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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: No Longer "Minnesota Nice"
Description: Everyone’s heard of “Minnesota nice” — state residents’ reputation for being polite, mild-mannered, and tolerant. So it’s hard to believe Minnesota taxpayers have become a major funder of a terrorist group. But it’s true. A massive welfare-fraud scheme took millions meant for Minnesotans — and funneled the money to a Somalian branch of Al Qaeda. Minnesota has seen the rapid growth of a Somali migrant community over the past three decades. Many send money home — in 2023 alone, transfers to Somalia totaled $1.7 billion dollars, more than Somalia’s national budget. What’s more, Somali-based gangs in...