From "Walz drops bid for reelection as Minn. governor while Klobuchar considers run/The former Democratic vice presidential nominee stepped aside amid a growing fraud inquiry" (WaPo reports).
It was dangerous. To Walz.
January 5, 2026
"Democratic Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday he is dropping his bid for reelection in Minnesota, a dramatic turn for the two-term governor who gained national prominence..."
"... as his party’s 2024 vice-presidential nominee but now faces intense scrutiny over welfare fraud investigations in his state.... Democrats had grown increasingly worried about Walz’s choice to seek a third term as Republicans, including President Donald Trump, put a spotlight on the fraud issue, which federal prosecutors have been investigating for several years. GOP influencers, a viral video and new information from authorities — who say the scams could be far bigger than previously known and reach into the billions of dollars — have drawn more attention to allegations that scammers stole brazenly from Minnesota safety net programs for services they never provided.... 'We’ve got the President of the United States demonizing our Somali neighbors and wrongly confiscating child care funding that Minnesotans rely on,' Walz said, referencing a federal freeze on some child care funding in response to the fraud issue. 'It is disgusting. And it is dangerous.'"
From "Walz drops bid for reelection as Minn. governor while Klobuchar considers run/The former Democratic vice presidential nominee stepped aside amid a growing fraud inquiry" (WaPo reports).
From "Walz drops bid for reelection as Minn. governor while Klobuchar considers run/The former Democratic vice presidential nominee stepped aside amid a growing fraud inquiry" (WaPo reports).
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He needs to be prosecuted for the hired hit on his own party's people.
But he can fix his own truck!
It is time to rewrite immigration laws.
Any naturalized citizen that goes on any kind of welfare needs to be denaturalized and deported with all of their children.
Trump does the Democrats a YUUUUUUUUUGE favor by taking the imported hood rat thieves off the front page by kidnapping a foreign President (Putin should do that) and what do Democrats do? They put the Somalians right back on the front page a day later.
The corrupt Somalis are corrupt because Walz used them to launder federal funds for votes and power.
Not enough F U's exist on planet earth for this lying mobster.
Never forget that the corrupt Democratic Party elites chose this evil freak to be Kamala's running mate.
During Trump 1.0, Don Surber kept updating a long list of people who'd crashed against Trump and then burned. Glad to see Walz on it.
Outstanding vetting done by Team Harris. She really couldn't have picked a less competent and corrupt running mate from among national democrats. But at least we have revived the great epithet "retard" now that we have a nice inoffensive face to put with it: Jazz Hands Elmer Fudd Walz is the definition of retard.
Ralph L said...
During Trump 1.0, Don Surber kept updating a long list of people who'd crashed against Trump and then burned. Glad to see Walz on it.
Walz is a traitor and just as bad as Maduro.
If Trump can't put America first taking care of our problems here arresting enemies in Venezuela is a waste of time.
We are still shoveling billions of dollars to fraud farms all over the country. Trump isn't doing shit about that.
The politics in this state are awful. The DFL controls the metro area and the areas outstate have been absolutely seething for years now about the way the DFL runs things. The Somali business is the most obvious manifestation of the rot here, but it's been a festival of malfeasance for years.
The feds have been the ones pursuing all of this, and the work started before Trump's team was in place. Biden's US Attorney, Andrew Luger, did a lot of work on Feeding Our Future. Joe Thompson has been the point man for the various investigations and prosecutions, both under Luger and now Daniel Rosen. He's been claiming the fraud is in the billions and he's likely correct. There's a lot more fraud out there and the best face you can put on it is that Walz was oblivious.
The word we're hearing is Amy Klobuchar is going to run for governor, which is the right move for the DFL, as she hasn't had any direct involvement with the scandals at the state level. She'll have a good chance to win, because the state Republican party here is inept and always gets outspent at least 10-1 on campaign advertising and GOTV. Equally important, the candidates the GOP runs tend to alternate between milquetoast types or oddballs. No current announced Republican candidate has what it takes to get past the noise machine.
But he can fix his own truck!
LOL, yes indeed if removing one perfectly fine air filter and replacing it with another new filter fits your definition of "fixing."
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
Outstanding vetting done by Team Harris. She really couldn't have picked a less competent and corrupt running mate from among national democrats.
Somehow I doubt 'picking' had much to do with it. I suspect he was the only one dumb and desperate enough to be her running mate.
I’m growing weary of our political leaders, so-called statesmen and stateswomen, who have become “great” by spending other people’s money.
bagoh20 said...
But he can fix his own truck!
