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Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Basketball head coach Muffet McGraw lashed out at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
McGraw argued that the United States was in “crisis” and that Republicans should turn on Trump and impeach him.
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Muffet McGraw, former head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, speaks during a panel during the NCAA College Basketball Academy at the Memphis Sports & Events Center on July 30, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
“Our nation is in crisis,” read a statement from her X account. “We continued to see the attack on our democracy with ICE terrorizing our cities, kidnapping, assaulting and killing our citizens. The police are powerless and the FBI is complicit. In the past we would have called in the National Guard, but they have also been armed. We can take comfort in seeing the huge number of people who are unabashed but not afraid to protest on our streets. Can’t just protest when white people are killed.
“Something that we are desperate to find, and that is HOPE. We need hope that Congress will rise to the challenge and live up to their oath of office. We need hope that Republicans will grow a spine and impeach this megalomaniac and restore the values that we believed in before this administration took over. We need our democracy back. But until that day comes, I will do what I can, and you will do what I can too.”
ICE agents stand at the scene where a woman was fatally shot earlier in the day during an enforcement operation on January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The 70-year-old NCAA champion has previously spoken out against Trump.
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, McGraw blamed Trump for the hateful messages WNBA players receive.
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She wrote on social media in September that Trump “gave permission for people to be out there to be racist, homophobic, misogynistic and cruel.” She asked her supporters to support former Vice President Kamala Harris in the election.
