One of the most remarkable events in the past couple of years was the selection of Tim Walz as the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President.
The entire country discovered that he was a doofus during the campaign, but I wasn't surprised that he was chosen for that reason. Yes, I was well aware of just how awful a candidate he would be, but I was also aware that the Democrats think all Middle Americans are stupid, so it was not his personal characteristics that led to my shock.
The worst form of media malpractice is not when they outright lie on a subject.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) December 2, 2025
No, the worst form of media malpractice is the editorial choice to not even investigate a subject because it might reflect poorly on Democrats. https://t.co/OJ2dDuWJsn
It was the fact that they had to know that he had turned Minnesota into a fraud magnet. All the information was publicly available, even if Pravda Media had swept it under the rug. Independent reporters had dug it all up, including left-leaning reporters like Patrick Coolican of The Reformer, reporters at Sahel Journal, and my friend Bill Glahn of American Experiment.
The truth is, people in Minnesota have spent 4+ years shouting about rampant fraud from the rooftops - none more effectively or often than @billglahn - and at great personal cost. It wasn't until the @countyhwy story that anyone paid attention. Now, suddenly it can be told. pic.twitter.com/vmglIjSgAC
— Ann Bauer (@annbauerwriter) December 2, 2025
Anybody who didn't live in the Pravda bubble knew all about Tim Walz's (and Keith Ellison's) deep connection to the corruption going back years.
Here's Walz with Ayan Abukar, who is receiving Minnesota's 2021 "Outstanding Refugee Entrepreneurship Award" (I kid you not). Abukar was later convicted in the $250 million Feeding Our Future case. Entrepreneurial, all right.https://t.co/1KmpLgPJNn
— Paul Mauro (@PaulDMauro) December 2, 2025
So far, about a billion dollars in Somali-led fraud has been uncovered, but that is the tip of the iceberg. The US Attorney investigating it has made clear that he doesn't have the resources to do a deep dive and prosecute everybody, so he is focused on the low-hanging fruit.
U.S. Minnesota Federal Prosecutor Joe Thompson says the Fraud that is happening in Minnesota Government Programs is in the BILLIONS
— Beard Vet (@Beardvet) October 22, 2025
So much Fraud they can’t Prosecute them all pic.twitter.com/LeBr0dC1Vo
It is not an exaggeration to say that the system is tailor-made for fraud to occur. It literally was designed to facilitate fraud, and whistleblowers have been telling everybody who would listen for years. It's just that Tim Walz wanted it that way.
🚨INSANE: Tim Walz is reported to have threatened and intimidated Minnesota whistleblowers exposing widespread Somali fraud.
— Jack (@jackunheard) December 2, 2025
INVESTIGATE HIM.
pic.twitter.com/YPBCYbfGKL
I shouldn't have been surprised, though, that Walz was picked. The Harris team was confident that Walz would not be harmed by the fraud because nobody in the media would cover it, and they were right.
Column: State government was warned, repeatedly, but still they failed to stop the theft of the people's money. A quick thread of some of the reporting that went into this, most of it courtesy of former Reformer reporter @deenafaywinter https://t.co/dBbiLoDLfm
— j. patrick coolican (@jpcoolican) September 25, 2025
Yet it is coming out now, which brings up the question of why it is and what effect the revelations will have on Walz's political future.
The Walz corruption story had been picking up steam nationally over the past couple of weeks, both because President Trump shone a light on it and because Christopher Rufo wrote a story connecting the fraud to funding Somali terrorists. While Rufo deserves credit for helping the story break through, it was not quite the scoop everybody seems to think.
Here’s the clip of @billglahn on Fox Business Channel discussing Minnesota fraud. https://t.co/XF4xADm7rs pic.twitter.com/Gt9AQ9EMcE
— Ashley Boldin (@TechniGal_Ash) December 2, 2025
Those of us who have followed this story for years knew about the connection, just as we knew that Minnesota was a key site of ISIS recruitment. It was only "news" in the sense that somebody outside a small circle said it out loud.
