Trump Deputies: Somali Fraud Is Part of the Democrats’ Party Machine

The Somali-run taxpayer fraud is a core part of the Democrats’ political machine in Minnesota, according to Jim O’Neill, deputy secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

“It really looks like there is a political patronage system that’s running the state,” he told Alpha News’ Liz Collin on January 14, adding:

[it] has components, including some officials who look the other way, some who are very, very aware of what’s going on, and communities that are receiving all these grants and [then] voting for the people that are turning a blind eye [to the fraud]. It seems to be a whole system that has all these different components, that is enduring, and is able to keep power and control the state.

“I’ve heard from legislators, people working at [Minnesota’s agencies], people who have retired from the [Minnesota’s] Department of Health Services, across the board, there seems to be an intimidation that people have willing to tolerate,” Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, told Collin.

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“We want people in Minnesota to understand that [crackdown] is [being] done for you,” Oz told Collin. He continued:

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It’s cowardly to shrink from the responsibility, and we will not, for that reason, be able to pull back until we’ve addressed it in a very concrete way, with firm guidelines, how this state can manage its Medicaid [taxpayer funds]. And it’s going to happen in other states as well. We’re not picking on Minnesota.

“There’s nothing punitive about this, but we are serious about our need to enforce the law,” he said.