Trump rips Rep Ilhan Omar, Gov Tim Walz over Minnesota fraud scandal

President Donald Trump grilled Democratic leaders on Saturday over Minnesota’s huge welfare and little one care fraud scandal, escalating his long-running feuds with Rep. Ilhan Omar, whom he known as a “con artist,” and Gov. Tim Walz, whom he branded corrupt or incompetent.

“The theft and fraud in Minnesota is much larger than the initially estimated $19 billion,” Trump wrote in an early morning put up on Fact Social. “The Biden administration knew this FRAUD was occurring, and did completely nothing about it.”

Trump then took goal at Omar and Walz, with whom he has clashed repeatedly over time.

“’Con artist’ Ilhan Omar and her completely horrible pals from Somalia ought to all be in jail proper now or, far worse, despatched again to Somalia,” Trump wrote.

VANCE CALLS WALZ ‘A JOKE’, CLAIMS MINNESOTA GOVERNOR ENABLED HUGE FRAUD

President Donald Trump speaks within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC on January 30, 2026. Trump has attacked Minnesota Democrats, together with Rep. Ilhan Omar and Gov. Tim Walz, over fraud at welfare and day care facilities within the state. (AFP by way of Getty Photos / Annabelle Gordon)

“’Governor’ Waltz [sic] is both essentially the most CORRUPT authorities official in historical past, or essentially the most INCOMPETENT. Even an individual with a really low IQ, of which there are numerous, ought to have recognized what was occurring in Minnesota!!!,” Trump wrote.

Trump has repeatedly singled out Omar in speeches and social media posts, ridiculing her, accusing her of “fraud” and suggesting she needs to be expelled from the US. He has additionally accused Omar of immigration fraud by marrying her brother – a declare Omar has repeatedly denied.

Earlier this week, after Omar was sprayed with a substance throughout a city corridor in Minneapolis, Trump instructed with out proof that she might have staged the incident, once more calling her a “fraud.”

TRUMP ACCUSES TIM WALZ AND ILHAN OMAR OF USING ICE PROTESTS TO DISTRACT FROM MASSIVE STATE FRAUD

President Donald Trump accused Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., of being a “con man.” (Jim Vondruska/Getty Photos)

Omar, in the meantime, has mentioned that each time Trump makes use of what she calls “hateful rhetoric” about her and the Somali neighborhood, the variety of demise threats towards her will increase. Final month, she described Trump as a “racist,” “bigoted,” “xenophobic” and “Islamophobic” in response to his assaults.

Dozens of individuals — lots of them born in Somalia or Somali-People — have been prosecuted in Minnesota lately in reference to huge welfare fraud schemes involving meals help and autism companies. Federal prosecutors have alleged that these schemes stole lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} from taxpayer-funded applications. Separate investigations have additionally investigated alleged fraud within the state’s little one care system.

President Donald Trump labeled Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as corrupt or incompetent. (Reuters/Tim Evans)

Since Walz grew to become Vice President Kamala Harris’ operating mate, Trump and Walz have clashed a number of instances. Trump has repeatedly linked the governor to the fraud scandals in Minnesota and accused him of failed management.

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These assaults have intensified as investigations into the fraud continued.

In a earlier Fact Social put up, Trump used a slur to insult Walz, sparking public condemnation and a pointy political feud.