Tim Walz on Welfare & Poverty Democrat

COVID fraud: jail the criminals; don't target the community

GOV. TIM WALZ: Well, certainly, I take responsibility for putting people in jail. Minnesota is a prosperous state, but that attracts criminals. Those people are going to jail. But to demonize an entire community on the actions of a few, it's lazy. These are programs that were meant to serve students with autism, to housing, & to making sure people had enough to eat. People are taking advantage of that, they're going to prison. That's totally disconnected with demonizing an entire group of people who came here,fleeing civil war. But that's Donald Trump: Deflect, demonize, come up with no solutions. He's not going to help fix anything on fraud.

3 million new houses proposed, under the Harris plan

JDV: Here's what you won't hear, is that Kamala Harris has already done it. Because she's been the Vice President for three and a half years, she had the opportunity to enact all of these great policies. And what she's actually done instead is drive the cost of food higher by 25%, drive the cost of housing higher by about 60%, open the American southern border and make middle class life unaffordable for a large number of Americans.

End housing crisis: Build 3 million new housing units

[Kamala speaking over clips of families in their homes]: "I know what home ownership means. And sadly, right now, it is out of reach for far too many American families."

[Kamala speaking to a crowd with news subtitles]: "During the foreclosure crisis, I took on the big banks who exploited people in the housing market. And today, corporate landlords buy hundreds of houses and apartments, then turn around and rent them out at extremely high prices. I will fight for a law that cracks down on these practices. We will end America's housing shortage by building three million new homes and rentals. We should be doing everything we can to make it more affordable to buy a home, not less."

"I'm Kamala Harris and I approve this message."

$1 billion investment in affordable housing

CUTTING CHILD POVERTY: Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan established a nation-leading child tax credit to cut child poverty in Minnesota by up to one-third.

Multifamily housing for seniors, veterans, and homeless

Feeding our Future scandal: an unacceptable scam

Jensen and other critics have questioned whether the Walz administration should have known sooner and moved faster to stop the scam. "Over and over again, we have seen a culture of waste, fraud, abuse and cost overruns swept under the rug," Jensen said.

Walz called the loss of federal money in the scam unacceptable. "We'll get the answers when we get the investigation done," Walz said, noting that some of those charged have already pleaded guilty.

Repair shelters, invest in affordable housing