'He ignored us': Local Minnesota school superintendent slams Walz's 'negative impact' on K-12 education
FOX NewsAug 19
House GOP Subpoenas Walz Over COVID Fraud Allegations
Above: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz and their children attend the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Image copyright: Andrew Harnik/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
US Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the Republican Chairwoman of the US House Education and Workforce Committee, subpoenaed Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over a $250M COVID fraud scheme.
The matter at hand involves the charity Feeding Our Future (FOF), which has been charged by the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) with receiving millions in federal funding for a child nutrition program, creating fake lists of children they were helping, and pocketing the money for themselves.
The Spin
Republican narrative
It appears House Republicans are the only ones trying to find answers to why Minnesota allowed hundreds of millions of dollars to be stolen from hungry children. Even after the Democratic Attorney General opened an investigation into the matter, the left-leaning media refused to report on the role played by a man currently running for the second-highest office in the land.
Democratic narrative
Despite the governor not being at fault here, Walz did step up and take responsibility for the failures of his education department. Furthermore, several people who were at fault have already been brought to justice, something Walz is surely proud of. Republicans should stop playing politics and focus their ire on the real culprits.
Cynical narrative
Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been wrapped up in controversies with COVID recovery programs. Despite the initial good intentions of both Republicans and Democrats in rolling out these initiatives, COVID loans put an incredible of money "out on the street" at a breakneck pace in a way bound to create problems. Next time, there needs to be a more thoughtful safety net set forth when a crisis the scale of COVID occurs.