Posted on 03/01/2026 9:27:17 AM PST by John Semmens
Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn) objected to Vice President JD Vance's decision to temporarily halt federal Medicade subsidies to his state pending further investigation of the Walz Administration misuse of public funds, saying "doesn't this fool realize that we've already distributed the federal money to unqualified recipients? We need more federal money in order to take care of the folks that should've been taken care of by the money we misused. The Republicans are only hurting these needy folks."
Vance pointed out that "dozens of Minnesota state employees have blamed Gov. Walz for enabling or ignoring the misuse of those funds. How can we justify putting more of the taxpayers' money into his hands? The people responsible for the fraudulent misappropriation of the previous federal aid must be held accountable."
Walz insisted that "I've already accepted blame and agreed to never run for public office again. What more do they want? Innocent customers of Medicaid shouldn't have to suffer for my mistakes."
Vance replied that "Gov. Walz has not stepped down from the position he held while the fraud was being perpetrated. As long as he holds that power how can we be sure that effective corrective steps will be taken?"
State Rep. Drew Roach (R-District 58B) asserted that "we can't be sure that any effective action can be counted on from Gov Walz. That's why we are filing articles of impeachment for him and the state's highest law-enforcement officer Attorney General Keith Ellison. These men are incompetent or they are complicit in the loss of huge amounts of money intended to help the poor obtain medical care."
In other Minnesota news, two ICE agents rescued a four-year-old boy from drowning after he jumped into a pool to retrieve a toy. The boy was not breathing and had to be revived by CPR. Gov. Walz expressed relief that "in this instance ICE did some good. But I don't want folks to think that, on balance, it makes ICE's presence in our state a good thing. Sure, one dumb kid was saved, but ICE also shot two valuable progressive protesters to death. So, I still say we're worse off than if ICE had never come here."
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We need more federal money in order to take care of the folks that should’ve been taken care of by the money we misused.
Well he’s gotta have more BILLIONS of dollars to send overseas to somali terrorist organizations!! .../sarc
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