

[aeromanKC]

13. Governor, you had me when I heard Renee's sweet voice saying, "I'm not mad at you."

[highplainsdem]

19. You're very new here, joined just minutes ago, so I'm wondering if you don't know what the reference

to "good trouble" was about. You'll often see posts about that here.

What Tim Walz is saying is what needs to be said.

[niyad]

24. Darn, did I miss our resident troll again?

[Celerity]

20. I know where you are going. Enjoy your stay. nt

[niyad]

25. I missed pizza delivery?

[Celerity]

37. Yes.

[niyad]

38. Darn. I miss all the fun.

[Joinfortmill]

21. And, Never Forget What They Did. NEVER!

[BlueTsunami2018]

22. I'm afraid he's not going to like the answer to that question.

MAGAts absolutely love what’s going on. You get to brutalize and throw brown immigrants out of the country and murder your political opponents?

This is fascist Heaven.

[Zelda_Orchid]

23. Kamala picked the right guy for her VP.

[niyad]

26. She chose well.

[thought crime]

35. Tim Walz is stepping up. Not backing down. He will be remembered for this.

This is what political courage looks like. This is what leadership looks like.

[sheshe2]

39. I agree and have always liked the man.

I remember a lot here thought he was a poor choice for VP; they were so wrong.

Thank you, thought crime.

[Martin68]

36. That's the question. "Whose side are you on?" MAGA and Republicans have sided against Americans.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

40. Not the Republican side

I’m Anti authoritarian to my core

[DeltaDude]

42. Where is Alex Pretti's cellphone??

Was it lost in the scuffle? Hidden and destroyed (or sold in a cellphone return machine)? Locked up in Kash Patel's safe?