My first two thoughts when I saw this report: Who’d a thunk it? Why is CNN suddenly throwing Minnesota governor and Kamala Harris’s running mate Tim Walz under the bus?
We’re talking way under the bus.
The “CNN Investigates” report blisters Walz from beginning to end, starting with the headline: “As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability is in short supply.”
Beginning with a damning state audit, CNN reported (emphasis, mine):
One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A third detailed lax oversight of a program to feed needy kids which federal prosecutors say resulted in the nation’s largest…
