Victor Davis Hanson Says He Knows What Consequences Await Tim Walz After Somali Fraud Scandal

Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson said Friday on Fox Business that Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faces serious political fallout as public frustration mounts over the state’s massive Somali-linked welfare fraud schemes.

Walz defended his handling of the state’s sprawling Somali-linked welfare fraud scandal on Sunday, saying Minnesota “attracts criminals” while insisting his administration should get credit for the prosecutions rather than blame for the more than $1 billion stolen. Appearing on “Kudlow,” Hanson said voters have grown tired of what he described as evasions, excuses and ideological talking points from the governor and his allies.

“They say everything, except that ‘Nobody in our community committed felonies. Nobody did.’ And they never say that,” Hanson told guest host David Asman. “I think people are sick of it. I think it’s really going to destroy the career, belatedly so, of Tim Walz. I think his days are numbered as a political figure.”

Asman said the scandal is the predictable outcome of pairing open-border policies with expansive welfare programs, arguing that the fraud operation milked “the welfare state to the tune of at least a billion dollars.” Hanson pointed to Walz’s public defenses as evidence that the governor refuses to confront the massive fraud honestly.

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