Then he'll be ok. Minnesota garages thrive on that Midwestern Dad Energy vibe!
He drew the short straw
Maybe the machine will be discouraged from outright stealing
I still maintain, without evidence, that Josh Shapiro secretly told Kamala "no" for VP. I can't believe Kamala could be so stupid to think Tim Walz was a better candidate than Josh Shapiro. Not possible.
Mr.D - Any chance Norm Coleman gets in the race? Loved Norm.
Speaking of Walz and Somali Day Care Fraud......
https://x.com/wcdispatch/status/2008018760746078438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Little more than a year ago, Walz could've been a mere heartbeat away from becoming president. Unbelievable corruption from a stupid progressive-liberal white guy.
This is the listed location of the auditing firm that performed the audits for both the Minnesota and Ohio on the NGOs we have linked to potential fraud.
Tim is likely on the next plane to that idyllic honeymoon destination - China.
The corrupt Somalis are corrupt because Walz used them to launder federal funds for votes and power.
Oh, they exploited each other equally. Somali's come from a lawless darwinian society where you grab what you can and where graft is built into the political system. Democrats create giant loopholes that the natural grifters easily exploit.
Walz will waltz away knowing his "I'm a knucklehead" defense won't easrn him a higher office but is just enough to insulate him from actual prosecution when the most egregious are jailed over the various MN frauds.
Like Walz the vast majority of the "in on it" Somali community — the ones who "enrolled" their children, got the kickbacks, went along with the schemes — will skate by for the simple reason there isn't enough manpower in the DOJ to prosecute them all. Just like there are not enough immigration judges to hear all the appeals and process all the deportees who deserve to be booted out.
Obama's advisers were slick and shameless and the Cloward-Piven "overwhelm the system" has been a roaring success in destabilizing communities. But it was also one HUGE failure in nationwide unrest, which is what they really wanted and tried to gin up using BLM and then J6.
"I still maintain, without evidence, that Josh Shapiro secretly told Kamala "no" for VP."
Same here.
When's Kamala's press conference lauding Walz? LOL
For sure Shapiro turned-down Kamala's VP pitch. As Harris campaign visibly demonstrated how these two progressive-liberal Dems were probably the LEAST qualified ticket ever.
Kamala didn't pick anyone.
Please. The puppet-masters selected Walz.
Trump isn't doing shit about that.
Who do you think you are convincing with this crap?
Political Junkie said...
Mr.D - Any chance Norm Coleman gets in the race? Loved Norm.
Highly unlikely. He's been out of the game for a long time and his health isn't great, either.
Stop trying to make this about Somalis. Scams like this are being run by all sorts of crooks on multiple fronts…in multiple states…
As a former Minnesotan, people ask me how an idiot like Walz could become governor. He was after my time, so I'm at a loss. He couldn't have been the sharpest knife in the DFL drawer.
It seems part of the problem with prosecuting the fraud isn’t DOJ power yet rather local Judges finding technicalities to toss the cases.
I bet Tampon and his burning rubber tire loving wife regret this big wave goodbye!!!! TURN THE PAGE!!!
Benny Johnson
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At a Harris/Walz rally in 2024:
“We are turning the page on Donald Trump. Bye bye!”
The page was just turned on Tim Walz.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2008205344217137321?s=20
.."For sure Shapiro turned-down Kamala's VP pitch.." +1 on this sentiment.
Walz is one of those politicians that doesn't appear to be very bright, but has an unusually well-developed sense of self-preservation. As evidenced earlier, by his hasty departure from the National Guard just before they mobilized overseas.
The question becomes: What have the state's voting citizens learned?
There has to be a huge shoe about to drop on Walz. Is he being indicted? There is nothing in the scandal, that we know of right now, that would account for the VP candidate and popular 2 term governor dropping out of his reelection bid.
Shapiro didn't need Kamala, she needed him. Minnesota was in the bag, so picking a mincing Veep from that state brought nothing to the ticket.
And soon enough indictments will come... I have no doubt somewhere offshore he has his Somali $$ stashed.. chickens are gonna come home to roost!!!
I assume that current Minnesota AG Keith Ellison will run for Governor and win. After all, this is Minnesota.
Ah the Jubba Value Center auditing firm makes its appearance on the stage.
Link
Bill TX maybe you are simply unaware of the scope and scale of the fraud under Tampon's watch. It sank him once the national attention was focused on MN. (Weird how no nat'l "news" outlets cared to report on it in 2024 when it mattered eh?)
