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Ilhan Omar GOES NUTS After Trump Announced WAR ON FRAUD!

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The president got into this. He

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announced a war on fraud [music] and uh

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this is where Ilan Omar got super

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exercised and started screaming at him.

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That's a lie. And more. Watch.

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>> Where members of the Somali community

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have pillaged an estimated $19 billion

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from the American taxpayer. Oh, we have

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all the information. I am officially

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announcing the war on fraud to be led by

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our great vice president JD Vance.

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>> Ilhan Omar erupted after Trump declared

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a war on fraud during the State of the

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Union. And the reason is simple. He

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singled out Minnesota as the center of a

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massive fraud investigation and tied it

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directly to billions in taxpayer

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dollars. The moment he mentioned her

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state and the growing federal probe, she

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reacted instantly. Trump framed it as a

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national crackdown led by J. D. Vance

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[music] and her visible outrage turned

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the spotlight even brighter

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>> and she posted a clip of herself during

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the State of the Union yelling, "You've

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killed Americans." Here it is in Saw 8.

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>> Penalties for public officials who block

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the removal of criminal aliens. In many

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cases, drug lords, murderers all over

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our country. They're blocking the

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removal of these people out of our

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country.

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>> Let's talk about what actually triggered

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her. Trump stood there and announced

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that Vice President J. D. Vance would

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lead a federal crackdown on fraud. He

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referenced Minnesota specifically.

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Federal prosecutors have already charged

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92 defendants in a massive fraud case

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there. 82 of them, according to the US

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Attorney's Office, are Somaliorn. That

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is not a [music] rumor. That is not

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Twitter gossip. that is in the charging

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documents

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>> that there has been massive fraud in

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Minnesota and that it has been

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perpetrated overwhelmingly almost

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entirely by the Somali born [music]

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community there and the alleged amount

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federal estimates range from 9 billion

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up to 18 billion billion with a B. So

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when Trump says Minnesota might just be

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the tip of the iceberg, what exactly is

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so outrageous about that? If billions

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are missing from programs meant for

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nutrition, housing, and even autism

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research, is it racist to ask where the

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money went, or is it basic math? Well,

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here again, the Fed the federal

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prosecutors say it is at least 9 billion

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up to 18 billion. They said they're

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still trying to determine just how much

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of that remaining 9 billion was part of

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this same Somali fraud scheme where they

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used these 14 Minnesota programs meant

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to help people but abused them and

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didn't help anybody other than lining

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their own pockets for fake programs

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involving nutrition, housing, and uh

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autism research.

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>> Instead of addressing the numbers, Omar

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starts yelling, "That's a lie. That's

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the move. Just shout it down. If someone

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accused my district of being tied to

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billions in fraud, I would be demanding

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audits. I would be leading press

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conferences. I would be saying, "We will

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root this out." [music] But she goes

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straight to outrage mode. Why? Why is

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the instinct to [music] defend the

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narrative instead of protect the

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taxpayers? And the first Well, the first

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I I don't understand why she would

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defend this. I think to me she ought to

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get out in front of it and she ought to

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go back to her community and she ought

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to say we're we're better than this. We

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don't want to be known for this. We need

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to root this out. You need to help the

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government. Trump didn't stop there. He

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tied it [music] to the $1.7 trillion

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federal deficit. He basically said if we

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actually stamped out this level of

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fraud, we could move toward balancing

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the budget faster than anyone thinks.

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[music] Now, whether you believe it can

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fix everything overnight is another

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debate, but here is the bigger point. He

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is [music] saying fraud is not small. It

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is systemic.

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>> She has to, I think, say, you know,

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instead of saying, look, we got to get

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to the bottom of this. She's saying,

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[music] you know, well, it's not true.

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Trump's a liar and he's a racist and and

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try to deflect because I think the truth

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is she's received contributions and

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she's had her picture taken with a lot

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of these people that are now on trial.

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And when [music] he mentioned Somali

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pirates while talking about corruption

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cultures being imported through weak

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immigration enforcement, you could feel

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the temperature in the room change. Omar

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looked furious, [music]

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distressed, angry. She shouted again. He

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says, "Somaly pirates, JD Vans, and Mike

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Johnson start laughing." They cut to

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Ilan Omar who's just looking distressed

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in the audience. But she was yelling,

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"That's a lie." When he said, "They've

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been plundering America. There's no more

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stunning example than Minnesota where

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members of the Somali community have

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pillaged an estimated 19 billion billion

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with a B from the American taxpayer.

