Virginia lawmakers unleash on VCU nurse fired over 'healthcare terrorism' encouraging harming ICE agents

Two Virginia legislators importune that a now-fired Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health caregiver who encouraged others to harm ICE agents should beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law.

"Firing her for what is fundamentally calling for healthcare coercion is benignant of the casual thing, and I'm gladsome VCU did that, and I'm gladsome that they did it quickly," State Sen. Glen Sturtevant, R-Chesterfield, told Fox News Digital connected Thursday. "Secondarily, we request to cognize what the instrumentality enforcement probe is doing and however it's going to end, and I don't spot however this pistillate does not get charged with something, whether it's authorities transgression oregon whether oregon not [the] Department of Justice gets involved."

"But she was, I mean, calling for poisoning national instrumentality enforcement for governmental reasons, for conscionable doing their job, which we can't abide by," Sturtevant said.

He besides said the nurse, Malinda Cook, should suffer her nursing license.

Left: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers question a antheral astir his presumption connected Lake Street adjacent Karmel Mall successful Minnesota connected Dec. 10, 2025. Right: A screenshot from a Virginia Commonwealth University nurse's TikTok leafage taken connected Jan. 27, 2026.  (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images; mindarose8/TikTok)

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VCU Health announced Tuesday evening that it had fired Cook aft a bid of her TikTok videos went viral.

In 1 video, simply captioned with "#ice #resistance #sabotage," the caregiver instructed others to usage a "sabotage tactic" against opponents.

"I thought of thing good," she said.

"Sabotage tactic, oregon astatine slightest scare tactic. All the aesculapian providers, drawback immoderate syringes with needles connected the end," she said. "Have them afloat of saline oregon succinylcholine, you know, whatever. Whatever. That volition astir apt beryllium a deterrent. Be safe."

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Succinylcholine is an anesthetic that causes rapid, short-acting musculus paralysis. The paralytic effect typically lasts for 4 to six minutes.

After the posts sparked fury online, VCU completed a swift probe earlier parting ways with Cook.

"Following an investigation, the idiosyncratic progressive successful the societal media videos is nary longer employed by VCU Health," the infirmary told Fox News Digital successful a Tuesday nighttime statement. "In addition, VCU Health has fulfilled its reporting requirements nether Virginia authorities law."

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A Virginia Commonwealth University nurse's TikTok video from Jan. 14, 2026, has gone viral aft it was posted by LibsOfTikTok connected X. (Credit: @mindarosa8/TikTok)

Thursday, VCU constabulary confirmed they were investigating the posts.

"It is advocating for left-wing governmental coercion is, I think, is what it comes down to astatine the extremity of the day, and it wasn't adjacent truly conscionable advocating for it," Sturtevant said. "It was besides explaining to radical however to prosecute successful it, and promoting it and giving details and, showing however radical tin interruption the law, to poison and wounded national instrumentality enforcement successful the engagement of their duties enforcing the law."

Sturtevant is hopeful that if authorities instrumentality enforcement doesn't measurement in, the Department of Justice will. He besides demanded that VCU explicate however Cook came to beryllium employed and remained employed, aboriginal noting that it appeared that astatine slightest immoderate of Cook's posts were made connected infirmary grounds.

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ICE agents basal astatine the country wherever a pistillate was fatally changeable earlier successful the time during an enforcement cognition connected Jan. 7, 2026, successful Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Wren Williams is simply a Republican subordinate of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 47th District.

"I deliberation she needs to beryllium prosecuted," Williams said. "This idiosyncratic needs to beryllium made an example. She is advocating for the harm of others. I deliberation she needs to suffer her aesculapian license. Who tin spot this pistillate to bash close and connection care?"

Speaking connected convulsive rhetoric coming from the governmental left, Williams said Democrats person been encouraging the signifier for immoderate time.

"And past they justify, and they accidental that is the benignant of enactment that's needed to marque change," helium said.

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"You cognize who said that? Jay Jones, successful his substance messages erstwhile helium said [former House of Delegates Speaker] Todd Gilbert needs to suffer his children to weapon unit successful bid for him to alteration his stance connected firearm policy. That's what helium said, and helium is the sitting lawyer wide of Virginia."

Neither VCU Health nor Cook returned requests for comment.