{"id":2530612,"date":"2026-01-06T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-dems-is-he-got-caught\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:54:25","slug":"what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-dems-is-he-got-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-dems-is-he-got-caught\/","title":{"rendered":"What Separates Tim Walz From Other Dems Is He Got Caught"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-separates-tim-walz-from-other-dems-is-he-got-caught%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2530612&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In this opinion piece for The Federalist, columnist Eddie Scarry argues that Minnesota governor Tim Walz is abandoning his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judgment-day-biden-once-backed-protests-as-part-of-winning-coalition-now-hes-their-target-2\/\" title=\"Biden, once supported protests, now faces their backlash\">reelection bid amid<\/a> a large welfare-fraud scandal that the author says involved Somali-operated fake child-care and health centers pocketing taxpayer dollars. Scarry links the scandal to what he describes as Democratic policies that expand welfare and create opportunities for fraud to secure votes, and cites federal prosecutions and a viral YouTube video that purportedly exposed empty, nonfunctional &#8220;daycare&#8221; sites. He also criticizes Walz&#8217;s prior national visibility as Kamala Harris&#8217;s 2024 running mate, disputing Walz&#8217;s wartime service claims and labeling the campaign&#8217;s spending wasteful. The piece uses strongly accusatory language to characterize Democrats&#8217; fiscal and political behaviour, contrasts this scandal with other federal spending controversies, and concludes by asserting that Democrats lie and steal. The article is an explicitly partisan commentary rather than an investigative or neutral news report.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mngov\/55001706766\/\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Minnesota governor\/Flickr<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/06\/what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-democrats-is-he-got-caught\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=What%20Separates%20Tim%20Walz%20From%20Other%20Democrats%20Is%20He%20Got%20Caught&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/06\/what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-democrats-is-he-got-caught\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=What%20Separates%20Tim%20Walz%20From%20Other%20Democrats%20Is%20He%20Got%20Caught&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/06\/what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-democrats-is-he-got-caught\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/06\/what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-democrats-is-he-got-caught\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=What%20Separates%20Tim%20Walz%20From%20Other%20Democrats%20Is%20He%20Got%20Caught&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/06\/what-separates-tim-walz-from-other-democrats-is-he-got-caught\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>That Tim Walz is abandoning his reelection campaign for Minnesota governor amid a maddening <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/03\/scamming-somalis-are-the-love-children-of-dems-mass-welfare-and-immigration-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multibillion-dollar welfare fraud scandal<\/a> should serve as a big reminder: Democrats are robbing you every day and hardly even trying to hide it.<\/p>\n<p>Recall Walz as the stereotypical self-abasing Democrat white male, presumably heterosexual, who was inexplicably chosen to be Kamala Harris&rsquo; running mate in the 2024 election. His stint in that role was the equivalent of a 300-pound belly flop into a pool full of sand, with memorable moments like when he said he rode his bicycle as a child and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/full-vp-debate-transcript-walz-vance-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;proud of that service&rdquo;<\/a> or otherwise was proven to have lied when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/21\/us\/politics\/tim-walz-military-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referred<\/a> to &ldquo;the weapons of war that I carried in war.&rdquo; (He never saw combat.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-104459043\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, however, Walz is most known as the Minnesota governor who oversaw and enabled a years-long scam in which Somalis occupying large swaths of his state were pocketing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars with fake child care and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-cartwright-likely-scotus-will-find-middle-ground-on-biden-vaccine-mandates\/\" title=\"Dem Rep. Cartwright: &#039;Likely&#039; SCOTUS Will Find &#039;Middle Ground&#039; on Biden Vaccine Mandates\">health care operations<\/a> that provided no services to anyone at all. The scheme was uncovered mostly through federal prosecutions, which were then covered by our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dying national news media<\/a>. But most devastating for Walz and the state&rsquo;s whole government was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r8AulCA1aOQ&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">45-minute video<\/a> produced by a 23-year-old YouTuber who demonstrated just how brazen the fraud was by simply knocking on &ldquo;child care center&rdquo; doors &mdash; only to be greeted by savage Somalis who spoke next to no English and had no kids inside.<\/p>\n<p>The mass fraud was made possible by obscene welfare programs that Democrats like Walz &mdash;&nbsp;especially Walz &mdash; champion in order to lock in votes from impoverished foreigners and otherwise ne&rsquo;er-do-wells who have no interest in working. &ldquo;We have to make it easier for folks to be able to get into that business and then to make sure that folks are able to pay for that,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/vp-debate-footage-walz-touting-state-support-daycares-goes-viral-amid-minnesota-fraud-allegations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walz said<\/a> at the vice presidential debate last year. &ldquo;We were able to do it in Minnesota.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When he announced his withdrawal from reelection this week, he did so with typical Democrat energy, which is to say he claimed to be the victim honorably stepping aside, selflessly putting the well-being of others first. &ldquo;Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can&rsquo;t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/2008184142958334441\/photo\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They play in your face and then call you the problem for noticing. Walz&rsquo;s Minnesota welfare scheme was every bit a fraud as his and Kamala&rsquo;s 2024 campaign was. That pathetic 100-day operation likewise saw more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/17\/us\/politics\/harris-campaign-finances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a billion dollars<\/a> shoved into the pockets of consultants and production companies based on the media-perpetuated lie that Kamala Harris was a legitimate contender for the presidency and that Walz, a fraudster, was capable of serving in the White House, too.<\/p>\n<p>Remember how Democrats recoiled in absolute horror when Elon Musk&rsquo;s DOGE effort attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/09\/what-a-waste-federal-agencies-spent-4-6-billion-on-furniture-for-empty-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clip a few million<\/a> from the federal budget, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/26\/exclusive-usaid-blew-hundreds-of-thousands-in-taxpayer-slush-funds-on-ukrainian-pickle-maker-pet-accessories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unending flood of money<\/a> that we send overseas called &ldquo;foreign aid&rdquo;? That&rsquo;s all your money, and they claw for each and every dollar in order to send it all to people just like those Somali scammers.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats lie and steal. Then they resent you for finding out.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party&rsquo;s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2026\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/child-care\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">child care<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/daycare\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">daycare<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/doge\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Doge<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Elon Musk<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Minnesota<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nick-shirley\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Nick Shirley<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/somali-fraud\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">somali fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/somalis\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Somalis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Tim Walz<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/welfare\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Welfare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walz exits amid MN welfare fraud; 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