By now everybody's familiar with the Dem/lib media pattern when it comes to the evolution of stories that are damaging to the Left:
--It's not happening, and claims otherwise are misinformation from the Right.
--OK, it IS happening but it's rare and to a small degree.
--OK, it's happening a lot but but here's why (pick one) A) It's actually a good thing, or B) Trump's fault.
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When it comes to the Democrats and the social services fraud in Minnesota, we've arrived at the second step.
It started with Frey and other Dems (including Tim Walz) implying there wasn't any fraud and the investigations are just because of the Trump administration's -- you guessed it -- racism and white supremacy:
Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That… pic.twitter.com/3nGvyxRntw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 2, 2025
Scott Jennings: Tim Walz is calling efforts to investigate fraud “white supremacy”
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) December 31, 2025
CNN panel: *Explodes* “No he has not said that”
Video of Tim Walz saying efforts to investigate fraud are akin to white supremacy
pic.twitter.com/qpCOjQ1Upr
Those were nice attempted distractions, but they're not working.
Here's where we are now, as Frey made clear over the weekend:
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey admits there was rampant fraud in Minnesota and didn’t do enough to stop it.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 11, 2026
FREY: “Everybody could have done more to prevent fraud…the fraud’s real.” pic.twitter.com/k8snBHqeAd
"Everybody could have done more to prevent fraud." It's always the fault of "everyone" after some Democrats get busted either committing fraud or allowing it to happen on their watch.
I'm going to guess that Welker didn't follow up with "then why didn't you?"
Jacob Frey after months of Democrats claiming there’s no fraud: “Everybody could have done more to prevent fraud. The fraud is real. The fraud is very real.”
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 12, 2026
Ohpic.twitter.com/iLiblzJMEP
Yeah, we know the fraud is very real, Jacob, because you and your leftist pals have been spending a remarkable amount of time trying to distract from it while also deflecting blame.
He missed the part in the script where you bring in paid opposition and agitate people to cause a mass scale distraction
— Jeremy (@Jeremy_) January 11, 2026
This is why these people are a joke. They don’t care about fraud. They care that they got caught. https://t.co/vXndozn9mo
— Zacarias 🦚 🇺🇸 (@ZackMilwee) January 11, 2026
Bingo!
Now more people need to go to jail.
