The FBI and Department of Homeland Security just raided twenty-two suspected fraudulent businesses in Minneapolis on Tuesday — a massive takedown targeting a childcare and Medicaid fraud scheme — and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz immediately rushed to the nearest microphone to take credit for it.
That’s right. The guy who watched Minneapolis burn to the ground in 2020 while he sat on his hands now wants a gold star for federal agents doing their jobs. Classic Walz.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer — who actually represents Minnesota and actually knows what’s going on there — had the perfect response. He called it “more BS from our governor” and pointed out that FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the FBI, the Justice Department, and DHS “drafted AND executed” the search warrants. Not Walz. Not Minnesota state agencies. The feds.
Emmer then delivered what might be the quote of the week: “Tim Walz taking credit for fraud raids is as absurd as an arsonist taking credit for putting out a house fire.”
(Chef’s kiss. Somebody get that man a comedy writing deal.)
So what actually happened? Federal investigators swept into Minneapolis and hit twenty-two businesses suspected of running a massive fraud operation involving childcare subsidies, Medicaid, and — according to Emmer — approximately $9 billion in stolen taxpayer funds. Nine. Billion. Dollars. Stolen under Walz’s watch, in Walz’s state, while Walz was governor.
And his response? He hopped on X and posted that the raids happened “because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it.” He even added a little pep talk about how “joint investigations work” and “securing justice depends on it.”
Joint investigations! He’s acting like he quarterbacked the whole thing. Meanwhile, the DOJ — the actual Department of Justice — fired back at Walz on social media with three devastating words: “You have been suing, not sharing.”
Read that again. The federal government is publicly accusing a sitting governor of obstructing their fraud investigations. Not helping. Not cooperating. Suing them. The DOJ specifically called out Walz for refusing to hand over SNAP enrollment data, voter rolls, and access to criminal aliens in state jails.
So Walz wasn’t just sitting on the sidelines while $9 billion walked out the door. He was actively fighting the people trying to stop it. And now he wants credit for the bust?
This is the same Tim Walz who, in case anyone forgot, stood by while rioters torched Minneapolis in 2020. The same Tim Walz who Kamala Harris picked as her running mate because apparently “let the city burn” is a qualifying credential for the Democratic Party. The same Tim Walz who couldn’t even keep his own military service record straight.
Emmer didn’t stop at the arsonist line, either. He told Fox News that Walz “knew about the fraud for much longer than he’s led the public to believe” and characterized the governor’s response as “flailing.” That’s a congressman publicly calling a governor a liar on a national news platform. And honestly? Nobody’s rushing to Walz’s defense.
Because the math doesn’t math for poor Tim. You can’t block federal subpoenas for fraud data, refuse to share voter rolls, sue the DOJ to keep them out of your state, and then post a victory selfie when they kick down twenty-two doors without you.
Walz even tried to change the subject by calling for investigations into two deaths during federal immigration officer confrontations. Smooth redirect, Governor. “Hey, stop looking at the $9 billion fraud thing and look at this other thing instead!” We weren’t born yesterday.
Kash Patel and the FBI are turning up the heat. Emmer is turning up the heat. The DOJ is turning up the heat. And Tim Walz is standing in the kitchen pretending he’s the chef.
Here’s what we know: $9 billion in taxpayer money was stolen through fraudulent childcare and Medicaid schemes in Minnesota. The federal government had to come in and do what Walz wouldn’t — or couldn’t — do. And the governor’s first instinct was to grab credit, not apologize.
That tells you everything you need to know about Tim Walz. He can’t protect a city from rioters. He can’t protect taxpayers from fraudsters. But he can absolutely protect himself from accountability — at least until Kash Patel and Tom Emmer finish closing the net.
Grab the popcorn, folks. This one’s just getting started.
