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Published On: Sat, Dec 13th, 2025

Walz on Somali Crime: There’s A Lot Of White Men Who Should Be Holding Other White Men Accountable For Crime

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) this week responded to allegations of COVID-relief fraud tied to Somali organizations in Minnesota by accusing former President Trump of “victimizing” Somalis as scrutiny mounts.

GOV. TIM WALZ (D-MN): Look, it’s not law abiding citizens. If that were the case, there’s a lot of white men should be holding a lot of white men accountable for the crimes that they have committed. I think for the community to maybe educate their population, because I think what you’re seeing here is there’s secondary victims in this. That there’s providers inside the community that are then victimizing the community themselves by signing them up. because when we’re going to some of these people, they’re like, I had no idea I was in this program. So I think it’s asking us then for every crime, which of course, the majority being committed by white men asking us to do more about that, I think it’s crime in general. And I think the biggest thing on this is just making sure that we’re educating the population. And again, this is 80 people or so that have been convicted in this, maybe some more in that. Out of a broader ring, Medicaid fraud will stretch across all racial demographics, all ethnic groups. So I think it’s really important for us to note, each community’s got this in their own midst. But to blame them and say that they should have been responsible for stopping it, I think that’s a pretty hard reach. I think we continue to educate folks about why they shouldn’t commit crimes. You would hope that it’s being taught both at home and at schools and in our society. But no, I think this idea that the Somali community’s to blame for this because they didn’t do more. I think that’s how we got into this. And that’s, again, I know we’re not going to lose the whole plot here. All this work that’s being done, Donald Trump brought this to the attention like this is something brand new. This is not brand new and it’s been being worked on, but he made it white hot and very dangerous.


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