Woke nurse fired by hospital after posting video urging medics to paralyze any ICE agents who come in for treatment | 28 Jan 2026 | A nurse who sparked outrage by posting TikTok videos giving advice on how to harm ICE agents has been fired. Malinda Rose Cook posted multiple clips encouraging fellow medics and protesters to inject agents with muscle relaxants and spray them with poison ivy water. She was initially suspended by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health, and the hospital said she has since been fired and reported to local law enforcement. “Following an investigation, the individual involved in the social media videos is no longer employed by VCU Health,” the hospital said in a statement. “In addition, VCU Health has fulfilled its reporting requirements under Virginia state law.” In her videos, Cook urged medical providers to fill syringes with saline or succinylcholine, a powerful anesthetic that paralyzes every muscle in the body, including those needed to breathe, and use them on federal officers.