Trump claims Minnesota fraud exceeds $19B, faults Biden administration

By Fox News · Fox News

President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped Democratic leaders over the massive welfare and daycare fraud scandal in Minnesota, escalating his long-running feuds with Rep. Ilhan Omar, whom he called a "scammer," and Gov. Tim Walz, whom he labeled either corrupt or incompetent. "The Theft and Fraud in Minnesota is far greater than the 19 Billion Dollars originally projected," Trump wrote in an early-morning Truth Social post. "The Biden Administration knew this FRAUD was happening, and did absolutely nothing about it." Trump then zeroed in on Omar and Walz, whom he has clashed with repeatedly over the years. "'Scammer' Ilhan Omar and her absolutely terrible friends from Somalia should all be in jail right now or, far worse, send them back to Somalia," Trump wrote. VANCE CALLS WALZ ‘A JOKE,’ CLAIMS MINNESOTA GOVERNOR ENABLED MASSIVE FRAUD "'Governor' Waltz [sic] is either the most CORRUPT government official in history, or the most INCOMPETENT. Even a very low IQ person, of which there are many, should have known what was going on in Minnesota!!!" Trump wrote. Trump has repeatedly singled out Omar in speeches and social media posts, mocking her, accusing her of being a "fraud," and suggesting she should be removed from the United States. He has also accused Omar of committing immigration fraud by marrying her brother — a claim Omar has repeatedly denied. Earlier this week, after Omar was sprayed with a substance during a Minneapolis town hall, Trump suggested without evidence that she may have staged the incident, again calling her a "fraud." TRUMP ACCUSES TIM WALZ AND ILHAN OMAR OF USING ICE PROTESTS TO DISTRACT FROM MASSIVE STATE FRAUD Omar, meanwhile, has said that each time Trump uses what she calls "hateful rhetoric" about her and the Somali community, the number of death threats against her increases. Last month, she described Trump as a "racist," "bigot," "xenophobic," and "Islamophobic" in response to his attacks. Dozens of people — many of them Somali-born or…