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'Feeding our Future' scandal rocks Minnesota

'All-Star' panelists discuss how scammers allegedly used money intended to feed the hungry on luxuries on 'Special Report.'

The Grinch is stealing hundreds of billions of dollars of welfare benefits from America’s needy, and Democrats couldn’t care less.

The broadening scandal in Minnesota, where Somali criminals allegedly stole more than a billion dollars in taxpayer funds under the indulgent eyes of Democrat Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and other state officials, is the tip of the iceberg. All around the country, there is growing evidence that programs meant to serve the poor, the hungry and the homeless have been scammed; rather than investigate the frauds and prosecute those responsible, Democrats denounce efforts by those trying to stop the theft.

Walz called President Trump’s vow to deport the Somali criminals responsible for hijacking hundreds of millions of dollars in welfare money "petty vindictiveness." He blamed federal COVID emergency funds for the scandal, claiming the pandemic relief effort "opened up the door to relax the guard rails and to have fraud be committed."    

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But CBS News reports that the scandal actually predates the pandemic, and began months after Walz took office in 2019. According to CBS, Democrat officials are alleged to have ignored the thievery as it spun out of control "because the food charity sought to paint early scrutiny of the nonprofit as racism."