Tim Walz's daughter Hope roasted after she shares controversial reason for turning down grad school offer

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Hope Walz is being widely mocked for turning down graduate school.

The daughter of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who could have been the country’s second daughter if Kamala Harris had won the 2024 presidential election, announced that she has turned down a graduate school as she doesn’t want to give her money to an institution that won’t back students' right to protest.

Hope Walz won't be attending grad school for now

Hope Walz broke it down for her followers in a TikTok “life update."

“I got into grad school. I will not be attending starting this fall, though, and I will no longer be attending the university that I originally applied for (sic). I applied for one school. I kind of had my heart set on one school, and that’s what I wanted to do,” she shared.

But after recent events, she had a change of heart.

"I'm not going to name the institution, but after recent events, I decided 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," she said.

"Students deserve to be protected. I'm not worried about if I were to be protected or not at said institution, I'm a privileged white woman, but I'm not going to put myself in a position where I'm giving money or supporting institutions that don't support their students," Hope added.

Donald Trump’s crackdown on campus protests

Hope Walz’s move comes in the wake of a Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestine activism that swept across campuses last year.

Trump signed an executive order labeling these demonstrations as acts of antisemitism, putting universities on notice, the Daily Mail reported.

He also threatened to strip funding from schools that allowed “illegal protests” and warned that agitators would either face prison time or be sent “back to the country which they came from.”

Meanwhile, expulsion and arrest were on the table for American students who couldn’t be deported.

To make it even harder for protesters to avoid accountability, Trump banned masks that shield their identities.

With all that, Hope decided she wasn’t about to spend money on a university that wouldn’t stand up for student activism.

Hope Walz roasted online after revealing reason for turning down graduate school offer

Tim Walz's daughter Hope was heavily trolled on social media after she announced her decision to turn down a grad school for not supporting student activism. 

"Then why did she even apply to the graduate school? So she can turn it down and virtue signal," one social media user posted on X.

"She identified as a 'privileged white woman' and still made it everyone else’s problem," another wrote.

"She decided she didn't want to go to graduate school (who can blame her), so she figured she may as well get some performative virtue out of her pretend sacrifice. Like father like daughter," one person chimed in. 

"She's had enough indoctrination to last a lifetime. No need for graduate school," someone else offered.

"Tim Walz’s daughter 'proudly' turned down grad school because she’s a 'privileged white woman' and doesn’t want to support institutions that don’t coddle crybaby protesters. Congrats, sweetheart, you just set feminism back 50 years by quitting life to chase TikTok clout. The Walz gene pool is a shallow end with no ladder. Your dad’s a clown, your mom needs a padded room, and you? You’re the final boss of performative stupidity," read a comment.

"I hear Starbucks is hiring," another individual added.

What’s happening with colleges?

While Hope Walz didn’t name the school she turned down, some Ivy League institutions have recently been in the Trump administration’s crosshairs over protest policies—one of them being Columbia University.

Last week, Columbia agreed to overhaul its protest policies, put its Middle East studies department under new supervision, and even redefine antisemitism after Trump’s team hit them with an ultimatum.

The administration had already pulled $400 million in research grants from the university over its handling of pro-Palestine protests. However, if Columbia wanted those funds back—plus billions more in future grants—it had to make nine sweeping reforms to its academic and security policies.

And it’s not just Columbia. The Trump administration is investigating 52 universities over their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. It also suspended $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania, citing controversy over a transgender swimmer who last competed in 2022.

Hope Walz is going to take it slow 

Hope Walz said that she’s in no rush to find a new school.

“I’m going to do a little bit more research going forward, making sure I’m going to schools that align with my values, and then maybe start in a year, which is okay. I’m not really in a rush," she explained.

She also clarified that her issue wasn’t with students or faculty—just with the university’s top decision-makers.

“The people at the top are making these decisions, and I decided that I’m not going to do that," Hope concluded.

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