CNN Host Works Overtime To Defend Democratic Gov Whose State Was Ripped Off By Somali Scammers

“CNN NewsNight” host Abby Phillip attempted to defend Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Tuesday against criticism over a welfare fraud epidemic in the state.

State employees accused Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota of engaging in “systemic” retaliation against whistleblowers who warned of the fraud schemes Sunday as the Justice Department pursues three federal cases involving at least $1 billion in fraud. Phillip claimed that the probes were launched during the Biden administration after Republican strategist Brad Todd called attention to the scandals.

“The governor of Minnesota, who didn’t answer any of the whistleblowers or the warning signs on this scandal, who swept it under the rug, nearly became the vice president of the United States,” Todd said. “And everyone in the American news media ignored this. The New York Times is just now reporting on a scandal that’s been years in the making. Why? You didn’t — why didn’t they do a deep dive on Tim Walz in the campaign? How was this possible?”

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“Wait, hold on,” Phillip responded, “Wasn’t it Merrick Garland of the Biden Administration that brought many of these charges in the first place?”

Welfare fraud schemes in Minnesota have reportedly been used to fund the radical Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia. President Donald Trump announced