The daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said “students deserve to be protected.”

Hope Walz, daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), said in a TikTok she will no longer be attending the grad school she had originally planned on going to because that school doesn’t support students’ right to protest.

“Given recent events, I am not going to give my money/go into debt for/support institutions that don’t support their students and the right to protest and speak out for their communities,” Walz said Saturday in a TikTok that has more than 460,000 views as of Sunday. “That’s just not where I’m at. Students deserve to be protected.”

She said she originally applied to one school, which she said she wouldn’t name, and had her “heart set on it.” She added she’s not worried about being protected because she’s a “privileged white woman,” but she’s didn’t want to put herself in a position where she’s giving money to a school that doesn’t support their students.

She ended the video saying she’s going to do more research going forward and only apply for schools that align with her values, and possibly go to grad school in a year.

“I’m not really in a rush,” she said.

Hope Walz, daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, cheers during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that the State Department has revoked more than 300 student visas of college students, many of who have protested in support of Palestine. And since spring 2024 when pro-Palestine protests started popping up on college campuses across the nation, colleges have used police force to contain the protests and encampments.

President Donald Trump’s administration also pulled $400 million in funding from Columbia University and said that funding would not be given back unless campus security could arrest students. According to The New York Times, Columbia, in response, hired 36 officers with that authority.

Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was detained earlier this month by Homeland Security agents after he protested in support of Palestinian rights.