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[music]

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But here is the uncomfortable reality.

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The DOJ cases are real. [music] The

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indictments are real. The programs

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involved were real. 14 Minnesota

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programs allegedly abused. Nutrition

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[music] funds, housing assistance,

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autism research money, funds meant to

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help kids, [music]

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not theoretical stuff. real programs.

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>> Think of that Elon Omar. She lives in

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Somalia. They don't have a government.

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They don't have a military. They don't

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have police. They don't have anything.

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All they have is murder and robbing

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ships, bringing in ships, pirates. That

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that's stopped. Same missile [music]

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ping. That's the end of them.

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>> So, I have to ask her directly, if 82

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out of 92 defendants [music] in one

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major case share the same background,

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are we not allowed to say that out loud?

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Are we supposed to pretend that is

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random? If this is about protecting

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innocent families, then why not separate

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the innocent from the guilty instead of

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shutting down the entire discussion?

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[music]

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>> She comes from a country with nothing

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and she comes here and she tells us

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about our constitution. I have a

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constitutional right to rip off the

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country. I guess she's [music] she's a

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total scam artist. Anybody know? And

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then there is the decorum issue. [music]

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Back in 2009, when Joe Wilson shouted,

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"You lie," at Obama during a State of

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[music] the Union, Washington treated it

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like a constitutional crisis. He was

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formally admonished. Everyone [music]

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clutched their pearls. Now Omar

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repeatedly yells at the president in the

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middle of his speech, even posts the

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clip [music] later like it is a badge of

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honor. Where is the outrage now?

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Apparently, decorum only matters when

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the other side breaks it. And if we're

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able to find enough of that fraud, we

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will actually have a balanced budget

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overnight. It'll go very quickly. So,

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uh, we're at over 1.7 trillion in the

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budget deficit right now.

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>> Trump has been calling her out for years

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on immigration, on border [music]

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policy, on her past statements in her

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district. He clearly sees her as a

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symbol of what he thinks went wrong in

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Minnesota. And instead of countering

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with facts and oversight plans, she

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keeps feeding the spectacle.

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>> How many illegal aliens are on Medicaid?

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We know that it's billions and billions

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of dollars that should go to American

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citizens. It's going to illegal aliens.

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How many fraudulent daycare centers have

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been set up where that money should go

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to American citizens to help their kids

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get into childare? Here is what I keep

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coming back to. If this fraud scandal

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had nothing to do with her [music]

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political network, if there were zero

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ties between local political power and

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the community involved, then why not

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welcome the investigation? Why not stand

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next to the administration and say yes,

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clean it up? Because right now it looks

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defensive and defensive politics never

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looks good when billions of dollars are

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involved.

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>> He says SSL pirates, JD Vans, and Mike

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Johnson start laughing.

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>> Trump framed this as a war on fraud.

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That is strong language. He wants voters

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thinking about higher medical bills,

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higher rent, higher taxes, and asking

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whether taxpayer money is being siphoned

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off by fake programs. He is connecting

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dots between waste and everyday costs.

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And Omar's response was not, "Here is

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the data." It was, "How dare you?"

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>> Elon Omar was yelling at the president.

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He was telling her that um she should be

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ashamed of herself when he talked about

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the fraud that has been found, $9

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billion in Minnesota. And then he said

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this about the war on fraud. Watch.

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>> I am officially announcing the war on

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fraud to be led by our great vice

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president J. D. Vance.

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>> How does that make sense? If you

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represent the people, should you not

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want every stolen dollar back? Should

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you not be the loudest voice demanding

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accountability? Instead, she gave him

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exactly what he wanted. A viral moment,

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a contrast, calm announcement versus

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visible outrage. [music] And now the

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story is not just about fraud. It is

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about why she reacted that way. Trump

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keeps calling her out publicly,

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directly, by name. He is not subtle

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about it. And every time he does, she

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steps into the spotlight and confirms

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that this fight is not going away.

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>> Who's going to oversee this

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investigation? Is this coming from the

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Department of Justice? Um, we had Doge,

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of course, which lasted for a little

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while. What does this actually look

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like?

