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Pete Stauber

Pete Stauber

United States Representative

Sep 23, 2026

14:54
What do you think is going on? Do you think the voters of Minnesota are giving Republicans a second look?
15:00
Well, John, first off, Minnesota is not a blue state.
15:02
We are a purple state.
15:04
And what we found with the fraud in Minnesota, it's to the tune of billions of dollars.
15:10
And I'm talking tens of billions of dollars of fraud taken from the Minnesota taxpayer given to the fraudsters.
15:19
And that money was intended to go to the most vulnerable among us.
15:23
And so what we have to do is we have to hold those fraudsters accountable.
17:11
That's got to fire up voters.
19:43
What do you think is going on? Do you think the voters of Minnesota are giving Republicans a second look?
19:49
Well, John, first off, Minnesota is not a blue state.
19:52
We are a purple state.
19:54
And what we found with the fraud in Minnesota, it's to the tune of billions of dollars.
19:59
And I'm talking tens of billions of dollars of fraud taken from the Minnesota taxpayer, given to the fraudsters.
20:08
And that money was intended to go to the most vulnerable among us.
20:13
And so what we have to do is we have to hold those fraudsters accountable.
22:00
That's got to fire up voters.
12:00
So we, we gave you a little, a little shot there to help clear it up, so there you go.
12:05
[laughs] Yeah.
12:07
No, it's, uh...
12:08
I'm very, very, uh, you know, I just, I'm humbled and honored to represent the 8th District.
12:14
And, uh, some of our friends on the other side of the aisle, sometimes, uh, politics gets in their way of thinking.
12:19
But, I mean, you, you talked about, uh, you know, the port, for example.
12:23
We can start at the port.

