Opinion | Minnesota's Fraud Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Democrats

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Ruy Teixeira warns that welfare fraud is again a political trap for Democrats, citing Minnesota’s scandal, which he says helped push Gov. Tim Walz to forgo reelection after admitting some fraud and blaming GOP racism and xenophobia. Voters hate cheats, he argues, and the party must police programs vigorously, including among immigrants, rather than cry foul. He says progressives like Zohran Mamdani, with big government appeals, make a credible reset harder, and that without a Clinton like figure the party risks repeating a Reagan era backlash and ceding ground to Republicans.