Tim Walz's daughter ditches grad school, refuses to attend institution that doesn't support 'right to protest'

Hope Walz, the daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, says she is declining to attend graduate school in protest against an unnamed university's handling of student protests.

Tim Walz and his daughter, Hope Walz. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Her announcement comes as universities across the country grapple with how to respond to often-violent anti-Israel protests and the spread of antisemitism on their campuses.

President Donald Trump's administration has taken an aggressive stance with Columbia University in particular, threatening to withhold federal funding if the institution did not make reforms to combat antisemitism and rampant campus protests.

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A Columbia student looks at damage to windows of a door at Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, 2024, in New York City.  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Columbia was at the heart of 2024's anti-Israel campus protests, with NYPD officers ultimately breaking up a barricade at Hamilton Hall in a highly publicized raid.

Fox News' Jasmine Baehr and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.

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