By Sam Barron | Tuesday, 28 April 2026 08:33 PM EDT
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, asserted on Newsmax that Democrats allow fraud in Minnesota so they can buy off Somali voters.
“The sad thing is … it’s not even that these Democrats aren’t bright, although they’re not,” Cruz said on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “It’s that they’re fundamentally corrupt. We know of over $9 billion stolen from the taxpayers.”
Cruz spoke following a series of federal law enforcement raids across Minnesota on Tuesday morning as part of an investigation into alleged welfare fraud. The FBI and other federal, state, and local authorities executed at least 22 court-authorized search warrants related to the inquiry.
At least one search appeared to take place at the Somali Senior Center and Adult Day Services, where agents were observed entering and exiting the building early Tuesday morning.
The enforcement action follows heightened scrutiny of alleged fraud in Minnesota tied to pandemic-era relief programs and social services, including childcare and Medicaid-related funding streams.
