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Politicians took to social media Saturday to criticize Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after a viral video raised questions on a Minneapolis daycare middle that allegedly obtained hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in state funding regardless of showing largely inactive.
Responding to an X submit highlighting allegations of Somali Medicaid fraud and voter fraud within the state, Vice President JD Vance described the state of affairs as “a microcosm of the immigration fraud in our system.”
“Politicians prefer it as a result of they get energy. Welfare cheats prefer it as a result of they get wealthy,” Vance wrote. “However it’s a zero sum recreation, and so they’re stealing each cash and political energy from Minnesotans.”
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Vice President JD Vance took to social media Saturday to spotlight the allegations of fraud in Minnesota. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., demanded Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz be “held accountable.”
“Of us should be arrested and prosecuted and the Governor of Minnesota must be held accountable,” Lawler posted to X on Saturday. “Congress ought to maintain a listening to instantly and begin getting solutions.”
A 42-minute video posted to X and YouTube on Friday by impartial reporter Nick Shirley exhibits Shirley and one other man visiting a number of childcare facilities within the blue state, together with a location on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis.
The footage exhibits no seen exercise on the web site, which shows a misspelled signal that claims “High quality Learing Heart,” though the middle is reportedly alleged to account for 99 youngsters and obtained roughly $4 million in state funds.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has confronted backlash amid a large fraud scandal within the state. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Photographs)
A number of different high-profile figures additionally weighed in on Shirley’s video Saturday.
Donald Trump Jr. wrote on X, “For those who haven’t watched this but. Watch it. All of it. Perceive that that is what journalists are alleged to do, however nobody within the mainstream media will even hassle to look not to mention really publish it. That is what they’re doing to your nation together with your tax {dollars}!!!”
Elon Musk shared comparable considerations, accusing the “radical left” of exploiting authorities packages to herald and retain immigrants to “win elections and switch America right into a single-party state.”
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Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., has demanded Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz be “held accountable.” (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs)
“The extra you take a look at it, the extra you can be horrified at what your tax cash is doing and the truth that, if this isn’t reversed, your vote will imply nothing,” Musk posted to X. “The obvious case instance is the Somali voting bloc in Minnesota, a state that traditionally had zero Somalis, electing Ilhan Omar to the US Congress.”
A day earlier, Musk posted, “Prosecute [Tim Walz].”
The video went viral this week amid the burgeoning scandal enveloping the Walz administration that notably included not less than $1 billion misplaced to alleged social companies fraud largely tied to the Somali neighborhood within the Twin Cities.
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A portion reportedly ended up within the palms of the Somali terror group Al-Shabab.
Lawler and Walz didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Fox Information Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