The Star Tribune kept it all covered up for years but once the word got out his numbers tanked. He was warned and the legislature was warned and they all just let it fester or actively interfered to stop investigations.
"The corrupt Somalis are corrupt because Walz used them to launder federal funds for votes and power.
Where do you think Kamala Harris got $1 billion to run for President.
You think people just GAVE her that money? You think people GAVE Kamala Harris a BILLION dollars?
She just so happened to pick Walz as VP. In the state where he had access to BILLIONS in stolen tax dollars.
I don't know about you people, but this math isn't that hard for me to do.
Goldenpause said...
I assume that current Minnesota AG Keith Ellison will run for Governor and win. After all, this is Minnesota.
Nope. Ellison is implicated in everything. It's going to be Klobuchar.
"Stop trying to make this about Somalis. Scams like this are being run by all sorts of crooks on multiple fronts…in multiple states."
We can start with the imported hood rats, though.
...who say the scams could be far bigger than previously known and reach into the billions of dollars...
Who told you to put the balm on?
Doofus deserves defeat. His presidential bid (he is a delusional doofus) is down in flames. Maybe he can take a fire arms safety course when he's out to pasture. Might learn how to load that shotgun. And of course Jean Fraud Kerry can visit him and say, "Where kin I get me one of them hunting licenses" and they can go off in the woods together.
At least Walz can use his phone to check the price of TSLA to feel better.
OMG - lol.
Not really funny. Just how dumb are we that we let this happen?
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mail in voting and signature verification is a fraud - btw. Off topic.
It's going to be Klobuchar...
Note to self. Comb over is coming back, big time.
"There is nothing in the scandal, that we know of right now, that would account for the VP candidate and popular 2 term governor dropping out of his reelection bid."
I'm willing to believe the stink was too much, even for Minnesota, and he was pressured out by his fellow democrats.
The first law of malfeasance/corruption reporting.
First reports (including 'viral video') only scratches the surface.
Does anyone believe that 99% of the people who voted for Tampon Tim and the Kackler would vote any differently knowing what we know now?
So the bug-eyed doofus who loves to hunt but doesn’t know how to load his own shotgun is gone, t he replaced by a woman who eats salads with a comb.
They’re kind of wierd in Mnnesota. Must be the weather.
Do they use "Premier Election Solutions, Inc. (formerly Diebold Election Systems, Inc.)" to count the votes in Minnesota?
Asking for a friend.
OK so that's why the NYT published the truth about the Somila fraud and Walz. They want to clear the way for Kloblor or whatever her name is. Then they can put who they want in the Senate to replace her. Walz was getting in the way.
”…investigating for several years.”
Investigating?? Prosecuting for several years. And getting convictions — about 70 so far, with a further 70 indicted and awaiting trial. And all those charged were involved in only one Walz-connected fraud scheme, Feeding Our Future, a COVID meal program “for children” that served no food to anyone except the fraudsters in addition to luxury cars, palatial homes, and Islamic terrorism in Africa.
Several days ago The Mirror, one of Kier Starmer’s mouthpieces, published an article titled “The Real Face of Fraud” as an attack on Will Shirley. The writer showcased a woman called Aimee Bock who was one of the first indicted to be convicted. The article mentioned no one else who has been convicted or charged because Bock is white and apparently not a Muslim. The article was, of course, nothing but a tissue of lies by omission since everyone else connected with Feeding Our Future is a Somali Muslim, excepting Tim Walz and Keith Ellison.
"It was dangerous. To Walz." And to Dems and their fraud-industrial complex.
Klobuchar for governor? Watch out for flying salads.
Notice the difference between the R's and D's. If the MSM accuses a Republican of something, he thrown under the bus by the other R's, and he issues detailed apologies and defense briefs.
Accuse a D of something, and the other D's say nothing, and he says the accusers are lying scum, and fuck you. He never grants the other side any moral legitimacy or good faith.
Has anyone considered that Kamala picked Walz because, knowing he would go to jail if the Dems lost, he was properly motivated to do whatever it takes to win?
Harris underestimated how stupid Walz is.
I doubt he would drop out if he had the now unavailable source of money from those that know he's toast. The hype is thick, but those with any sense know the house of cards has fallen.
Walz 'n Karma-la
Seems really stupid here. Walz dropping now makes the DFL/Dems guilty here. Maybe they thought they could cauterize the wound in Minnesota, but now the attention is spreading to Ohio and Maine and other states. Also, Klobacher going for the governorship seems like a demotion compared to a Senator, but then, maybe this reflects the Dem party's belief on what's going to happen in the Senate for the next decade.
