Time to Drain the MN Swamp – RedState | Political News
The fraud tumbling out of the state of Minnesota appears neverending at this level over faux childcare facilities. But the investigations into what’s occurring there are exhibiting it doesn’t end there, according to a new transfer by the Trump administration on Friday.
As we wrote in December 2025, Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a cupboard assembly that her division had reached out to associate with states all the manner back in Feb. to rid their food advantages applications like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of fraud, waste, and abuse. The request to 21 states like California and Minnesota was not accepted; in fact, some have even filed lawsuits to keep from turning over the data.
That’s when we noticed the USDA warn blue states that the money from the federal authorities would stop, if SNAP data was not turned over.
Sec. Rollins also identified the indictments over fraudulent SNAP schemes in Portland, among other blue cities and states, by the Trump Justice Department (DOJ) as RedState wrote.
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One of those states was Minnesota, including Minneapolis. Now, in the wake of the huge fraud the administration has already uncovered in MN with food advantages, Sec. Rollins has announced in a letter on Friday that they have been carried out with the game-playing and mismanagement by MN Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and the USDA is suspending all federal award funds immediately, to the tune of $129 million.
While sharing it in an X post, Brooke Rollins said, “Enough is enough!”
Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis—billions siphoned off by fraudsters. And those in charge have ZERO plan to repair it.
Today, @USDA is SUSPENDING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AWARDS to Minnesota and Minneapolis, efficient… pic.twitter.com/xEus3GAcGX
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) January 9, 2026
Rollins added in the post:
“Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis —billions siphoned off by fraudsters. And those in charge have ZERO plan to fix it.
“The USDA will droop federal financial awards to the state “until sufficient proof has been provided that the fraud has stopped.”
“No more handouts to thieves!” Sec. Rollins continued. “Time to drain the Minnesota swamp and put American taxpayers first.”
We ought to know more about this in the coming days, so keep tuned for more particulars on how this scenario performs out.
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