President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office on Dec. 15, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
"Much of the Minnesota Fraud, up to 90%, is caused by people that came into our Country, illegally, from Somalia. ‘Congresswoman’ Omar, an ungrateful loser who only complains and never contributes, is one of the many scammers. Did she really marry her brother? Lowlifes like this can only be a liability to our Country’s greatness. Send them back from where they came, Somalia, perhaps the worst, and most corrupt, country on earth. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!" he declared.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Dec. 3, 2025, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for The New York Times)
Walz responded to the move by blasting Trump.
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"This is Trump’s long game. We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue — but this has been his plan all along. He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans," Walz asserted in a post on Tuesday to his official governor's X account.
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In a follow-up post Wednesday to his personal account, Walz declared, "While Minnesota has been combating fraud, the President has been letting fraudsters out of jail. Trump’s using an issue he doesn’t give a damn about as an excuse to hurt working Minnesotans."
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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