Golf legend\u00a0Phil Mickelson\u00a0shared his thoughts on alleged fraud occurring in his home state of California in a series of social media posts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0said during a New Year\u2019s Eve event Wednesday that fraud in California, New York and Illinois is worse than the recently uncovered welfare fraud in Minnesota<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mickelson responded on X to comments made by Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., during a Fox Business interview and later a CNN interview, condemning a recently proposed billionaire\u2019s tax in California while alleged fraud is taking place.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cNo amount of tax can help CA until the fraud problem gets fixed. CA fraud makes MN look like amateurs,\u201d Mickelson wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of stopping the fraud and theft and getting back the money, the plan is\u00a0more taxes\u00a0for already the highest taxed citizens in the country.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n In response to a local opinion column on the proposed billionaire\u2019s tax, Mickelson later wrote, \u201cHow about no new taxes until government gets rid of fraud. Until that happens more taxes will only fund more fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n Golf legend Phil Mickelson condemned a recently proposed billionaire\u2019s tax in California, while alleged fraud is taking place. USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n In another post, Mickelson suggested stopping the fraud would cost Democrats votes.<\/p>\n \u201cThe dilemma for all Democrats is if you stop the fraud, illegal immigration, and voter fraud in CA, then Republicans win CA and have a huge majority throughout the country. The Democrat party all but ends,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trump brought further attention to alleged fraud in California in a Truth Social post Wednesday, claiming again that it is worse than that in Minnesota,\u00a0referencing California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u00a0and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who has been at the center of his state\u2019s recent fraud scandal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere is more FRAUD in California than there is in Minnesota, if that is even possible. When you add in\u00a0Election Fraud, then they are tied for first. Two Crooked Governors, two Crooked States!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n Mickelson suggested stopping the fraud would cost Democrats votes. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n President Donald Trump greets Phil Mickelson on the driving range before the start of the LIV Golf Bedminster 2023 on August 11, 2023. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n Newsom\u2019s office\u00a0responded with a statement on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cDonald Trump is a deranged, habitual liar whose relationship with reality ended years ago. This is not complicated. He spends his days posting whatever garbage his shriveled little brain can cough up \u2014 and [Fox News] dutifully treats it like the Lord\u2019s scripture,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n \u201cMeanwhile \u2014 in the actual world where adults govern \u2014 [Gov.] Gavin Newsom has been cleaning house. Since taking office, he\u2019s blocked over $125 BILLION in fraud, arrested criminal parasites leaching off of taxpayers, and protected taxpayers from the exact kind of scam artists Trump celebrates, excuses, and pardons. Gavin Newsom runs a state. Donald Trump runs his mouth and little fingers.\u201d<\/p>\n