Watching Mayor Jacob Frey kneel before a crowd in Minneapolis and deliver part of his victory speech in Somali was more than political theater — it was a naked display of priorities. At the same moment headlines were exploding about a massive fraud scandal that allegedly bled more than a billion dollars from Minnesota taxpayers, the mayor chose to chant in a foreign tongue and celebrate one voting bloc above all else. This is the kind of performative loyalty to identity politics that leaves hardworking Americans asking who their leaders actually serve.
The fraud revelations are not small-time grift; investigators and federal officials describe schemes tied to nonprofits and benefit programs that cost taxpayers an eye-watering amount and prompted federal probes into misuse of pandemic-era relief funds. Lawmakers and federal agencies have launched investigations, and whistleblowers inside state agencies say warnings were ignored for fear of political fallout. If true, this is not a cultural misunderstanding — it is a political failure that translated directly into stolen money from families and schools.
As the federal government moved to investigate and conduct enforcement actions, city leaders like Frey reacted by accusing ICE and federal agents of racial profiling and singling out Somali residents. Minneapolis officials even urged vigilance against perceived overreach rather than offering steady support for law enforcement efforts to protect taxpayers and uphold the law. When elected officials prioritize optics and community outrage over sober enforcement, criminal networks find the opening to exploit our generosity.
This is the larger Democratic pattern: placate and pander to immigrant voting blocs while taxpayers — the people paying the bills — take the hit. Speaking Somali on stage is propaganda by gesture if you won’t back real accountability when money vanishes and families pay higher taxes because of it. The party that preaches compassion has developed a dangerous tolerance for corruption when inconvenient facts clash with its coalition calculus.
Worse still are the allegations that some of the diverted funds may have been routed overseas, with federal investigators even probing whether money reached extremist groups. That raises questions about national security layered on top of fiscal irresponsibility: we can’t have a system that funnels American relief dollars out of the country and into the hands of our enemies. Americans deserve answers, prosecutions where warranted, and a cessation of the reflex to look away to avoid uncomfortable political conversations.
If Democrats want to keep preaching open borders and identity-centered politics, they must be held to account when those policies and choices produce corruption, fraud, and potential security threats. Elected officials like Frey and Governor Walz must stop grandstanding and start cooperating with federal investigators, and voters must demand transparency, resignations where appropriate, and tougher safeguards for taxpayer dollars. This isn’t about race; it’s about responsibility, law, and the duty of officeholders to protect American families first.
Patriots who work hard and play by the rules should not be gaslit into silence while politicians curry favor with special interests and foreign-born voting blocs. It’s time for common-sense reforms: end the soft-on-fraud culture, strengthen audits, and make officials who ignored warning signs answer for their choices. If Americans won’t stand up now to defend the public purse and the rule of law, we will keep losing not just money, but the very idea that elected leaders are meant to serve the people who give them their power.
