From Fox News: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faced criticism on social media Tuesday after he lamented the departure of the top fraud prosecutor in the state — despite suggesting he should be fired just a week ago.
“Joe is a principled public servant who spent more than a decade achieving justice for Minnesotans,” Walz posted on X Tuesday in response to news that U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson and other prosecutors had resigned, along with a New York Times report that the decision was made over disagreements with Trump’s DOJ.
“This is a huge loss for our state. It’s also the latest sign Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.”
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 13, 2026
However, Walz is being called out by social media users, who are noting that he is now singing a completely different tune than he was last week, when he raged against Thompson and suggested he should be fired.
Thompson had announced that the massive amount of fraud in Minnesota could end up totaling as much as $9 billion.
Walz had fumed at a press conference, “You saw a U.S. attorney stand up, which has been released… would have been let go by any other administration… speculating about things with no factual information. That’s defamation, and that’s coming from the U.S. attorney. We are under assault like no other time in our state’s history!”
Below is just a sampling of the backlash:
This you last week calling for Joe to be fired? pic.twitter.com/UTMV9zzxVQ
— Spitfire (@RealSpitfire) January 13, 2026
You literally said he should be fired in a press conference last week.
LMFAO.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 13, 2026
Last week you said in a press conference that Joe Thompson should be fired.
Don’t pretend you didn’t.
— Bill Glahn (@billglahn) January 13, 2026
Wait, didn’t you accuse Joe Thompson of defamation just last week?
— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) January 13, 2026
What did you say last week?
— ernie whitehead (@Push597) January 13, 2026
Here’s Tim Walz calling for Joe Thompson to be fired… *checks notes* …last week.
Fascinating. https://t.co/758GqKIGOk pic.twitter.com/aUFIDfQ9tQ
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 13, 2026
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