MN Welfare Fraud Money ‘Could Have Been Funneled to Al-Shabaab Terrorists in Somalia’
During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) said it’s possible the potential $9 billion in welfare fraud allegedly committed in Minnesota was sent to terrorists in Somalia.
“Feel, Congressman Gilthat one of your Democratic colleagues in Congress, in the House, is so outraged that they will join the investigation or maybe try to give some credence to this bill? asked guest host Kellyanne Conway. “I mean, they must feel outraged that billions of dollars intended to feed hungry people could have gone to Somalia – certainly gone to fraud, waste and abuse and not to those who really needed it. »
Gill responded: “Well, it’s now estimated that this money could have been funneled to the Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia. I hope the Democrats will join us and recognize what a serious problem this is for the American people. But, you know, welfare for the Democrats is a way of taking American taxpayer money and giving it to their political allies. It’s a system of patronage. You’re the one voting for me and I’ll take other people’s money and give it to you. And I don’t care if it’s fraudulent. I don’t care if you don’t get it.
“You know, I hope Democrats recognize how incredibly corrupt this is, how it undermines our entire social system, our entire economic system, and get behind it,” he continued. “But, you know, they’ve been pretty hesitant to do that so far. The Democratic strategy is to import as many unassimilable aliens as possible, put them out of work and ensure that these people vote Democratic for life. That’s what we’re dealing with here.”
Gill is part of an effort to get Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) to call the Welfare Abuse and Laundering Zillions Act, or the “WALZ Act,” which would require the Health and Human Services Inspector General to open investigations into “any program that sees an increase of 10 percent or more in total payments over a six-month period in a fiscal year.”
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