How did the MSM ever miss the Minnesota fraud story last year? Surely they were vetting Tim Walz, right? 🤣pic.twitter.com/K4w9Ys7NYK
— MAZE (@mazemoore) December 1, 2025
On Saturday, I wrote about The New York Times' deep dive into Somali fraud in Minnesota, and while they didn't exactly point the finger at Walz, they didn't exactly soft-pedal the fact that it all happened under his watchful eye.
The sudden prominence of the story is, I think, no accident. Somebody at the national level wants to kneecap Walz to keep him out of the race for president in 2028, and while it is almost absurd to think he could snag the nomination for president (or for US Senate in the near term), it never hurts to kick your enemy when he is down.
When asked about the fraud in Minnesota, this is what Tim Walz rattles off (all in about three minutes):
— MAZE (@mazemoore) December 2, 2025
Trump is targeting Minnesota
Transportation Secretary is targeting Minnesota
Covid
George Floyd
Other governors
State Legislature
The demonizing of Somalians
Trump used a… pic.twitter.com/lSRHhLAKFl
Here in Minnesota, the Republicans are speculating about Walz dropping out of his reelection bid, but I think that the speculation is premature. Unless the feds decide to charge him—not happening—Walz is probably right to ride the scandal out. If there is one thing we should have learned since the Bill Clinton impeachment scandal, it should be that total shamelessness is a superpower in politics.
BOMBSHELL: @Sec_Noem tells Trump that HALF of the visas in Minnesota are "fraudulent"
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 2, 2025
"...Which means that that wacko Tim Walz either is an idiot or he did it on purpose — and I think he's both." pic.twitter.com/1p6CUc4o61
Remember, Jay Jones is the next Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Enough said.
The only thing that could actually take Walz out of contention to be the next Democratic nominee for Governor is a challenge by somebody like Dean Phillips, the former Congressman from Minnesota's Third District, erstwhile candidate for president. He earned some serious cred for being right about President Biden, but he also earned a lot of ire for splitting from the pack and telling the truth.
Tim Walz shouldn’t be running for re-election. He should be resigning.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) December 2, 2025
If he won’t bring accountability for the fraud happening under his watch, then the voters of Minnesota need to FIRE him.pic.twitter.com/GgMncRoehc
There is precisely zero chance Phillips could get the endorsement, but perhaps he could win a primary where rural Democrats might put him over the top. But I doubt it. The DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) is a machine, and the establishment in the party was in on the fraud.
Whistleblowers tried to stop a $1B fraud scheme, and instead Tim Walz retaliated against them. We deserve answers. pic.twitter.com/k3Z40ksRrr
— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) December 1, 2025
But could Walz win in a general election?
I refer you back to Virginia. Yes, he could, but it would depend on the political climate in 2026. If the mood is still sour about Trump, Walz would likely waltz in. Democrats will vote for him no matter what, and enough moderate AWFLs will too.
Still, Republicans will have a shot next year with a good candidate and a lot of money, but even with this scandal, Walz would have the inside track unless he drops out.
This story has blown up because some other Democratic Party fraudster wanted Walz taken out. Perhaps it's this guy?
You think Minnesota — Tim Walz is corrupt beyond disbelief,
— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) December 2, 2025
Here is Gavin Newscum has outdone every Democratic governor combined:
Welcome to California, the second-most powerful economy per capita in the world.
Gavin Newscum can’t explain where the $24 billion for the homeless… pic.twitter.com/VZ3CNI3Fjq
Or Pritzker?
I don't know. What I do know is that all this information was out there. The US Attorney was convicting fraudsters during the campaign. The media had the information. The Democratic Party had the information. Anybody who cared to know could have written about it.
They chose not to. It's not the fraud that bothers them. It's intraparty fighting. It likely will kill Walz's chances nationally, but in Minnesota? I'm not so sure.
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