Nurse under investigation for anti-ICE videos
Caroline Sunshine, who previously served as the deputy communications director for Donald Trump’s campaign, recently shared her views on celebrities and healthcare professionals who criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) while remaining quiet on other pressing issues. She expressed her opinions on the matter during an appearance on ‘Fox News @ Night.’
In related news, a prominent medical watchdog organization is voicing strong criticism against Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) following the dismissal of a nurse from the university’s hospital. This decision came after the nurse’s TikTok videos gained negative attention online.
Kristina Rasmussen, the executive director of the organization Do No Harm, told Fox News Digital, “VCU has consistently integrated extreme identity politics into its medical education and clinical practices, which we have documented. It’s no surprise that such radical ideologies flourish in such an environment.”
Do No Harm advocates for healthcare professionals, students, patients, and policymakers who oppose the infusion of identity politics in medical education, clinical practice, and research. The group frequently challenges Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives as well as gender ideology targeting young people in the medical field.
Rasmussen further stated, “When medical schools and hospitals allow political agendas to influence their curricula, they risk creating activists rather than competent healthcare providers. The termination of this nurse by VCU Health is merely a minimal response. Without significant reform, how can patients feel confident when seeking care at their facilities?”
A TikTok video posted by a nurse from Virginia Commonwealth University on January 14, 2025, recently went viral after being shared by the X account LibsOfTikTok. (Credit: @mindarosa8/TikTok)
On Tuesday night, a compilation of VCU nurse Malinda Cook’s TikTok videos was shared by popular X account LibsOfTikTok.
In one video, simply captioned with “#ice #resistance #sabotage,” the nurse instructed others to use a “sabotage tactic” against opponents.
“I thought of something good,” she said.
“Sabotage tactic, or at least scare tactic. All the medical providers, grab some syringes with needles on the end,” she said. “Have them full of saline or succinylcholine, you know, whatever. Whatever. That will probably be a deterrent. Be safe.”
Succinylcholine is an anesthetic that causes rapid, short-acting muscle paralysis. The paralytic effect typically lasts for four to six minutes.
In another video where she is dressed in scrubs, she suggests using poison ivy to infect others as a “resistance tactic.” She explained that by mixing poison ivy or poison oak with water, it could be turned into a spray to infect opponents.
Federal agents deal with agitators outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026. (Jamie Vera/Fox News)
“Aim for faces, hands,” she said.
In a third video, Cook gave resistance tips for single women.
“Single ladies, where these ICE guys are going, have a chance to do something, you know, not without risk, but could help the cause for sure,” she said. “Get on Tinder, get on Hinge, find these guys. They’re around. [If] they’re an ICE agent, bring some ex-lax and put it in their drinks. Get them sick. You know, nobody’s going to die. Just enough to incapacitate them and get them off the street for the next day. Highly, easily deniable.”
“I’m just saying, let’s get them where they eat,” she said. “Somebody’s not going to be supporting these guys. Where’s the hotel where they eat? Who makes that breakfast? Let’s find them.”
“Let’s make their lives f—— miserable,” she said later.
VCU Health opened an investigation on Tuesday morning, calling the posts “highly inappropriate” and noting that Cook had been placed on administrative leave.
Federal agents stand in tear gas and face protesters on Nicollet Avenue near West 26th St. in south Minneapolis after Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents in the area early Saturday morning, January 24, 2026. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune/via Getty Images)
Less than 12 hours later, the hospital announced that Cook had been fired.
VCU Health did not return a Wednesday comment request.
