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Trump offers hilarious rebuttal to Tim Walz’s absurd Civil War analogy
President Donald Trump gave a hilarious response to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s attempt to compare the conflicts in Minnesota to the Civil War.
Blaze News asked Trump to address Walz’s remarks likening the hostilities at Fort Sumter that sparked the Civil War to the heightened tensions seen on the ground in Minneapolis in recent weeks. When asked if he agreed with the characterization, Trump gave Blaze News a viral response.
‘I was elected to do a job.’
“Does he know what Fort Sumter was, or do you think somebody wrote it out for him?”
“I was elected on law and order,” Trump told Blaze News. “I was elected on a strong border. We had a border that allowed 25 million people to come in. Many were murderers. … We had open borders.”
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Trump brushed off Walz’s remarks, differentiating his tough-on-crime track record from the Democrat governor’s state that is rampant with fraud and violent crime.
“I was elected on a lot of reasons, because when I took over we inherited a mess,” Trump told Blaze News.
“When I was elected, I was elected to do a job, and one of the big things I was elected to do is law and order.”
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Trump criticized Democrats’ refusal to embrace law enforcement, pondering if they really want criminals to remain in their cities.
“If you look at Minnesota, Minneapolis, we have crime down there because we took out thousands of people, despite all the mess and everything else,” Trump told Blaze News.
“But do these people really want to have rapists? Do they really want to have drug dealers and people from prisons and murderers?”
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Woke nurse who allegedly vowed to deny treatment to MAGA patients is no longer licensed in Florida
A nurse in Florida who allegedly said he would refuse to administer anesthesia to conservative patients is no longer registered in the state.
Erik Martindale appeared to post on his Facebook account, “I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education. I own all of my businesses and I can refuse anyone!”
‘Healthcare is not contingent on political beliefs, and we have zero tolerance for partisans who put politics above their ethical duty.’
Libs of TikTok shared a screenshot of the comments in a post on X, calling for him to be immediately fired and stripped of his license.
After facing backlash online, Martindale claimed that his Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram accounts had been “hacked.” Libs of TikTok disputed his claim, sharing another screenshot of a post Martindale apparently made on his Threads account.
“I will not perform anesthesia on any surgeries for registered Republicans,” the Threads post read.
“Erik is now claiming his FB and IG were hacked. There’s a slight problem. It was on threads too. Was your threads also hacked Erik?? Lmao,” Libs of TikTok wrote. “Nobody is buying this Erik. We have all the receipts!”
Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
As of Friday morning, all of Martindale’s social media accounts appeared to be deactivated.
On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced, “Effective today, Erik Martindale is no longer a registered nurse in Florida.”
“Healthcare is not contingent on political beliefs, and we have zero tolerance for partisans who put politics above their ethical duty to treat patients with the respect and dignity they deserve,” Uthmeier added.
James Uthmeier. Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
The Florida Department of Health website shows that Martindale’s license was voluntarily relinquished. The department notes that such action “does not constitute discipline.”
The Department of Health did not respond to a request for comment regarding whether Martindale’s license was surrendered or revoked. Blaze News was unable to contact Martindale for a statement.
Last week, Uthmeier announced that Florida had revoked Lexie Lawler’s ability to practice nursing in the state after she posted a video on social media wishing a life-altering birth injury on White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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Democrats panic at sight of Tulsi Gabbard at FBI raid of Fulton County election office
The FBI raided the Fulton County, Georgia, elections office on Wednesday as part of an apparent investigation into possible violations of federal laws related to the preservation of election records and intimidation or defrauding of voters.
Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were among the Democrats who rushed to condemn the raid, which took place just days after President Donald Trump stated that the 2020 U.S. presidential election “was a rigged election” and “people will soon be prosecuted for what they did.”
‘A US election can never, ever be rigged again.’
Although generally critical of the raid that Warnock suggested was a political errand “for a vengeful president,” some Democrats appeared particularly rattled by the presence of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Referencing a Reuters photo placing Gabbard at the site of the search on Wednesday, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D) asked, “Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?”
“Either Director Gabbard believes there was a legitimate foreign intelligence nexus — in which case she is in clear violation of her obligation under the law to keep the intelligence committees ‘fully and currently informed’ of relevant national security concerns,” continued Warner, “or she is once again demonstrating her utter lack of fitness for the office that she holds by injecting the nonpartisan intelligence community she is supposed to be leading into a domestic political stunt designed to legitimize conspiracy theories that undermine our democracy.”
Warner, who also shared a video of his corresponding meltdown, was hardly the only Democrat who panicked over the sight of Gabbard in Fulton County.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Ct.) joined Warner in penning a letter to Gabbard on Thursday questioning her involvement in an apparent domestic law enforcement operation and demanding an explanation “given the politically fraught nature of elections for federal office.”
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Democrats’ vexation might have something to do with Gabbard’s proven efficacy in blowing up official narratives and exposing bad actors. Last year, for instance, she helped expose the origins of the Russia collusion hoax and corresponding “years-long coup” against Trump.
Evidently the administration’s attention has moved from the 2016 to the 2020 presidential election.
White House officials told the Wall Street Journal that Gabbard has spent months re-examining the supposed results of the 2020 election and looking for potential crimes. This investigation has involved scrutinizing voting machines, analyzing data from swing states, and looking at glaring discrepancies.
Gabbard is expected to prepare a report on her findings.
“President Trump and his entire team are committed to ensuring a U.S. election can never, ever be rigged again,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “Director Gabbard is playing a key lead role in this important effort.”
ODNI press secretary Olivia Coleman told the Journal that Gabbard “has a vital role in identifying vulnerabilities in our critical infrastructure and protecting against exploitation.”
“DNI Gabbard has and will continue to take actions within her authorities, alongside our interagency partners, to support ensuring the integrity of our election,” added Coleman.
Trump told reporters that Gabbard is “working very hard to try to keep the election safe, and she’s done a very good job.”
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TRUMP ON TRUTH: ‘The Story of Alex Pretti, Read By Elizabeth Warren’ [WATCH]
![TRUMP ON TRUTH: ‘The Story of Alex Pretti, Read By Elizabeth Warren’ [WATCH]](https://hannity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Warren-300x165.png "Warren")
President Trump shared a video on TRUTH Social on Thursday, juxtaposing Senator Elizabeth Warren’s recent comments about Alex Pretti with footage of Pretti attacking an ICE vehicle.
BALLOT BOX BLITZ: FBI Hits Fulton’s Election Hub With Court-Authorized Search Warrant [WATCH]
![BALLOT BOX BLITZ: FBI Hits Fulton’s Election Hub With Court-Authorized Search Warrant [WATCH]](https://hannity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2182515534-300x200.jpg "Georgia Ballots Are Processed And Counted On Election Day")
FBI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant on Wednesday at Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Georgia, seeking 2020 election records.
THE LAST WALZ: Minnesota Gov Says ‘I Will Never Run for an Elected Office Again’ [WATCH]
![THE LAST WALZ: Minnesota Gov Says ‘I Will Never Run for an Elected Office Again’ [WATCH]](https://hannity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2181651394-300x200.jpg "Kamala Harris Campaigns For President Across Michigan")
It’s over for Tim Walz.
Justice Dept Admits to Criminal Investigation into U.S. African Development Foundation Following Judicial Watch Lawsuit
Whistleblowers’ Years-Long Efforts Vindicated (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that, in a status conference hearing today related to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking documents regarding corruption at the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), the U.S. Department of Justice publicly announced an ongoing criminal investigation related to the agency. This announcement comes […]
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