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Tom Emmer: “It wasn't until President Trump made this a national issue…”

Featuring: Tom Emmer, Republican | Majority Whip, U.S. House, Minnesota's 6th District

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Published | Video Starts at 10:31

Tim Walls and Keith Ellison had seven years to stop the fraud in Minnesota. Instead they did nothing while letting billions flow to Somali fraudsters. It wasn't until President Trump made this a national issue that Walz and Ellison even started to pretend to care about their state-run programs bankrolling lavish lifestyles for Somali fraudsters. My state's so called leaders claim ignorance but this report proves that they knew there was rampant fraud in Minnesota. (10:31–10:45)

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Asserts that Walz and Ellison only addressed fraud after President Trump highlighted it.

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