{"id":324810,"date":"2025-12-01T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/324810\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:44:13","slug":"yes-theres-something-wrong-with-walz-and-it-cost-taxpayers-1-billion-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/324810\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, \u201cThere\u2019s Something Wrong with Walz\u201d \u2014 and it Cost Taxpayers $1 Billion \u2013 The White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald J. Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115590786862216464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">right<\/a>: Minnesota has become \u201ca hub of fraudulent money laundering activity,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115625429081411360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where<\/a> \u201crefugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is that more evident than the shocking fraud scandal that took place under the incompetence of deeply disturbed Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, in which 78 of the 86 <a href=\"https:\/\/sahanjournal.com\/news\/feeding-our-future-indictments-who-charged-food-fraud-minnesota\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">individuals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/29\/us\/fraud-minnesota-somali.html#:~:text=Ms.%20Hassan%20is%20of%20Somali%20ancestry%2C%20as%20are%20all%20but%20eight%20of%20the%2086%20people%20charged%20in%20the%20meals%2C%20housing%20and%20autism%20therapy%20fraud%20cases%2C%20according%20to%20prosecutors.%20A%20vast%20majority%20are%20American%20citizens%2C%20by%20birth%20or%20naturalization.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">charged<\/a> so far are of Somali ancestry.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats allowed a $1+ billion heist to take place. Dozens of individuals \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1995187097960153428\" rel=\"nofollow\">largely<\/a> of East African descent \u2014 looted taxpayers out of over $1 billion that was intended for child food assistance in what amounted to the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/29\/us\/fraud-minnesota-somali.html#:~:text=country%E2%80%99s%20largest%20pandemic%20relief%20fraud%20scheme.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">largest<\/a> pandemic relief fraud scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The fraud involved a massive, complex network of nonprofits and affiliates, largely run through the Somali community. Nonprofits tied to the Somali community <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/compliance\/criminal-investigation\/golden-valley-man-pleads-guilty-forty-sixth-conviction-in-the-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a> to have fed tens of thousands of non-existent hungry children, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mn\/pr\/defendants-charged-first-wave-housing-stabilization-fraud-cases\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a> to have provided services to non-existent homeless, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/29\/us\/fraud-minnesota-somali.html#:~:text=In%20another%20program%2C%20aimed%20to%20provide%20therapy%20for%20autistic%20children%2C%20prosecutors%20said%20providers%20recruited%20children%20in%20Minneapolis%E2%80%99s%20Somali%20community%2C%20falsely%20certifying%20them%20as%20qualifying%20for%20autism%20treatment%20and%20paying%20their%20parents%20kickbacks%20for%20their%20cooperation.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a> to have provided therapy for non-existent autistic Somali children. Kickbacks were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexperiment.org\/magazine\/article\/child-care-welfare-fraud\/#:~:text=The%20Somalia%20connection,child%20care%20centers.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paid<\/a>, lavish lifestyles were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/minnesota-welfare-fraud-somalia-al-shabaab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">funded<\/a>, and money was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/trump-orders-green-cards-somalia-countries-concern-reexamined\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sent<\/a> overseas \u2014 some of it even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/minnesota-taxpayer-dollars-funneled-al-shabaab-terror-group-report-alleges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/minnesota-welfare-fraud-somalia-al-shabaab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">funneled<\/a> to a terror group.<\/p>\n<p>The massive scandal unfolded on Walz\u2019s watch \u2014 and he did absolutely nothing about it. All enforcement has been at the federal \u2014 not state \u2014 level. In fact, the state\u2019s cowardly Democrat officials were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/29\/us\/fraud-minnesota-somali.html#:~:text=Kayseh%20Magan%2C%20a,the%20Somali%20community.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reluctant<\/a>\u201d to act \u2014 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/29\/us\/fraud-minnesota-somali.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CNo%20one%20was%20doing%20anything%20about%20the%20red%20flags%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20said.%20%E2%80%9CIt%20was%20like%20someone%20was%20stealing%20money%20from%20the%20cookie%20jar%20and%20they%20kept%20refilling%20it.%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tolerating, if not tacitly allowing, the fraud<\/a>\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Minnesota_DHS\/status\/1994993895428461006\" rel=\"nofollow\">ignoring whistleblowers<\/a> \u2014 to avoid \u201cpolitical backlash among the Somali community\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/minnesota-welfare-fraud-somalia-al-shabaab#:~:text=In%20reality%2C%20the,to%20.%20.%20.%20foreign%20nationals.%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accusations<\/a> of racism.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is taking action. The Trump Administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115590786862216464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terminating<\/a> Temporary Protected Status for Somalis, indefinitely <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115590786862216464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">halting<\/a> migration from third-world countries, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USCISJoe\/status\/1994114271844676047?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">reexamining<\/a> green cards for every alien from every country of concern, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USCISJoe\/status\/1994545007588774347\" rel=\"nofollow\">pausing<\/a> all asylum decisions, and more \u2014 all as part of its relentless effort to ensure migrants that remain are a net positive on our society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald J. Trump is right: Minnesota has become \u201ca hub of fraudulent money laundering activity,\u201d where \u201crefugees&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-324810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}