Rampant Fraud Should Have ‘Stopped Sooner’ * The Gateway Pundit * by Margaret Flavin

On his way out the door as the failed governor of Minnesota and failed Vice-Presidential candidate, Tim Walz (D), conducted what amounts to an ‘exit interview’ with the Minnesota Star-Tribune.

First, he stated the obvious after staggering fraud was allowed under his ‘leadership,’ resulting in taxpayers being defrauded of billions of dollars.
The fraud, according to Walz, “should have stopped it sooner.”

“We didn’t stop them. I accept that. I think there does need to be accountability with that. And part of it is that, yep, that’s with me, I’ll step aside.”

Walz then hoped history would be kind (or perhaps blind?) to his leagacy and focus on his “accomplishements” rather than his obvious failures.

“Those are legacy things to address climate. They’re legacy things to address livability,” Walz said. “And I get it, that fraud tainted a lot of that. It doesn’t change the fundamentals underneath it. This is the best state in the country to raise a child, and it will continue to be so because of those investments.”

Several lawmakers in Minnesota spoke to Fox News Digital and they are less inclined to let Walz off the hook.

“Governor Walz is correct, he shouldn’t only be remembered for fraud,” Minnesota state Sen. Julia Coleman told Fox News Digital. “We should remember him spending our $18 billion surplus, raising taxes $10 billion, creating an unsustainable budget, letting rioters burn down Minneapolis, hurting our students and businesses with lockdowns and pardoning a child rapist.”

Minnesota Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth, running to replace Walz in November, shared:

“Tim Walz’s legacy will always be defined by the out-of-control fraud crisis that occurred on his watch,” Demuth said. “Yet Amy Klobuchar praised him as ‘an incredible leader who delivers for the people of Minnesota.’ As the senior member of our state’s congressional delegation, Sen. Klobuchar likewise failed to address the fraud crisis and even skipped hearings on the matter in D.C. Minnesotans deserve better than four more years of Walz-style failure.”