Yesterday, Governor Walz once again put more state resources and efforts into covering up their failures with a website purely to obfuscate the heartbreaking realties of fraud. At the same time, new reporting exposed how the failure to stop fraud led to an autistic woman being evicted with no notice and left homeless for months, sleeping in her car, outside, and at hotels.

Senate Republican Leader Mark Johnson (East Grand Forks) released the following statement in response:

“Governor Walz can try to deny the fraud, call it ‘make believe,’ or minimize it as no different than other states all he wants. Minnesotans are seeing with their own eyes the reality that vulnerable people are being taken advantage of while fraudsters line their own pockets with taxpayers’ money. The consequences of fraud are not just expensive and wasteful, they are heartbreaking.

“Every individual and family getting services should have full confidence that government is stopping bad actors, rooting out fake billing and scam companies, and prosecuting fraudsters to the full extent of the law. Democrats have proven they are simply not interested in using their power to hold their leaders accountable. Senate Republicans will hold Walz and his administration responsible for these failures.”