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>> Right. Well, what it looks like is that

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the vice president, who's the perfect

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person to lead this. If Minnesota is

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truly the tip of the iceberg, then this

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war on fraud is only getting started.

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And the real question is not why Trump

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keeps bringing her up. It is why she

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keeps reacting like she has something to

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lose. For years, refugee resettlement

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policy in this country had a basic

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expectation. If you came here legally,

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you signed paperwork saying you would

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not become a burden on the taxpayer. You

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had to show you had a job, a plan, a

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sponsor. That was the deal. Somewhere

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along the way, that standard softened.

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Then it practically disappeared. Make no

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mistake, though, that like the Minnesota

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problem is really the tip of the

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iceberg. And as we've been looking

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around for other examples in California

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and Massachusetts and Maine, uh we've

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been finding their them everywhere we

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look. And so the president has decided

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to get the entire government. Now we are

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told that asking whether public funds

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are being abused is offensive. [music]

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Since when? Minnesota's Somali community

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became a major political voting block.

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That is not controversial. It is

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reality. When a community grows in

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numbers and votes in a concentrated way,

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politicians pay attention. That is how

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politics works. But here is the

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uncomfortable part. When billions in

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public funds are allegedly misused and

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the same community holds serious

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political influence, scrutiny becomes

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racism instead of oversight.

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>> And so the president has decided to get

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the entire government trying to stamp

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out that fraud because the fraud means

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higher taxes for you and bigger deficits

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for the US.

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>> Trump understands something here. He is

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not just attacking a person. He is

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attacking the idea that political power

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can shield financial misconduct. That is

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why he keeps naming her. That is why he

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keeps tying Minnesota to a broader

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conversation about accountability. So,

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here's the question for Omar. If fraud

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equals higher taxes and bigger deficits,

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who exactly are you defending when you

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shout it down? Are you defending

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workingclass taxpayers in Minneapolis?

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Or are you defending a narrative that

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keeps uncomfortable facts buried? I I

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She's not acting like, to my mind, like

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a member of Congress who's protective of

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the Treasury, but rather like, you know,

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an agreed minority who feels she's being

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singled out. And I I don't think that's

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the right move because this fraud is

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real.

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>> Because voters understand [music]

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something basic. If someone steals from

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a public program, that money does not

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vanish into thin air. It gets replaced

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by higher taxes, more borrowing, or cuts

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somewhere else. Trump's war on fraud is

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positioned as long-term, not a one-week

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headline. JD Vance is tasked with

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coordinating agencies, collecting data,

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and working with the Department of

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Justice. That means audits. That means

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indictments. That means more headlines.

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>> Here's what he said about this program

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and and his project this morning. Quick

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thought.

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>> I think that's unfortunate that nobody

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has ever tried to take a systematic look

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at how much fraud there is in the

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federal government.

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>> And here is what makes this bigger than

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Minnesota. Investigations are already

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expanding into other states like

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California and beyond. If Minnesota is

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the test case, this could become a

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national reckoning over how welfare,

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refugee assistance, and public benefit

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programs are monitored. Democrats frame

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Trump's language as inflammatory. Trump

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frames Democratic resistance as

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complicity. That is the battle line. But

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politically, this fight is smart because

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most Americans, regardless of party, do

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not like fraud. They do not like the

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idea that nutrition funds meant for kids

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end up in fake shell organizations. They

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do not like the idea that housing money

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is siphoned off into private pockets.

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Omar chose to make her reaction the

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story. She posted clips. [music] She

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leaned into the confrontation. That

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might energize her base. It might raise

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money, but it also keeps her tied to the

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controversy. And Trump keeps circling

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back to her. He calls her out by name.

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He questions her priorities. He frames

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her as symbolic of a system that allowed

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billions to slip through the cracks.

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Whether you agree with his tone or not,

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he is relentless. So this is not just a

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speech moment. It is a political

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strategy. Expose the fraud, tie [music]

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it to economic pain, force opponents to

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either defend the system or join the

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crackdown. And [music] if they choose

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defense, make that the headline. That is

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why this fight is not going away.

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Because once you say war on fraud, you

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cannot [music] quietly move on. You

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either find the money or you look like

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you never meant it. And if you are Ilhan

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Omar, every time your name gets attached

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[music] to that conversation, you have

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to answer one simple question. Are you

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fighting corruption or are you fighting

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the guy who is exposing

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