WASHINGTON — President Trump blasted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar as “100% guilty” Tuesday of facilitating widespread benefit fraud in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
“The governor is 100% guilty. He’s 100% guilty. He’s a fraud. He’s a thief. He’s a crook, and he’s getting away by just getting out of office,” Trump said of Walz while announcing a new incentive program meant to reward tipsters who blow the whistle on additional theft.
The president then referred to Omar as “that little congresswoman, lovely little woman she is.”
“She knew, they all knew,” Trump went on.
The president was joined in the Oval Office by Vice President JD Vance and popular conservative vlogger Nick Shirley, who blew up the internet in December 2025 when he posted a video documenting his attempts to visit Minneapolis childcare facilities.
Shirley’s report implied that the seemingly inactive daycares were swindling the federal government out of millions of dollars.
The resulting political pressure on Walz led him to announce he would not seek re-election in November, reversing his earlier decision to seek a third term.
