‘Panicked’ Tim Walz ‘misplaced’ his energy in fraud scandal: Joe Concha
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Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after Walz announced he will not seek a third term and said he would “ride” state Republicans while focusing on investigations into a large fraud probe.concha called Walz “panicked” and argued the governor is misdirecting his energy, saying Walz has been sheltered from scrutiny by legacy media and lacks a coherent response to what Concha called perhaps the largest state fraud scandal in history. Concha disputed Walz’s threat to pressure Republicans-saying there are effectively no Minnesota Republicans in state office to target-and predicted Walz’s political ambitions are over, even mocking future presidential prospects.Self-reliant reporter Nick Shirley, Concha noted, used simple reporting methods to expose aspects of the fraud that legacy outlets ignored and plans to investigate similar cases elsewhere. The Examiner’s reporting also shows Walz received nearly $10,000 in campaign contributions from donors linked to Somali-operated day care centers implicated in the probe; Walz has said he will not resign before his term ends.
‘Panicked’ Tim Walz ‘misplaced’ his energy in fraud scandal: Joe Concha
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha rebuffed Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) bid to “ride” Minnesota Republicans on Wednesday, saying the governor has “no idea” how to respond to the national scrutiny he and his state are receiving.
Walz announced on Monday that he won’t seek a third term as he focuses on finishing his second term and aiding the investigations into Minnesota’s fraud.
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Walz said on Tuesday he will not resign from office before his second term ends, telling state Republicans they can expect him “to ride you like you’ve never been ridden to make sure you’re doing your job.”
Concha said that Walz’s statement is “misplaced,” saying there aren’t any Minnesota Republicans holding public office at a state level.
“Look, there’s only one word to describe Tim Walz at this moment: panicked. Because this is a person who has lived in a bubble, has been protected by legacy media his entire adult life from anything remotely resembling scrutiny, and he clearly has no idea how to respond to basic questions around what could be the biggest fraud scandal in any state’s history, let alone Minnesota,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First.
“So he can turn up the volume, talk tough, vote President Trump for whatever reason as a reflexive deflection, but in the end, it does not distract from his own huge problems. The bottom line is that Tim Walz is not running for a third term for governor.”
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Concha also considers it “amazing” how Walz was nearly “within a heartbeat” of the presidency if former Vice President Kamala Harris won the 2024 presidential election, in which Walz was her running mate. Going forward, Concha said Walz has “absolutely no shot” of ever becoming the United States president, and suggested the only presidency in the governor’s future could be “presidency of a cellblock.”
Independent reporter Nick Shirley released a video on Minnesota’s fraud last month, which Concha said is proof one doesn’t need “a big newsroom” or large staff. Rather, all one needs is “a cellphone and curiosity” to uncover fraud, with Concha saying Shirley picked up a story that legacy media ignored “altogether.”
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Shirley told conservative activist Riley Gaines that he plans to go across the country to expose more fraud. He hasn’t divulged specific details for his destination, as he doesn’t want to become “a target like I am in Minnesota,” according to Fox News’s The Riley Gaines Show.
Walz received almost $10,000 in campaign contributions from supporters connected to the Somali-operated day care centers in Minnesota, according to campaign finance filings compiled by the Washington Examiner.
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