The joke is that Democratic presidential candidates always look for a Vice Presidential candidate who is dumber than they are.
Obama chose Biden, Biden chose Harris, and Harris chose...Tim Walz, who might be the least intelligent candidate for national office from a major party in history.
The man is a dolt, as everybody got to see during the presidential campaign. Or, as Tim put it himself, a "knucklehead."
JUST IN: Tim Walz turns into a stumbling mess, calls himself a 'knucklehead' after he was confronted about the lie that he was in Hong Kong in 1989 during Tiananmen.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 2, 2024
After going on a 2-minute rant about how good of a guy he is, Walz finally answered the question.
Walz has… pic.twitter.com/rJ324rYytH
Harris chose Walz for a few reasons, including his inability to outshine her, but not least because he appeared to be a cunning fraudster, able to loot the treasury without being exposed.
Rep Brandon Gill SLAMS Tim Walz for calling whistleblowers "racist or Islamophobic” for reporting fraud in Minnesota:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 4, 2026
"Do you think it's racist or Islamophobic to highlight and try to stop fraud...that was the message your administration was sending to multiple whistleblowers." pic.twitter.com/7QWJZdMNuV
What she and her vetting team, which included, as you recall, Obama's "wingman" and former Attorney General Eric Holder, did not realize is that Walz's ability to escape accountability for running a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme was based entirely on the fact that Minnesota's Pravda Media complex is little more than a stenographer for the Democratic Party.
Accountability is coming.
— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) March 4, 2026
8AM CST/9AM EST. @GOPoversight. pic.twitter.com/8s2HKMLnt6
Many of them knew, or should have known, about the fraud. They just covered it up for him. It wasn't even hidden—the US Attorney here was busily prosecuting Somali scammers well before Walz was put on the ticket.
Democrats claim to care about fraud, but today's hearing says otherwise.
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) March 4, 2026
In 9 interviews leading up to this hearing, Republicans asked 36h 46m of questions on MN fraud.
Democrats? Just 3h 14m.
And during today's hearing with Walz, they've asked ZERO questions about the fraud. pic.twitter.com/X6F5keqmpD
Now that the fraud has been revealed to the world, Walz's political career is in shambles, and he (and Attorney General Ellison) are having to answer tough questions. Ellison is a lawyer and pretty smart, so I expect he will skate.
We’ve uncovered in @GOPoversight that Minnesota officials turned a blind eye to corruption and even targeted whistleblowers.
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) March 4, 2026
When confronted with over $9 billion in fraud, AG Ellison dismissed it as a “political matter” and “not serious.” pic.twitter.com/7m4RouJx1f
Walz? Not so much. He may not go to jail, as he should, but he is done done done.
📃 The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota's Fraud Explosion: https://t.co/kW3L1VSQYz
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) March 4, 2026
Walz and Ellison are testifying today before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Walz, at least, is having a very bad day. Not just because he is as smart as a box of rocks, but also because the man was so deep into the fraud that the best he can do is plead knuckleheadedness.
Governor Tim Walz gets asked basic questions about Minnesota.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 4, 2026
WALZ: "I'm not a prop..." pic.twitter.com/8iZkQS4B9Y
Walz's defense boils down to the fact that he is an absentee governor, unaware of what happens in any of his agencies, and completely ignorant of what the budget is for any of the programs that have been looted.
🚨 WATCH: Congressman Jim Jordan grills Gov. Tim Walz on Feeding Our Future fraud
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) March 4, 2026
Walz appears to stand by claims that his administration was ordered by a court to continue payments to Feeding Our Future
"The court ... issued a statement saying you were wrong in what you… pic.twitter.com/TfHPSKnDKz
Walz appears to stand by claims that his administration was ordered by a court to continue payments to Feeding Our Future
"The court ... issued a statement saying you were wrong in what you were saying," Jordan says.
"Somebody's lying, because you can't say the court ordered you to restart payments, and then the court says we didn't order you to restart the payments. Either you're lying or the court's lying, and I'm just asking you, which one is it?" he continues.
"85% of the people indicted were Somali Americans, a key voting bloc, and I think that's what drove this whole thing."
He hasn't uttered the world "I am a knucklehead sometimes," but you hear them as he blathers on and on about how nobody told him anything, he doesn't know anything, and how his Chief of Staff and his commissioners never tell him anything.
They knew about the fraud.
— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) March 4, 2026
They could have stopped it.
But they let it happen.
The unprecedented fraud that occurred under @GovTimWalz and @keithellison is a national disgrace, and the American people deserve justice.
See my full remarks in @GOPoversight here: pic.twitter.com/4iPsSpsnyA
Congressional Democrats are in something of a bind because fraud like this is much easier to understand than issues that seem much more abstract. Many of the issues Democrats and Republicans fight about in politics require parsing out the claims, and the media can spin things in a way that favors the Democrats.
Not fraud. It is quite black-and-white and hard to spin.
You can't make this up. 🤦🏻♂️
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) March 4, 2026
Democrat: "Mr. Chairman, it's outrageous that this is what we're choosing to spend our time on in the Oversight Committee."@RepJamesComer: "Fraud?"
Democrat: " ... Yes, fraud." pic.twitter.com/ifnZBTv19J
Democrats want the subject changed, but Walz is not Gavin Newsom. He has no silver tongue. He is, as he says, a "knucklehead." And he is not some obscure figure; Democrats wanted him to be one heartbeat away from the presidency.
COMER TO WALZ: “The American taxpayers have had enough. They’ve had enough. They want their taxpayer dollars spent wisely. We all support social programs to the vulnerable, but if you’re going to waste the money to fraudsters, then we have to stop and recalculate.” pic.twitter.com/6aBygaChf8
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) March 4, 2026
I have to admit that, as a Minnesota resident who has put up with Walz, the Minnesota media, and a fundamentally corrupt Democratic Party here for years, I take some pleasure in watching Walz's political career get gutted, and also in watching national Democrats scramble to defend the indefensible.
Incompetent Governor Tim Walz gets called out for giving a driver's license to an illegal who was driving on the wrong side of the road:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 4, 2026
WALZ: "Everyday we give licenses and people speed..."
REP. SCOTT PERRY: "He's here illegally, he can't read..." pic.twitter.com/t5MXLuzohv
Walz, just two years ago, was seen as a model for how Democrats can win and govern.
Today, he is an object lesson.
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