Morrissey calls for electoral accountability over fraud
Ed MorrisseyHotAir managing editor and political commentator
Morrissey argues that the allegations about Flanagan's college credentials help explain her and the Walz administration's response to welfare fraud. He urges voters to elect Tafoya.
“comfortable with fraud in other contexts for the last several years.”
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Michele Tafoya’s accusation that Peggy Flanagan is “hiding from” Minnesota’s welfare-fraud scandal
In a September 13, 2026 post, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michele Tafoya said her Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, “is hiding from the fraud” in Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future scandal and “let it happen.” Feeding Our Future was a nonprofit that authorities said fraudulently obtained federal child-nutrition funds during the COVID-19 pandemic; its executive director, Aimee Bock, was convicted at trial in 2025. Flanagan was not charged and has not been accused of personally approving fraudulent payments. Asked about the scandal on the podcast Lovett or Leave It on September 20, Flanagan said fraud “is completely unacceptable,” that she supported a new independent inspector general’s office, and that Minnesota is “prosecuting fraudsters” while President Trump “is pardoning the fraudsters” who defraud Medicaid.
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Signed commentary includes an explicit evaluation of Flanagan's response to state fraud.
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Morrissey criticizes Flanagan's account that welfare fraud had nothing to do with her office, then discusses separate credential allegations.
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He says electing Tafoya offers accountability in both matters. His column does not establish Flanagan's participation in criminal fraud.
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The reference is Flanagan's responsibility for welfare fraud. Morrissey criticizes her and the Walz administration and calls for electoral accountability.
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