As we reported, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who had been running for reelection in 2026, decided to throw in the towel in the face of the massive fraud scandal exploding in his state.
Even in quitting, Walz tried to make it not about his failures, including the failure to stop the fraud, but about President Donald Trump. Walz, in a statement he released, said Trump wanted to make Minnesota a "colder, meaner place.”
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He's now released video comments through his daughter's account. It was something else as he tried to spin his achievements like "feeding our kids" — without talking about the "Feeding Our Future" fraud scandal that may have cost taxpayers billions. Oh, plus he's addressed climate change and pushed through paid family and medical leave. (I hope someone has this on their radar for the future for all the problems likely to come from that.)
Hope Walz tries to celebrate that her dad is no longer running for governor.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) January 5, 2026
It doesn’t go well. She could’ve at least first cleaned the spit off her lips. Gross.
Then her dad champions his paid leave scam which Somalis will be defrauding like everything else Walz did.
Walz is… pic.twitter.com/hD1PHDJCDu
No, Tim, it's all on you. It's not Trump's fault that you didn't deal with the fraud, and people were furious.
We'll still have to deal with him for another year until he's out and we get to say, "Adios, Jazz Hands!"
Independent journalist Nick Shirley took an understandable victory lap. It was his viral video that had over 130 million views that helped bring even more attention to the fraud scandal in Minnesota.
You should’ve put Minnesota first when you had the chance, instead you let billions of dollars of fraud happen across your state… anywayssss
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) January 5, 2026
I hear Quality LEARING Center is hiring 👀
Walz had attacked Shirley as a "far-right YouTuber" and "delusional conspiracy theorist," attacking the journalist rather than focusing on the problem.
I ENDED TIM WALZ
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) January 5, 2026
X owner Elon Musk replied, "Thank God."
Shirley attributed it to the freedom of X.
Amen, would not have been possible without X 🙏🏼
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) January 5, 2026
Had it not been for Musk buying Twitter and making it into X, Shirley's report may well have been suppressed.
There's one more ironic twist that has to be especially sweet for Elon Musk. You may remember the efforts of Walz and other leftists against Elon Musk and Tesla for the temerity of wanting to save money with DOGE. Walz celebrated during one event that the price of Tesla stock was down that day in March, 2025, at 225. It's now over 450.
That one time in 2025 when Tim Waltz celebrated Tesla being “$225 and dropping” and encouraged people to sell.
— Frankly Frank (@NoFrankingWay) January 5, 2026
The stock has since 2x’d. pic.twitter.com/vU7Nxbi9hT
Tesla and Musk are stronger than ever, and it's Walz who will be out the door and done soon.
It's hard not to savor the irony. But that's Walz, wrong again.
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