Kamala Harris, Tim Walz.
Just consider what the Democrats wanted to serve up to this country. Tell me how Democrats love America. From where I sit, they are constantly trying to f*** America. There's no looking away from it at this point. It is what it is.
We escaped that one. But those in New York and Seattle are just settling in to get their serving of 'lessons'.
J Scott said...
Seems really stupid here. Walz dropping now makes the DFL/Dems guilty here. Maybe they thought they could cauterize the wound in Minnesota, but now the attention is spreading to Ohio and Maine and other states. Also, Klobacher going for the governorship seems like a demotion compared to a Senator, but then, maybe this reflects the Dem party's belief on what's going to happen in the Senate for the next decade.
The play here is to get it over with and clear the deck in Minnesota. I don't doubt similar fraud exists elsewhere and it's likely the Trump Justice Department will continue to pursue it all, but that's not the concern of the local apparat.
As for it being a demotion for Klobuchar, I see your point, but she's taking one for the team. The real concern for the DFL is the other senate seat, which will be open because Tina Smith is retiring. Walz at the top of the ticket would have jeopardized that as well. If Klobuchar wins, and I think she's likely to win, she will be able to appoint her own successor. If somehow the Republicans find a way to win, Klobuchar will still have her seat in the Senate.
"intense scrutiny". Heh. So long, Governor Retard!
"The corrupt Somalis are corrupt because Walz used them to launder federal funds for votes and power.
Let's not give Walz all the credit. Somali corruption has been found in Massachusetts, Washington Ohio and Maine. And that's just where they've looked. I think we will find that Somalis are corrupt wherever there are Somalis. We'll be prosecuting Somalis for many years to come. I doubt there is a legitimate Somali-owned "business" anywhere in America.
I would like to see the internal polling.
Code-talker. Wasn't that a Nick Cage movie? :)
(I know it's Windtalkers. Don't 'Wellakshually" me)
Klobacher going for the governorship seems like a demotion compared to a Senator I thought the exact same thing when I saw that.
Didn’t Boelter, the murderer of Hortman, indicate somehow that Walz wanted Klobuchar “gone” so that Walz could take her senate seat? Or did I misunderstand that?
“Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity….”
Just a couple of years ago, he'd have denied this happens and called you racist for suggesting it. Nice to hear some home truths.
I do recall that, the daycare might have been a motives
Political Junkie said...
I still maintain, without evidence, that Josh Shapiro secretly told Kamala "no" for VP.
There’s anecdotal evidence in Salena Zito s book Butler, about her observations as a journalist on the ground in Pennsylvania during the 2024 campaign.
I can't believe Kamala could be so stupid to think Tim Walz was a better candidate than Josh Shapiro. Not possible.
Perfectly possible. Back before I retired and moved away from the DC area the local papers had plenty of articles about the laziness and stupidity of Kamala Harris. And let’s not forget that Shapiro is Jewish, and at that time the Democrats were displaying a serious antisemitic streak, young people wearing keffiyehs on campus, threats of violence against Jews, etc. That might have made Harris wonder whether he would have cost her votes.
Josh Shapiro's house was fire bombed by the mob-left.
Obey, the threatened.
"Didn’t Boelter, the murderer of Hortman, indicate somehow that Walz wanted Klobuchar “gone” so that Walz could take her senate seat? Or did I misunderstand that?"
Nope. You got that right. At the time, it seemed like he was just a raving nut case. But maybe we should take another look.
“ I still maintain, without evidence, that Josh Shapiro secretly told Kamala "no" for VP.”
Democrat presidential candidates typically select running mates who are dumber than they are. That limited Kamala’s choices significantly.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2008187269019279711
"I know it's Windtalkers. Don't 'Wellakshually' me."
POS movie with an even smellier POS title. It was chosen because the dumber-than-dirt Hollywood execs thought it sounded more Indian-y. Those dwebbles think anyone with native blood talks like Wordsworth wrote.
Is it time to repost my video showing that tampon Tim is rip Taylor's long lost brother?
Magic 8 ball sez "All signs point to yes"
Enjoy what I call The Rip Taylor Walz
John Henry
Link https://youtu.be/y8SC3GFb7uI?si=YrkiCqWeUqPMHrOT
Let's be bipartisan and focus on Mike DeWine (R) governor of Ohio, where the Somali fraud rings, he says, are just "part of doing business." Say goodnight Mike.
When you chuck a pebble in the ocean it's hard to tell where the ripples will stop.
I predict that Walz will resign as gov in the next 3 months.
