The Dispute Index

Tim Walz

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Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan

Tim Walz is the Democratic governor of Minnesota. A former teacher and Army National Guard member, he previously represented Minnesota's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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What we have documented

We have documented 2 statements by Tim Walz, in 2 cases. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Tim Walz

Portrait of Tim Walz

Tim Walz

Role at the time: Governor of Minnesota

Condemned

Statement summary

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, visiting a memorial for Pretti, told ABC News that he wanted federal agents out of Minnesota and accountability for the shooting.

“I'm not so interested in shift in tone. We just need them out of here, and we need accountability for what's happened.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Live updates: Walz visits Pretti memorial, calls for accountability — ABC7 · ABC Newslive-update entry, Jan. 28, 5:27 PM GMT
Why we used this label

Walz rejects the administration's account and explicitly demands accountability for the shooting, which condemns the agents' use of force rather than excusing or minimizing it.

Read statementFull case: Were Border Patrol Agent Jesus Ochoa and CBP Officer Raymundo Gutierrez justified in fatally shooting Alex Pretti?
Portrait of Tim Walz

Tim Walz

Role at the time: Governor of Minnesota

Condemned

Statement summary

Governor Tim Walz said he and others had been warning that the heightened ICE operations in the Twin Cities were a danger to public safety, and that the recklessness of those operations cost Renée Good her life. Earlier that day, he disputed ICE's account that the agent fired in self-defense.

“Today, that recklessness cost someone their life.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Shooting in south Minneapolis during ICE agents' federal operation · MPR NewsMPR News, Jan. 7, 2026
Why we used this label

Walz attributes Good's death to the recklessness of the heightened ICE operations and, the same day, disputed ICE's claim that the agent fired in self-defense. Holding the operations responsible for the killing while rejecting the self-defense account is a condemnation of the shooting rather than only a challenge to how ICE described it.

Read statementFull case: Was ICE Officer Jonathan Ross justified in fatally shooting Renée Good?

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