A video of a nursing student screaming “Go back to your own country, b**ch!” is going viral on social media.
The outburst took place at a Turning Point USA event featuring Riley Gaines on the University of Minnesota campus, when a University of Saint Thomas nursing student couldn’t hold in her disgust.
Watch:
This is Ava and she’s a nursing student who was attending an event by Conservative Political activist Riley Gaines at the University of Minnesota campus & she told a brown man there recording who was born in the U.S that he’s a Bitch and needs to go back to his Country.
https://t.co/75OgPpMiKd
— Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) October 17, 2026
The recipient of her wrath? A man identified by The Daily Mail as “leftwing activist Derek Torstenson.”
“But other footage from the event unearthed by Alpha News showed that Torstenson had been shouting at attendees and waving a sign that said ‘C**T’ before the woman made the comment,” the article notes. “Torstenson, who was adopted from Moscow and reportedly has a ‘strong accent,’ regularly frequents protests in the Twin Cities and is known for his expletive-filled confrontations, the outlet reported.”
The university was made aware of the video and has stated that they are looking into it but will not publicly identify the young woman in accordance with “student privacy laws.”
X users had a variety of reactions, with some blaming the student, some blaming the leftwing protester, and others blaming President Donald Trump:
This is Trump’s fault. He’s brought out the worst, most hateful side of our young people. An ugly side that may have never surfaced, except for Trump’s encouragement. I’m ashamed this person is from Minnesota.
— Lois Hill
(@Iamloismarlene) October 18, 2026
The tolerant left
— Kathryn Brandt (@KBtheFirst) October 18, 2026
How will she take care of patients of color as a nurse. She’s heartless. She needs to be cleaning the streets and pick up trash since she mirrors it!
— Coffee®
MAGA! STOP Trying to add me!
(@CandyCoffiee) October 17, 2026
This is the DFL.
— Gerry (@GerryPo) October 19, 2026
She should be dismissed or suspended from the nursing program for behaving this way. She will be caring for patients of all races, and I wouldn’t want her treating me if she already disliked me because of my race before even getting to know me.
— Coffee®
The protestor (Derek) was born in Russia (he evidently has said he was), adopted and raised in the US, and then he became very pro-abortion.
I think if adoption had saved my life I would be pro-Life.
— The Real GOP
(@TheRealGOP) October 20, 2026
