This thread is based on an outright lie - perpetrated by trump. Telling it like it is isn't off topic.
Originally Posted by jayzee43
Nope. The scandal broke first, followed by Trump's reaction to it. You're desperately trying to deflect away from the former by complaining about the latter.
There are no "Somali gangsters" who are "running" Minnesota.
This is a simple fraud case. Nothing more, nothing less. Nobody's looking the other way, either. Jesus.
Originally Posted by jayzee43
No Somali gangs in Minnesota? You sure about that?
Wikipedia begs to differ. Here's a link that mentions 4 gangs - Somali Outlaws, Hot Boyz, Madhiban With Attitude, and 1627 Boys.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Outlaws
Do they "run" Minnesota? No. Do Somalians wield significant and outsized political influence in Minnesota? You betcha!
But don't take it from me. Here's how a former State Senator and non-profit leader named David Gaither explains it:
Gaither believes the mainstream media, alongside Minnesota’s Democratic establishment, have long turned a blind eye to fraud within the Somali community. This, in turn, allowed the problem to metastasize. “The media does not want to put a light on this,” Gaither said. “And if you’re a politician, it’s a significant disadvantage for you to alienate the Somali community. If you don’t win the Somali community, you can’t win Minneapolis. And if you don’t win Minneapolis, you can’t win the state. End of story.”
https://www.city-journal.org/article...lia-al-shabaab
And btw - this is anything but a "simple" fraud case. It's a MASSIVE fraud scandal in which the state's Democratic establishment is deeply enmeshed. If "nobody was looking the other way", as you so cluelessly assert, this humongous theft of taxpayer money could not have scaled up and persisted for 5 fucking years!
Please do a little homework, k?
You might learn that Tampon Tim is accused by the Minnesota Dept. of Human Services of threatening whistle-blowers to keep them mum! Here's what they recently posted on X:
“We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on,” yet he “systematically retaliated against whistleblowers” and “did his best to discredit fraud reports.”
BIG OOOF!!
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/opinio...-his-state-1b/