Michele Tafoya says Peggy Flanagan “is hiding from the fraud” and “let it happen”
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota, posting on her own X account
“Peggy Flanagan is hiding from the fraud. She let it happen. Minnesotans have noticed. That’s why this race is a statistical tie. I’ve been in every corner of this state, and I keep hearing the same thing: people are done making excuses for their leaders.”
Source and context
Original post
About this source
Michele Tafoya’s own post, published at 6:26 p.m. EDT on September 13, 2026 (2099263597314724139), read in full.
Reporting
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Townhall’s report on Tafoya’s campaign messaging, published September 14, 2026, quoting her September 13 post and additional remarks.
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Townhall reported that news coverage of Governor Tim Walz’s handling of fraud in Minnesota’s housing, Medicaid, autism, and Feeding Our Future programs had not mentioned Flanagan, and that Tafoya “did” mention her.
After the quotation
Tafoya’s post continued with a call to vote, linking to Minnesota’s absentee-voting information. Townhall separately reported additional remarks by Tafoya, including “Here’s a number that Peggy Flanagan doesn’t want you to see: 44 to 42.”
How this statement is classified
Case context: Michele Tafoya’s accusation that Peggy Flanagan is “hiding from” Minnesota’s welfare-fraud scandal
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Why this label?
Tafoya makes the accusation herself and presents it as settled fact (“she let it happen”), and argues that Minnesota voters are responding to it. That defends and presses the accusation rather than merely reporting it. The closest competing label is mixed_or_conditional; it loses because Tafoya states the accusation without qualification or condition.
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Michele Tafoya’s accusation that Peggy Flanagan is “hiding from” Minnesota’s welfare-fraud scandal
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Read the full case“Fraud of any kind is completely unacceptable.” … “I would just say, you know, that more should have been done … sooner and more needs to be done.” … “I would say that it’s not OK for anyone, right, to commit fraud.” … “I think the difference, right, is that Minnesota is prosecuting fraudsters, including the woman who is in charge of Feeding Our Future, Aimee Bock, who received over 41 years in prison.” … “And in Washington, Donald Trump is pardoning the fraudsters who are literally stealing money from Medicaid. Like, we’re not the same. And, you know, Michelle Tafoya hasn’t said anything about that. She’s just fine with it.”Read statement