Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was once again caught in a web of lies of his own creation during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 4, 2026, getting ripped into by Republicans on the panel questioning him over the fraud scandal involving members of the Somali community that has exploded in his state in recent months.
One of the most memorable segments of video from Walz’s time getting grilled comes from his interaction with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who exposed a number of lies the governor was caught in, supporting his argument with a press release from the courts in Minnesota that essentially calls Walz out for making inaccurate statements.
Jordan started by asking why the governor restarted payments made to the Feeding Our Future program, which is one of the big fraud scams to be uncovered in Minnesota. The original intent of the program was to provide food for children during the COVID-19 pandemic when schools and businesses were forced to shut down. Walz answered, “Well, Chairman, we did tell you and Feeding Our Future grew because of the pandemic –”
Jordan cut Walz off and reiterated the question, but a little more clearly as to what information he wanted from the governor. “– I said, ‘Why didn’t you tell the truth about why you restarted the payments?'” Jordan asked. “The payments stopped because there were concerns, or obviously they wouldn’t stop the payments. Then they’re restarted a month later. What was the reason for restarting the payments?”
Walz then says that the agency believed the court had required them to restart the program’s payments. “My understanding was the agency believed that the court had required them to make those payments,” the governor told Jordan. Jordan, the committee chairman, fired back, “That was false, wasn’t it? You said the reason you restarted is because the court ordered you to do so. Is that right?”
The Democratic Minnesota governor and failed vice presidential candidate then said, “I don’t believe that it’s settled yet, to the best of my knowledge.” And that’s when Jordan started really dropping the hammer. “Well, I think it is because the court did something that I just don’t I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it. They issued a statement saying you were wrong in what you were saying. This is from the court. It says Feeding Our Future versus Minnesota Department of Education, correcting reports and statements by Governor Tim Walz concerning orders issued by the court,” Jordan explained.
The chairman continued explaining the truth to Walz, saying, “Here’s what the judge says. Gov. Tim Walz told the media that the Minnesota Department of Education attempted to end payments to FOF because of possible fraud, but that Judge Guthmann ordered payments to continue in April 2021. The next sentence says that is false.”
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“So you said something that wasn’t true,” Jordan told Walz. “He further states this, Judge Guthmann never ordered the Department of Education to resume payments to Feeding Our Future in April 2021 or at any other time. So I want to know why you didn’t tell the truth?” The governor immediately attempted to conjure up an excuse to cover himself, responding, “Congressman, the attorneys at the Department of Education interpreted that differently. Both of those judges are no longer on the bench.”
Jordan took control of the conversation once again, interjecting, “In their very first sentence, the first seven words, this is not some unnamed source talking to the New York Times. It’s not some anonymous source talking to your Minnesota Star Tribune. This is the court speaking. In the first sentence, the first seven words, ‘due to inaccurate statements by the governor, Ramsey County District Court Judge has issued and authorized the following news release. That’s pretty straightforward. So the courts are lying?”
“I can’t tell you, Congressman,” Walz offered up, weakly. Jordan fired back, “Somebody is lying, because you can’t say the court ordered you to restart the payment, and then the court says we didn’t order you to restart the payment. So either you’re lying or the court is lying. And I’m just asking you, which one is it?” Walz, aware he’s getting creamed, said, “I just simply know what the attorneys at the agency believed. That it was a misinterpretation.”
Again, Jordan dropped the hammer. “That you were trying to hide behind the court, Governor? Is that maybe the reason why you issued the statements you did and why the court had to do something you never see done before? Issuing a press statement saying you’re wrong, the governor is wrong. This statement is their words, not mine.”
Walz claimed that wasn’t the interpretation of the attorneys, which leads to Jordan asking the governor, point blank, if the whole mess was about politics. The Minnesota Democrat denied it was about politics, claiming it was about taking care of the people of Minnesota. Jordan wasn’t buying what Walz was selling, but the clip ends on that note, with the governor’s lying completely exposed.
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