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“Politics War Room” hosts James Carville and Al Hunt agreed that Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., made the right decision to end his re-election campaign amid an emerging welfare-fraud scandal in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Walz announced Monday that he was dropping his bid for a third term<\/a> as governor amid stinging criticism of his handling of the state’s massive welfare assistance fraud scandal. Businesses ranging from daycares to nonprofits allegedly used state policies to take what some estimate to be about $9 billion in taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n

As the co-hosts took questions<\/a> from listeners, one asked if the Democratic Party would turn Minnesota\u2019s fraud scandal into “another woke debacle” by insisting it was merely a bad faith attack on the Somali community and not a legitimate issue.<\/p>\n

“John, if they did that, you\u2019d be absolutely right. I think they\u2019re not going to do that,” Hunt said. “I think Tim Walz\u2019s decision<\/a> not to run for reelection is an important one.”<\/p>\n

LOEFFLER: VAST NETWORK OF SOMALI NONPROFITS RIPPED OFF MINNESOTA\u2019S WELFARE STATE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He went on to note a recent piece he read from The Bulwark, saying that while the suspects in these scandals are not all Somali<\/a>, “they certainly played a role,” adding, “It really is a bad scandal. It can\u2019t be swept under the rug. And I think it\u2019s really important now that Democrats, as well as Republicans, acknowledge that and go after it. The way the previous U.S. attorney did. The current U.S. attorney is doing that, and anyone who wants to downplay it, I think, is making a huge mistake.”<\/p>\n

“I agree,” Carville said. “And what I hear all the time in media is, \u2018Well, they say that you can\u2019t talk about this issue, this issue is being under-covered.\u2019 Well, you\u2019re covering it right now.”<\/p>\n

The Democratic strategist went on to mock the idea that the story had been swept under the rug, sarcastically joking as if it were a brave thing to condemn fraud. “It\u2019s been all over the media,” Carville said. “But the greatest boogieman is to say, \u2018They won\u2019t allow you to say this, but fraud is bad!\u2019 I will just go out and say this.”<\/p>\n

VANCE CALLS WALZ \u2018A JOKE,\u2019 CLAIMS MINNESOTA GOVERNOR ENABLED MASSIVE FRAUD<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Now, you can\u2019t say this in modern America, but I\u2019m courageous enough to tell you: fraud is bad,” Carville continued to joke. “Fraud is even bad when it\u2019s in Minnesota. Yes. Listen to me \u2014 Fraud is bad, I\u2019m courageous.”<\/p>\n

Carville then appeared to take a more serious tone as he addressed Walz\u2019s decision to scrap his bid for a third term, but argued that at least part of the scandal is probably somewhat exaggerated.<\/p>\n

“But I think that the governor did make the right decision. I just would bet anybody \u2014 Yes, there\u2019s something here. At the end of the day, I would bet anybody \u2014 without knowing anything other than history \u2014 that something will be \u2014 that will not be the magnitude of what we\u2019re told.”<\/p>\n

When Hunt noted that a local newspaper had been covering the scandal in Minnesota for years, Carville joked that he is merely raining on the parade of an exciting news story.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“You always want to come with your stupid a– facts, and no one wants to hear that,” Carville joked, appearing to make fun of conservatives. “We want our story! They’ve just let this go and Minnesota got caught up in a twirl of communism and, I don’t know\u2026 s—.”<\/p>\n

“James, I love woke,” Hunt joked sarcastically, playing into the bit. “I just love woke.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/carville-al-hunt-agree-minnesota-fraud-scandal-bad-say-walz-made-right-choice-ditch-campaign <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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