You’ll Never Believe Who Tim Walz Chose to Attack Over Questions on Somali Scandal – Another Racial Group

Conservative News DailyDecember 13, 2025

The article discusses Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s response to questions about accountability concerning a large fraud scandal involving Somali immigrants in the state. Several Somalis have been charged with stealing $1 billion in taxpayer money from social service programs designed to help low-income families. when asked if the Somali community should take duty, Walz emphasized that crimes are not confined to one group and pointed out that many white men have also committed crimes and should be held accountable. He highlighted issues within the Somali community, such as providers enrolling individuals in programs without their knowledge, creating secondary victims. Walz has also faced criticism from state officials for allegedly ignoring rules meant to keep fraud reports confidential. Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs enforcement (ICE) has increased actions targeting Somali nationals amid this scandal. The article also mentions cases of serious crimes committed by Somali immigrants, including a 12-year prison sentence handed to Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie for the abduction and rape of a child. Former President Donald Trump criticized Walz harshly for his handling of the situation.

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz started criticizing white men on Friday in response to whether Somalis will be held accountable for a massive fraud scandal.

Somalis in Minnesota have been involved in several fraudulent schemes, including dozens of Somalis who have been charged for stealing $1 billion in taxpayer money from state and federal social services programs, including those intended to feed children from low-income households. In response to a question on whether Somalis should hold themselves accountable, Walz said that there are many white people who have also committed crime.

“What do you want to hear more from instead of just saying don’t blame us? Do you want to see more ownership and oversight from within the Somali community?” a reporter asked.

“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,” Walz said. “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, you know, 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.”

Walz has faced scrutiny from state officials who accused him of “willfully” disregarding “rules and laws to keep fraud reports quiet.” The governor accused President Donald Trump of engaging in a “PR stunt” and of “indiscriminately targeting immigrants” while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ramped up operations in Minnesota to detain Somali nationals.

Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie, a Somali national living in the U.S., was sentenced to 12 years in prison in July for abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Minneapolis in 2024. Another avoided jail time despite being a serial rapist and has been charged with kidnapping and sexual assaulting a woman for several days, according to the New York Post.

Trump wrote in a Nov. 27 post that Walz was “seriously retarded” for allowing Somalis to commit such heinous crimes.

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