CNN Has Brief Moment of Journalistic Integrity, Reports on Tim Walz’s Failure As Minnesota Governor

By Mike Miller - RedState.com

My first two thoughts when I saw this report: Who'd a thunk it? Why is CNN suddenly throwing Minnesota governor and Kamala Harris's running mate Tim Walz under the bus?

We're talking way under the bus.

The "CNN Investigates" report blisters Walz from beginning to end, starting with the headline: "As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability is in short supply."

Beginning with a damning state audit, CNN reported (emphasis, mine):

One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A third detailed lax oversight of a program to feed needy kids which federal prosecutors say resulted in the nation’s largest Covid-era fraud scheme.

Moreover, Minnesota's nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN that some state agencies working under Walz's administration, when confronted with "these and other troubling examples of waste, fraud, and abuse," repeatedly minimized or dismissed the allegations. How "Tim Walz" of them.

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