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Walz faces backlash for taking credit on fraud crackdown
Townhall.com columnist Dustin Grage joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss backlash mounting against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz regarding comments he made that many allege are attempting to ‘take credit’ for the crackdown on fraud in the state.
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., ripped into Gov. Tim Walz in response to “more BS” from the Democratic governor for “claiming credit” for the federal fraud investigation raids in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
Emmer, whose district includes portions of the northern and western Minneapolis suburbs, calls out Walz, writing, “More BS from our governor. @FBIDirectorKash just confirmed the @FBI, @TheJusticeDept, and @DHSgov drafted AND executed today’s search warrants.”
“The only thing Gov. Walz should be claiming credit for,” he continued, “is allowing $9 billion of taxpayer funds to be stolen under his watch.”
On Tuesday, the Justice Department d Homeland Security conducted joint raids on 22 suspected fraudulent businesses as part of an ongoing investigation into a massive fraud scheme involving childcare, Medicaid and Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community.
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (right), R-Minn., ripped into Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz (left) after he claimed credit for the federal fraud investigations in his state. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
After the raids, Walz, who has been highly critical of the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown, posted on X that “today’s raids by state and federal law enforcement happened because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it.”
“If you commit fraud in Minnesota you’re going to get caught — and that’s exactly what we saw today. We catch criminals when state and federal agencies share information. Joint…
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