Authorities say bullets used in Kirk assassination were inscribed with Walz’s oft-used word: ‘fascist’

Walz has repeatedly branded Trump and conservatives as "fascists," and the chair of the Minnesota GOP is now calling on Walz and his allies to "stop riling up their base with untrue and incendiary statements."

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Jenna Gloeb
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally during the 2024 election. (Shutterstock)

Gov. Tim Walz frequently scolds Republicans for what he calls toxic rhetoric. But when bullet casings pulled from Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin’s rifle were reportedly found etched with the word “fascist,” one thing was hard to ignore: Walz himself has spent the past year branding President Donald Trump and his supporters with that very label.

At a press conference Friday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said 22-year-old Tyler Robinson — who authorities allege assassinated Kirk — had filled his rifle with ammunition marked by slogans, including “Hey fascist! Catch!”

Alpha News has documented a long record of Walz invoking fascism when talking about Trump and conservatives.

Walz’s history of invoking ‘fascism’

At a DNC strategy meeting in Minneapolis last month, Walz urged Democrats to fight the Trump administration’s “fascist policies.”

In February, Walz told Minnesota nurses that “our country is being stole[n] by fascists and Nazis.”

On the campaign trail in Green Bay, Walz echoed Mark Milley, stating: “‘No one has ever been more dangerous to this country than Donald Trump and he is a fascist to his core… Let that sink in and don’t be a [bit] afraid of saying it, because that’s exactly who he is.”

And in an interview last fall, Walz stated: “Donald Trump’s tendencies now are fascist tendencies, he has a long history of his racial comments.”

During his unsuccessful 2024 vice presidential bid alongside Kamala Harris, Walz compared a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden to a Nazi rally and later refused to take back the remark despite widespread criticism.

Speaking at the University of Minnesota law school’s commencement in May, Walz compared Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics to Nazi Germany. “Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets,” he said. The speech prompted backlash from the Department of Homeland Security who said the comparison was “sickening.”

During a June speech, Walz called on Democrats to “bully the sh-t” out of President Trump and that Democrats needed to be “a little meaner.”

“Maybe it’s time for us to be a little meaner. Maybe it’s time for us to be a little more fierce, because we have to ferociously push back on this,” Walz said. “… when it’s [an] adult like Donald Trump, you bully the shit out of him.”

Minnesota GOP calls on Walz and DFL leaders to ‘just stop’

In a statement Friday, the Republican Party of Minnesota called on Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and other DFL leaders to rein in their rhetoric.

Minnesota GOP Chair Alex Plechash urged Democrats to “stop riling up their base with untrue and incendiary statements—likening elected leaders to Hitler or fascists.”

“We do not have concentration camps in America, and law enforcement officers are not ‘Gestapo’ agents. Stop dehumanizing political opponents,” Plechash said. He also criticized Walz and DFL leaders for “openly cheering for the death of your political opponents or hoping to wake up and find out they are dead,” and for “inciting aggression with calls to ‘get meaner’ or ‘bully’ Republicans.”

Plechash noted that hours after the shooting, State Sen. Erin Maye Quade shared posts “suggesting [Kirk] was to blame for his own death.” Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who boasts Maye Quade’s endorsement on her campaign website, has not condemned the comments, he noted.

Plechash was referring to an event earlier this month where Walz appeared to mock rumors circulating on social media that President Trump had died.

Speaking at a Labor Day picnic, Walz quipped: “The last few days you woke up thinking there might be news … Just saying. There will be news sometime.”

“Just stop. Politics should be a war of ideas—not a war of violence,” Plechash said, adding that Kirk’s legacy should be remembered as someone who was willing to “dialogue with anyone, especially those who disagreed with him.”

Walz’s office has ignored more than a dozen requests for comment from this reporter on multiple stories — and again offered no response for this one.

 

Jenna Gloeb
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Jenna Gloeb is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, media producer, public speaker, and screenwriter. Most recently, she worked as a reporter and on-air host for CCX Media. Jenna is a Minnesota native and resides in the Twin Cities with her husband, son, daughter, and two dogs.

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