‘There is no reason for them to use this level of rhetoric’
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CBS News’ Margaret Brennan pressed Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sunday over massive welfare fraud in the state, after Omar claimed there was “no justification” for the federal response to the scandal.
FederalofficialsestimatedinDecemberthattheamountofsuspectedfraudinMinnesota’sMedicaidprogramhadreachedover$9billion,asmultiplefederalagenciesareinvestigatingthescandalandtheTrumpadministrationispausingpaymentstothestatependingauditsofthewelfareprograms.The vastmajorityofpeoplechargedinconnectiontothescandalthusfarhavebeenof Somalidescent.(RELATED:TimWalz’sDaughterThinksJournalistHad‘Ethical’DutyToNotBlowLidOffSomaliScammers)
“Itisjustcreatingfear.Whattheyaredoingiscreatingconfusion,chaos,tryingtointimidatepeoplefrombeingabletoexercisetheirregularnormalactivitiesthattheywould.Thereisnojustificationinanyofthethingsthattheysay,”OmartoldBrennanon“FacetheNation”Sunday.“The87peoplethatyou’vedescribedasbeinginvestigated,man
