108

Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, cited heightened attention on fraud allegations in Minnesota

Late last month, a video from right-wing influencer Nick Shirley went viral, alleging fraud at child care facilities in Minnesota. After the video went viral, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would freeze all federal child care payments to the state. Days later, Minnesota's Department of Children, Youth, and Families said that investigators found the child care facilities in question "were operating as expected."

"the political gamesmanship we’re seeing from Republicans is only making that fight harder to win. But as I reflected on this moment with my family and my team over the holidays, I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all," he said. "Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences."

pooh-wtf

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top new old
[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 73 points 1 month ago

I thought it was already established those videos were pulling claims out of their ass without anything substantial to back it up? JFC why do Dems keep acting like this right wing noise has any weight?

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 43 points 1 month ago

They have to, their entire electoral strategy revolves around them participating in the kayfabe

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

Question is, do they get that they’re playing the Washington Generals to the Republicans’ Harlem Globetrotters? Or do they think the kayfabe is tit for tat and they keep getting blindsided by the Republicans not playing along in return?

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

They know. Their voters don't but they do

load more comments (4 replies)
[-] DaMummy@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

This is the point. Same how AI videos about crowd in Venezuela cheering right now are making the rounds on social media, same how it was claimed that Bernie hates disabled people, even though his political hero is someone who was in a a wheelchair, how there were stories about Marianne Williamson shitting on AIDS patients, even though she was one of the few voices speaking for the HIV patients in the 80s. Politics is a dirty game, played by a lot of dirty rotten bastards.

[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 56 points 1 month ago

Jesus Christ, they are born to lose.

[-] uSSRI@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago

Born to lose

means test em all

410,757,864,530 hanging chads

I am democrat man

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

New site tagline plz

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 53 points 1 month ago

Fucking pissed. He's a shitlib lile all of them but at least he had the back of trans people. I'm not so sure about whoever comes next.

I hear people floating Amy Klobuchar, and if there's any MN dem more wrong for this moment in politics, I can't think of who that might be.

[-] SupFBI@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's Klobberin' time. She'll make sure all forms AND foreheads are properly stapled.

[-] dragongloss@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

Feeling comb-over? Klobuchar will brush aside your problems! doggirl-lol

[-] Inui@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago

reddit-logo is already shouting about how people shouldn't criticize AIPAC Amy if they don't want to turn the state red. Even before they've announced their candidacy, it's too late to criticize.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

If a democrat is even considering running - it is not the time to criticize. Wait until they run, lose, and then it still isn't the time to criticize because it never is. Vote blue no matter who!

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

Now that Walz isn't running, can we finally criticize him?

Oh wait no because that might damage the reputation of the Party, which might hurt any and all future candidates. So no sorry sweaty it's still not time

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I keep waiting for some excellent "Vote blue on matter who!" Bluesky posts for c/slop because the midterms are the most important election of our lifetime. Surely they'll start popping up in the next couple months. This is - after all - an election year.

[-] thefunkycomitatus@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Mr. President, sir, Mr Donald J Trump, with all due respect, for all the evil you have done I only have one thing to say to you:

spoilerI wonder how your hair would fare in a blizzard?

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

It's gonna be Klobuchar. She's one of those Lifers, she's gonna have a stranglehold on the state until she's a mummy.

[-] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 47 points 1 month ago

God, Dems are so useless. I haven't really looked very deeply into this situation other than that original video was just full of spurious claims of Somali daycares fraudulently taking a bunch of government money while not having any children that they are serving. The Democrats can't just point out that this is using racism to put forward all these fake claims without any real evidence, their response has just been "actually, we hate fraud, so we are immediately auditing everyone and everything to stop fraud".

And that has left Walz and the Dems in a no-win situation. The Republicans have been calling for Walz's resignation for overseeing all of this fraud and waste of taxpayer money. But the Dems answer is that they will step in and stop all this fraud going on, because we will treat these accusations as having merit to show that "we also hate people getting taxpayer money", but that gives credence to the premise that they oversaw massive amounts of Somalis defrauding the government.

[-] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

On the contrary, they sound very useful to their sponsors.

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 45 points 1 month ago

I don't know why anyone expects anything from Democrats. How many fell-for-it-again-award do people need?

[-] LaBellaLotta@hexbear.net 41 points 1 month ago

Tom I get your an old man and campaigning sucks but you gotta be aware of how bad the optics are on this man

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

This is such an insane way to handover a win to the Republican and Right Wing Media Ecosystem, just straight up making up lies and then earning the dividends.

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

I genuinely want to give him the benefit of the doubt, and I even believe his reasoning.

But does he not realize that the timing of this will embolden his opponents and make the harassment of his family worse? He's legitimately opening himself up for bogus lawfare by appearing to capitulate on charges of corruption.

[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I genuinely want to give him the benefit of the doubt, and I even believe his reasoning.

What is his reasoning?

Like, if it’s that he wants to not deal with the bogus claims, then I wouldn’t say there was much reasoning involved here

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

Does anyone have a read on this situation? I can't think of a way to interpret it besides "Yes that project veritas shit was true, the state runs fake daycare facilities you got me"

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 49 points 1 month ago

The dems are folding faster than Superman on laundry day

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Before spring we're going to see a bill to make it illegal for a Somali person to run a daycare, by the next election season the Republicans will be running on hunting Somali immigrants for sport.

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 44 points 1 month ago

Yeah, its extremely poor timing and he's potentially throwing the Somali community under the bus because Im sure the right will take this as "he can't defend himself so he's dropping out before he has to".

