Employees Blame Gov. Walz for Fraud [semi-satire]

Hundreds of social service workers at the Minnesota Department of Human Services have identified Gov. Tim Walz (D) as the reason why fraudsters were able to steal over one billion dollars of public funds intended to feed the hungry, saying "Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota. We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud. Instead, he systematically retaliated against whistleblowers and did his best to discredit fraud reports. Meanwhile the perpetrators of the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme stole the money that was supposed to feed children during the pandemic and spent it on themselves."

Gov. Walz insisted that "it is their word against mine. On several occasions I have publicly stated that I'm against fraud. Voters believed me and reelected me to a second term. In 2024 I was selected as the Democrat nominee for vice-president of the United States and received more than 75 million votes. Last month, I issued a stern warning informing the public that future fraud schemes would be severely dealt with. The facts show that millions of folks in Minnesota and the United States have confidence in me. When you compare this to the 400 or so who are accusing me you can see that it is only a tiny minority of disgruntled state employees who have anything bad to say about me."

So far, federal prosecutors have charged 86 individuals and convicted 59 for the fraud. Joseph Thompson, the federal prosecutor who took on the cases, said "it is concerning that some of those committing fraud are close associates of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) and that some of the stolen money has been sent to Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda affiliate terrorizing East Africa."

Rep. Omar, sponsor of the 2020 Meals Act--the program from which the Minnesota fraudsters stole, called the fraud "reprehensible. Using the guise of feeding children to funnel millions of dollars toward extravagant expenses is abhorrent. I think what happened, um, is that, you know, when you have these, kind of new programs that are, um, designed to help people, you're oftentimes relying on third parties to be able to facilitate. And I just think that a lot of the COVID programs that were set up — they were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get created."

Strangely, Omar's net worth has ballooned to $30 million since she entered Congress.

Mayor Melvin Carter, St. Paul 's first Black mayor, said "tragic as the misapplication of public funds may be we must guard against this incident being used to justify racism or Islamophobia."

In related news, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that during ICE's Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis it has arrested more than a dozen criminal illegal immigrants — including "child sex offenders, domestic abusers, and violent gang members." Meanwhile, Mayor Jacob Frey (D) has forbidden local police from cooperating with ICE's efforts.

The money went to leftist causes and terrorism, (redundant?), so there will be no consequences.

“tragic as the misapplication of public funds may be we must guard against this incident being used to justify racism or Islamophobia.”

Classic rat speak. Textbook.

To date, federal prosecutors have charged 86 individuals and convicted 59 for fraud.
<><>some of the fraudsters are close associates of Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar
<><>including one of her Congressional aides
<><>and elucidates how a bunch of pirates navigated the intricacies of a federal bill
<><>some of the stolen tax dollars went to terrorists Al-Shabaab.......in Somalia.
<><>Omar sponsored the 2020 Meals Act—from which the Somali fraudsters stole,
<><>a reprehensible fraud faked feeding needy children
<><>thieving Somalis spent millions of tax dollars on lavish llfestyles.

4 posted on 12/08/2025 2:39:03 PM PST by Liz ("Socialism is a wonderful idea. It's just that it's been disastrous" Thomas Sowell. )

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