I further predict that Kamala will realize she has no place, however small, in American politics and by June will announce that she and emhoff are divorcing.
She'll retire to a quiet, lonely, life as an elderly cat lady, with or without cats.
She'll become a trivia question "what was the name of the woman who sort of ran for president?"
John Henry
Seems like going from U.S. Senator to Governor of MN would be a big step down for Klobuchar.
In many states, the governorship has much greater potential for money grafting than serving in the US Senate.
My recollection is that it was rather openly discussed on the political talking head shows that Shapiro being Jewish was a problem for the Dems politically, when his name was being bandied for V.P.
Klobuchar's previous job was as Hennepin County Attorney. Maybe what MN needs is an experienced prosecutor in charge.
"Those dwebbles think anyone with native blood talks like Wordsworth wrote."
I don't know, if you think about it, language is based on metaphor as soon as you get to levels of abstraction, and what metaphors did Indians have? A huge percentage of the English language is based on nautical metaphors, if you change the reference base of a speaker, and deny them all but natural metaphors, lines like "The great traveler will reach the waters in three suns" as an answer to "how long 'til we get there," makes perfect sense. Especially if they are translating directly from their language to English word for word, instead of concept for. concept, like we might translate between modern French and modern English, two languages with extensive literatures.
Walz is a quitter like Biden. These guys don’t fight. They are pussies.
"Any naturalized citizen that goes on any kind of welfare needs to be denaturalized and deported with all of their children."
This is already the law. It's not enforced enough.
Also, THEY ARE REFUGEES so of course this doesn't apply to Somalis. We better fix our "refugee" rules.
They didn't put Shapiro on the ticket because you'd have a Jewish VP with a POTUS married to a Jew. In any case, Shapiro is just your standard NE libtard who'd draw flies outside of the Northeast.
Actually, you would have had - Harris a black-hindu, a jewish "first gentlemen" and a Jewish VP and Jewish 2nd lady. Zero Christians in a country full of Christians. Bad Optics. And Walz was supposed to do better in the midwest states that would tip the election.
Of course, it was known Walz was idiot. But now we know he was a crook too.
Jupiter - "the raving nutcase" arrived right after the media skipped on by what Boelter claimed.
Vance Boelter -
the media got their fake " But he voted for Trump!" because his room-mate said so - and then shut it all down. Gee We wonder why?
Double life Boelter worked for Walz, and he was married and lived on a massive property. He didn't need a room mate.
Walz is done. Good. That's 2 successful decapitation strikes Trump has conducted in less than a week.
What a guy!
Do Somalis like Ranch? I dunno.
So now there’s some rumor that if Klobuchar becomes Gov of MN, she would appoint Walz to take her Senate seat. (See Breitbart headline/article). MN is completely irrational and incestuous.
Big Mike said...
So the bug-eyed doofus who loves to hunt but doesn’t know how to load his own shotgun is gone, t he replaced by a woman who eats salads with a comb.
They’re kind of wierd in Mnnesota. Must be the weather.
Amy wont win if she doesn't get the Somali vote harvesting operation behind her.
Jupiter said...
"The corrupt Somalis are corrupt because Walz used them to launder federal funds for votes and power.
Let's not give Walz all the credit. Somali corruption has been found in Massachusetts, Washington Ohio and Maine.
The entire welfare/homeless/child care system in our country is completely corrupt.
As it was designed to be.
Before Klobuchar appoints Walz to the vacant Senate seat she might want to remember when Rudy Perpich appointed former governor Wendell Anderson to the vacant Senate seat, and how well that worked out.
"the Somali vote harvesting operation"
That's separate from the Somali "free food" fraud operation and the Somali "daycare" theft from taxpayer operation, right?
"There is nothing in the scandal, that we know of right now, that would account for the VP candidate and popular 2 term governor dropping out of his reelection bid."
1: Billions in fraud
2: Whistelblowers fired
3: Dems recorded telling teh Somali crooks they have their backs
4: "Army of Davids" searching through public records and finding more and more corruption
Walz was clearly toast last week
He's going to a Learing Center!
Political Junkie said...
I still maintain, without evidence, that Josh Shapiro secretly told Kamala "no" for VP. I can't believe Kamala could be so stupid to think Tim Walz was a better candidate than Josh Shapiro. Not possible.
The fact he would be a better candidate is the problem. Remember that when Obama and Hillary chose running mates, a prime consideration was that the running mate had to be a worse candidate than they were to avoid the possibility of being replaced. Hence how you got Tim Walz.
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