At any other point it'd be understandable and I wish more of these ghouls would step away when its clear they can't keep up anymore.

[-] BimboChristmas@hexbear.net 43 points 1 month ago

There is no way his entire family isn't swimming in credible death threats right now, and after those state reps got got I wouldn't be surprised if he's scared of that.

But it absolutely looks like a "you got me" thing.

[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

I've already seen libs spin this as "Trump ratfucked him". Of course, the spineless actions of Democrats are never their own fault.

[-] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 1 month ago

Proving once again that Democrats are spineless and will always back away from any attacks from the right.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago

Worst VP candidate ever, somehow worse than Tim Kaine and Sarah Palin.

[-] puppygirlpets@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

wasn't he the guy that sent in the national guard to attack the George Floyd protestors?

[-] dragongloss@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

The very same

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] RION@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

He's friends with school shooters which is pretty cool

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

TIM KAINE IN THE MEMBRANE :hamilton-guy:

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

I don't think that's correct, He didn't lose them the election, chasing the Cheneys (and so on) did.

Palin was way worse in effect, and i'd say Lieberman and Kaine were worse strategic choices.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

He didn't lose them the election

Harris's poll numbers vs Trump made a U turn literally the day after the Waltz - Vance debate. It was the turning point where Trump built his momentum from.

McCain was always going to lose 2008, so throwing Palin out there didn't cost them much. Kaine was meh, it's not like Pence, his direct opponent, was that great either.

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How much of that was Walz and how much of it was the Kamala's campaign and the Dem party establishment? I seem to remember that debate being the moment it became clear that they had told him to toe the party line on every issue, turning what was a dynamic and progressive (relatively speaking for a Dem) VP candidate into a mouthpiece for the status quo.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago

I'm beginning to think that Tim Walz was not the brilliant tactician i thought he was.

[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

Dumb piece of shit

[-] GayTuckerCarlson@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

Runs failed chat

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

ah, finally he can go build greater pisrael zionist-humor

[-] Sneakytrickyyy@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

Awesome new self-humiliation technique employed by the Democrats, they always cook up a new one!

I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all

[-] machiabelly@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

MOOOOM the Republicans aren't playing nice!!! isaac-cry

[-] SovietyWoomy@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Walz's response to the George Floyd protests was so brutal that Trump praised him for it. Given that and being the standard genocidal liberal, I'd be surprised if there weren't some massive skeletons in his closet. I wonder if he's about to show up in the epstein files

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

"the political gamesmanship we’re seeing from Republicans is only making that fight harder to win. But as I reflected on this moment with my family and my team over the holidays, I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all," he said. "Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences."

This is the most incoherent shit. Just say you got your bag and are retiring to go be a lobbyist or work on a corporate board.

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago
[-] deforestgump@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

RIP HARRIS/WALZ camo hat

[-] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

shitbag piece of shit. Democrats love to play by the rules, written or unwritten.

load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
108 points (100.0% liked)

news

24576 readers
554 users here now

Welcome to c/news! We aim to foster a book-club type environment for discussion and critical analysis of the news. Our policy objectives are:

We ask community members to appreciate the uncertainty inherent in critical analysis of current events, the need to constantly learn, and take part in the community with humility. None of us are the One True Leftist, not even you, the reader.

Newcomm and Newsmega Rules:

The Hexbear Code of Conduct and Terms of Service apply here.

  1. Link titles: Please use informative link titles. Overly editorialized titles, particularly if they link to opinion pieces, may get your post removed.

  2. Content warnings: Posts on the newscomm and top-level replies on the newsmega should use content warnings appropriately. Please be thoughtful about wording and triggers when describing awful things in post titles.

  3. Fake news: No fake news posts ever, including April 1st. Deliberate fake news posting is a bannable offense. If you mistakenly post fake news the mod team may ask you to delete/modify the post or we may delete it ourselves.

  4. Link sources: All posts must include a link to their source. Screenshots are fine IF you include the link in the post body. If you are citing a Twitter post as news, please include the Xcancel.com (or another Nitter instance) or at least strip out identifier information from the twitter link. There is also a Firefox extension that can redirect Twitter links to a Nitter instance, such as Libredirect or archive them as you would any other reactionary source.

  5. Archive sites: We highly encourage use of non-paywalled archive sites (i.e. archive.is, web.archive.org, ghostarchive.org) so that links are widely accessible to the community and so that reactionary sources don’t derive data/ad revenue from Hexbear users. If you see a link without an archive link, please archive it yourself and add it to the thread, ask the OP to fix it, or report to mods. Including text of articles in threads is welcome.

  6. Low effort material: Avoid memes/jokes/shitposts in newscomm posts and top-level replies to the newsmega. This kind of content is OK in post replies and in newsmega sub-threads. We encourage the community to balance their contribution of low effort material with effort posts, links to real news/analysis, and meaningful engagement with material posted in the community.

  7. American politics: Discussion and effort posts on the (potential) material impacts of American electoral politics is welcome, but the never-ending circus of American Politics© Brought to You by Mountain Dew™ is not welcome. This refers to polling, pundit reactions, electoral horse races, rumors of who might run, etc.

  8. Electoralism: Please try to avoid struggle sessions about the value of voting/taking part in the electoral system in the West. c/electoralism is right over there.

  9. AI Slop: Don't post AI generated content. Posts about AI race/chip wars/data centers are fine.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS