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Minnesota’s Democratic Governor, Tim Walz, stirred enthusiasm at a Seattle fundraiser on Tuesday by pledging to welcome more Somali immigrants to his state, despite criticisms regarding fraud issues linked to the community.
Speaking at a luncheon hosted by Washington Governor Bob Ferguson, Walz addressed the crowd, highlighting how Somalis have been unfairly “demonized” in light of significant fraud cases involving Minnesota’s Somali community and the misappropriation of state welfare funds.
“Our kindness should never be mistaken for weakness,” Walz asserted, as reported by The Center Square. “We will stand by our neighbors. It’s infuriating when negativity takes over, but the best response is to take positive steps to enhance lives. Rather than vilifying the Somali community, we aim to be even more welcoming.”
Facing nationwide criticism for allegedly overlooking substantial fraud within his jurisdiction, Walz also took the opportunity to criticize former President Donald Trump shortly after commending Governor Ferguson.
“Some individuals just seem to irritate Donald Trump, probably because they’re intelligent,” Walz remarked, taking a moment to commend his own intellectual abilities.
“There’s just some people that really rub Donald Trump the wrong way and I’m guessing it’s people who are smart,” Walz said, congratulating himself on his own mental capacities.
Walz then came to the support of the Somali community in his crime-ridden state, saying, “We have in Minnesota per capita wise, more refugees than any other state. Right now, our neighbors are being demonized. Our neighbors are being terrorized and literally picked up off the streets.”
Members of the establishment news media have also rushed to run cover for Minnesota’s Somali community. As Becket Adams noted in a recent New York Post piece, one of the most absurd attempts was proffered by Minnesota’s ABC affiliate, KSTP-TV, which breathlessly pointed out that the Somali community pays taxes, with a piece entitled, “Somali Minnesotans drive economic growth, pay $67M taxes annually.”
Adams, though, notes that the numbers would show that Somalis each pay about $630 when measured against their average annual income in the state. Meanwhile, the average Minnesota native pays more than $8,000 per year. When you then add the fact that the Somali community takes much higher rates of welfare funding out of the system, that drives down their value to the state even farther.
Meanwhile, a few days before his appearance at the Democrat fundraiser in Washington State, Walz blasted a reporter who dared to point out that the governor’s claim of having jailed Somali fraudsters was “erroneous.”
Last week, the reporter confronted Walz who had claimed that he is “putting people in jail” for the massive amount of welfare funding fraud in Minnesota. However, the truth is, neither Walz nor any of his state agencies have spent any time at all investigating or prosecuting welfare fraud in Minnesota. The only prosecuting is being done at the federal level.
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