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Americans woke up this week to a scandal that proves what conservatives have been warning about for years: when you create the wrong incentives in government, fraud follows. T.W. Shannon’s blistering comments on the Chris Salcedo Show accusing Rep. Ilhan Omar and Gov. Tim Walz of fostering an environment that protected fraud are not idle political chatter — they are the natural response to a slow-motion collapse of accountability in Minnesota.
The scandal centers on pandemic-era programs like Feeding Our Future and other social-services initiatives that prosecutors say were looted for hundreds of millions, if not more, of taxpayer dollars meant for hungry children and vulnerable families. Federal indictments and reporting show dozens charged and many convictions already, with investigators still untangling how widespread the theft truly is.
Conservative watchdogs and whistleblowers inside state government have been ignored and even punished while these schemes grew, and that failure of leadership lands squarely at the feet of Gov. Walz. Employees and members of Congress alike have publicly accused the governor of turning a blind eye and retaliating against those who raised the alarm, a scandal of political protectionism that should alarm every taxpayer.
Rep. Ilhan Omar — who has defended the structure of some COVID-era programs and denied personal wrongdoing — now faces hard questions about whether her influence and political alliances helped create the permissive culture that allowed fraud to thrive. Conservatives are right to demand answers, particularly after reports of startling increases in personal wealth among people connected to the case and public confusion about how oversight was so thoroughly abandoned.
The federal government has stepped in as the scandal ballooned, with the FBI moving additional resources to Minnesota and viral videos exposing empty or sham operations fueling public outrage. This is exactly the sort of corruption federal investigators exist to root out, and the surge in scrutiny proves that grassroots and conservative reporting can force accountability where local leaders refuse it.
Now is the moment for action, not spin. Congress and federal prosecutors must follow the money, hold every official who looked the other way to account, and strip away the political cover that allowed this theft to flourish. Minnesotans and all Americans deserve a full, transparent reckoning — and conservatives will keep fighting until every corrupt actor is exposed and every misused dollar is reclaimed.
