Tim Walz's incompetence & corruption

Is Tim Walz incompetent? Is Tim Walz corrupt? Is Tim Walz a little of both? I'm voting C -- a little of both. As Jeff Johnson's campaign manager, I'll admit that I'm a little biased. That said, Tim Walz called himself a knucklehead during the Vice Presidential debate. Further, it's difficult to say that a DFL governor who's had more than $1,000,000,000 paid out in fraudulent Medicaid claims isn't corrupt.

It's important to remember that he hired Pam Wheelock as his Commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Human Services only a couple months into his administration. Walz did that shortly after Tony Lourey resigned as commissioner of Human Services. It's difficult to prove that someone who let fraud happen for 5+ years isn't corrupt and/or incompetent.

Tim Walz's administration is famous for virtually no fraud prevention controls. That's how more than $1,000,000,000 in fraudulent Medicaid payments were paid. I wrote here about a report that said "the OLA 'focused on whether the office had controls to ensure that it appropriately collected receipts and reimbursements from events held at the governor’s residence, appropriately spent state funds, accurately paid its vendors and employees, and safeguarded state resources.'"

This is a report on what Gov. Walz's administration didn't do:

It isn't credible to tell the Fraud and Oversight Committee that you've had the proper oversight controls in place after more than $1,000,000,000 have been paid to people/entities that shouldn't have received payment. Further, it's difficult to pesuade me that you're attentive after the federal government has gotten convictions for more than $250,000,000 in fraudulent payments in the 'Feeding Our Futures' fraud scandal