Elon Musk, the visionary former head of DOGE, amplified a brave citizen journalist’s exposé on rampant fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community under Tim Walz’s lax oversight. Young conservative Nick Shirley documented empty daycares and shell companies siphoning billions in taxpayer funds for housing, food, and vehicles.
For context, most estimates place the total amount of fraud at $80-100 billion statewide, tied to scandals like Feeding Our Future. Building on this point, Musk declared that fraud in California, New York, and Illinois is far worse and estimated nationwide waste at ~10% of the federal budget.
Starting the interaction, one of the two men, David, asked the courageous citizen journalist a question: “There’s a lot of fraud happening here in Minnesota. You’ve been living here for years now. How bad is this fraud?”
Responding, Nick Shirley answered, “So I was born in Minneapolis a long time ago. I’ve lived my whole life here, and my opinion is that this is the worst fraud in human history.” Continuing, the other man asked. “What is occurring in Minnesota and more specifically, in the Twin Cities right now? How much money do you think has been sent around fraudulently here inside Minnesota over the years?”
Responding confidently, the young conservative declared, I would say anywhere from 80 to $100 billion right now. The big controversy is with Tim Waltz and his government and the fraud that they’ve allowed to happen within the Somali community. Right behind us is Cedar Riverside, a location that is very densely populated with Somalians.”
Throwing out another question, David interjected, “How have Somalians gotten into the system to defraud the American taxpayer?” Shirley noted, “Well, so that complex you’re seeing behind there. I attended the University of Minnesota, and in the area we’re on right now, this is the West Bank, and it was always called the West Bank, and it was sort of the place to be when you’re in college.”
Continuing his expose, he stated, “And that was all student housing, 100% that building you see in the background, it’s now 100% Somali, and I can tell you confidently, they don’t pay for their housing, they don’t pay for their food, they don’t pay for their vehicles, and on top of that, they have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of fraudulent companies set up, and they’re sucking billions of dollars out of the state of Minnesota.”
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Reacting to the initial post, Elon Musk, the former head of DOGE, responded, “The fraud in California, New York and Illinois is far greater than in Minnesota. My guess for how much fraud is happening nationwide is roughly 10% of the Federal budget, so about $700 billion per year.”
Similarly, other conservatives were irate. Responding to Elon’s posts, one comment read, “The scale of Somali fraud is so vast it defies imagination. 👉They have literally SATURATED Minnesota and Musk says Cali, NY & Illinois are far worse. This is full-scale five alarm fire level infiltration folks. 👉Like $700 BILLION DOLLARS PR YR.”
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