Senator Josh Hawley laid into Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison during a Senate oversight hearing, and what we saw was less decorum than a demand for real accountability. Hawley accused Ellison of meeting with leaders of the Feeding Our Future scandal and then taking campaign cash just days later — conduct that smells like corruption to any patriotic American watching. The exchange exploded on the Senate floor, and Hawley bluntly told Ellison he “ought to be indicted,” refusing to let the left’s usual cover-up stand.
The facts that have emerged aren’t trivial footnotes; they are the kind of documented interactions that demand an independent, unafraid prosecutor to follow the paper trail. Public records and Hawley’s own questioning reference a December 11, 2021 meeting and contributions tied to figures later charged in the Feeding Our Future fraud, and those are not the sort of coincidences a free society should shrug off. If elected officials meet with fraudsters and then accept their money, the rule of law is threatened and citizens deserve answers.
Minnesota’s failed leadership goes higher than Ellison — Republicans on the Hill are rightly asking why Governor Tim Walz’s name keeps surfacing in the narrative and why he hasn’t been fully forthcoming. Conservatives will not be placated by theatrical denials while tens or hundreds of millions meant for hungry kids vanished into criminal coffers; if elected leaders were protecting or downplaying this theft, they should face the music. Hawks in Congress are already demanding Walz testify and answer for his role, and that pressure should only intensify until every responsible official is held to account.
This scandal is not small potatoes — the Feeding Our Future investigation centers on roughly $250 million in alleged abuse, and Hawley tied the abuses to a broader pattern of multibillion-dollar fraud in state programs. Conservatives understand that when public dollars are stolen, it’s not just numbers on a ledger; it’s taxpayers robbed and children denied help. Democrats who run state machines and turn a blind eye while career grifters prosper have betrayed the basic compact between government and the governed.
What Americans need now is action, not spin. House and Senate oversight should push for immediate, transparent investigations, and state or federal prosecutors who have been hesitant must remember their duty to the rule of law and the victims of this fraud. Let no partisan shield block the door to truth — if evidence points to wrongdoing, grand juries and indictments should follow regardless of badge or party.
Patriotic conservatives will keep fighting until every dollar is traced and every official answerable is either exonerated or prosecuted. This is about more than politics; it’s about protecting the integrity of our programs, the safety of our communities, and the dignity of the taxpayers who foot the bill. If leaders like Ellison or Walz played any part in shielding thieves, they must be removed from power and punished the same as anyone else who would steal from American children.
