On a recent Fox News segment, Jesse Watters and Donna Bergstrom scrutinized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s handling of a significant fraud case involving Somali scammers.
The case centers on a $250 million scheme related to COVID-19 relief funds, which Watters claims Walz mishandled.
Watters criticized Walz for failing to act on the fraud. “We’ve known Tim Walz for less than a week, and we’ve already found out he let rioters burn down cities, lied about his military service, crushed small businesses, and turned Minnesota into a child sex change sanctuary,” Watters said. He continued, “Tonight, we’re dropping another Walz bombshell as Governor Walz let a gang of politically connected Somali fraudsters steal a quarter billion dollars of your money. It was the single biggest covid scam in American history. ”
When Tim Walz let Somali fraudsters steal $250 million did he do it because they accused him of racism or because they were funneling the money into Democrat campaigns? The DOJ needs to open an investigation ASAP. pic.twitter.com/xQGcpxWzzS [1]
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According to Watters, the scam involved a nonprofit organization that received substantial funds intended for feeding children. “Almost none of it was used for food. The Somali scammers blew our cash on real estate, cars, extravagant getaways,” Watters explained. He noted that the fraud was not only extensive but also poorly executed, with the scammers making numerous mistakes. “Ilhan Omar got thousands of dollars in donations from some of the scammers,” he added.
Watters accused Walz of inaction, saying, “When they cooked the books, they made up names of their fake clients… Walz just put his hands in the air and said, I’m not racist. Take whatever you want.” He further criticized Walz for failing to fire anyone involved in the fraud despite having caught them red-handed.
Donna Bergstrom, who ran against Walz for lieutenant governor in 2018, supported Watters’s claims. “It is astonishing, isn’t it?” Bergstrom said. “He takes no responsibility for it. There hasn’t been anybody that’s been removed or put on administrative leave.” She added that Walz’s failures extended beyond this case, mentioning other types of fraud. “There’s Medicare fraud, daycare fraud, autism support fraud,” Bergstrom said.
Watters agreed with Bergstrom’s assessment of Walz’s performance, saying, “Under Tim’s nose, these Somali identity pirates scammed a quarter billion dollars. They caught them, and then he got called racist, so he backed off, and then didn’t fire anybody.”
Bergstrom concluded that Walz’s pattern of behavior involves deflecting blame and appeasing different audiences. “He’ll point to somebody else and put the blame on somebody else. It fits his pattern,” she said.