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the district, and what are you hearing the biggest concerns from your constituents?
10:47
He said he was speaking to all 50 states, delivering this ultimatum, but I do [laughs] have a feeling that there were a few states that he was, uh, really speaking to, Minnesota being one of them, saying, "If you do not aggressively and wholeheartedly go after fraud, we are pulling your federal funding." Are Minnesota Democrats and those who are supposed to be investigating this, are they shaking in their boots? Do they think that he will make good on that?
11:11
Listen, uh, we want Mi- I, I personally want Minnesota to lead in so many areas, but certainly not in fraud.
11:17
And when you have a, a governor, an attorney general, uh, uh, and, and others be complicit in allowing this to happen, furthermore, uh, when the investigations start, uh, they try to shut 'em down, or when the whistleblowers come forward to the Walz administration and say, "This is happening under your watch," and they, they do nothing.
11:40
In fact, they, they berate or even, uh, don't promote or bully them into silence.
11:46
That's simply unacceptable.
11:48
You had, for instance, Keith Ellison, uh, millions of dollars of fraud, and, uh, he accepted, uh, he told the, the Somalian community that he wasn't going to, uh, uh, continue the investigation.
12:01
And lo and behold, he accepts a campaign donation from them.
13:02
What message does that send, one, to the taxpayers of Minnesota whose hard-earned money was wasted, but also to people who might be tempted to commit fraud in the future?
44:44
when you first learn the news.
44:45
Yeah.
44:46
No, I mean, both you and I are blessed.
44:47
We, we were chosen to, to raise these special, uh, children, and so my wife and I...
44:52
I mean, uh, Isaac came out unexpected, right? Uh, and I remember when Isaac was born, the whole, the whole room went silent, and my wife said, "What happened? Is he, is he...
45:02
What happened? What's going on?" And so they had a tough time telling us that he's got Down syndrome.
45:07
Well, we didn't care.
45:21
They're life, life-giving.
23:40
Is there a theory about what was going on with all of this cash?
23:44
Well, I think that when you look at what's going on in Minnesota right now, all the investigations, and then there's no question or there's no reason, rather, that Minnesota won't give their voter rolls to the federal government.
24:00
And there's a reason why Minnesota won't give their SNAP benefit rolls to the Secretary of Agriculture to look through them to make sure there's no SNAP benefit fraud or election fraud.
24:13
And in fact, Minnesota is fighting against giving that up after all that's happened, after all the fraud that's happened in Minnesota.
24:22
And I had the privilege of taking part in the oversight committee hearing just yesterday in our nation's capitol.
24:29
three members of Minnesota's Fraud Committee who did an excellent job testifying and answering questions.
24:35
Any reasonable person that watched that testimony and listened to the questions and answers has no doubt that Governor Tim Walz either is complicit or was totally out in left field on this.
28:53
Is that an act of obstruction and should a governor and the state officials below him who refuse to turn them over be charged criminally for obstructing federal authorities?
7:17
Is there a theory about what was going on with all of this cash?
7:22
Well, I think that when you look at what's going on in Minnesota right now, all the investigations, and then there's no question or there's no reason, rather, that Minnesota won't give their voter rolls to the federal government.
7:38
And there's a reason why Minnesota won't give their SNAP benefit rolls to the Secretary of Agriculture to look through them to make sure there's no SNAP benefit fraud or election fraud.
7:50
And in fact, Minnesota is fighting against giving that up after all that's happened, after all the fraud that's happened in Minnesota.
8:00
And I had the privilege of taking part in the oversight committee hearing just yesterday in our nation's capital.
8:06
three members of minnesota's fraud committee who did an excellent job testifying and answering questions uh any reasonable person that watched that testimony and listened to the questions and answers has no doubt that governor tim walls either uh is complicit or was was totally out left field on this it was clear as day to so many people and and the fact of the matter is there was there was um whistleblowers being threatened in fact whistleblowers were asked where their children go to school what kind of car they drive and where their bus stop for their children are this was the threatening type of behavior coming from tim walls and his administration and so it's all the open now uh i think next month uh walls and keith ellison are going to have been subpoenaed to come to the oversight hearing and talk about this.
9:01
And you're just seeing a failed governor and Minnesotans are being punished because of it.
12:30
Is that an act of obstruction and should a governor and the state officials below him who refuse to turn them over be charged criminally for obstructing federal authorities?
15:00
Tell us a little bit about where you think this heads next.
15:04
Well, first off, nothing is better in Minnesota under Tim Walz.
15:09
Our economy isn't better.
15:11
Our educational levels aren't better.
15:13
Small businesses are leaving.
15:16
Large businesses are leaving.
15:18
So the fact of the matter is we knew when Kamala Harris chose Walz as his running mate that we will finally get the national media's attention.
17:00
How do we make sure that Democrats across the board pay for this strategy? Because this was a concerted strategy to look the other way.
11:29
Tell us a little bit about where you think this heads next.
11:33
Well, first off, nothing is better in Minnesota under Tim Walz.
11:37
Our economy isn't better.
11:39
Our educational levels aren't better.
11:42
Small businesses are leaving.
11:44
Large businesses are leaving.
11:46
So the fact of the matter is we knew when Kamala Harris chose Walz as his running mate that we will finally get the national media's attention.
13:28
How do we make sure that Democrats across the board pay for this strategy? Because this was a concerted strategy to look the other way.
17:43
Do you have an idea of what that looks like in terms of additional allegations coming down the, down the pipe?
17:49
Yeah.
17:49
We had...
17:50
First off there, there was, uh, uh, I think 400 and some original whistleblowers from the Minnesota Fraud Committee.
17:58
Now there's over 1,000 whistleblowers in DHS across the state of Minnesota, uh, that, uh, claims that the fraud was going on and that, uh, Governor Walz and his leadership did nothing about it.
18:11
In fact, they retaliated against the whistleblowers by, uh, you know, uh, threatening them, intimidating them, bullying them, and wanting them to be quiet about it.
18:21
But, uh, the cat's out of the bag now and we're seeing...
23:23
... and, and, and to try to defeat him at the ballot box?
2:54
Do you have any idea what that looks like in terms of additional allegations coming down the, down the pipe?
3:00
Yeah.
3:00
We had, first off, there, there was, uh, uh, I think, uh, 400 and some original whistleblowers from the Minnesota Fraud Committee.
3:09
Now there's over a thousand whistleblowers in DHS across the state of Minnesota, uh, that, uh, claims that the fraud was going on, and that, uh, Governor Walz and his leadership did nothing about it.
3:22
In fact, they retaliated against the whistleblowers by, uh, you know, uh, threatening them, intimidating them, bullying them, and wanting them to be quiet about it.
3:32
But, uh, the cat's out of the bag now.
3:35
And we're seeing, I mean, almost on a daily basis, we're seeing more, uh, fraud come up.
8:36
... and- a- and- and to try to defeat him at the ballot box?
26:17
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26:36
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33:49
Some of them have gotten over the last, since I think twenty nineteen, ten million dollars.
33:56
Oh, and, and, and tutor that the million dollars is probably the, the, the lowest amount that was given out.
34:04
Remember, Nick Shirley, remember that, "the Leering Center"? L-E-A-R-I-N-G.
34:10
Not learning, but Leering Center was-- brought in millions of dollars a year.
34:15
Not one person was there.
34:16
So we have to, uh, as Minnesotans, we have to, uh, admit there has been, uh, there has been damage.
26:49
But I do want to ask you about the governor because we, uh, all of us are going, "Oh my goodness, this guy was running to be the vice president of the United States." Should he be held accountable? Should he resign?
27:04
Tutor, he's going to be held accountable.
27:06
Uh, I, I want your listeners to understand, uh, Tim Walz, uh, had a cover over him with the Minneapolis, the Twin Cities media.
27:14
They didn't...
27:15
We knew, uh, when, when Kamala Harris chose him, we knew that the national media was going to expose him for the fraud he is.
27:24
And, uh, and they certainly did that, uh, and, uh, the American people spoke.
27:29
And, and what, what I will tell you, that, uh, I believe, uh, that when the Trump, uh, administration, uh, gets done with their investigations, you are gonna see people being held accountable, and that includes our governor.

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34:36
Yeah, yeah, the-
4:02
Did anybody see this coming? Has there been any type of conversations previous to this that could have warned lawmakers that this was going on?
4:11
Yeah, we have from the whistleblowers comments they were talking about.
4:16
They let Tim Walz and his administration know something's not right when you go from a $2 million program to the next year, $14 million.
4:27
And then five years later, up to $400 million in fraud.
4:32
And those whistleblowers in Minnesota, they have really helped us peel back the onion and just look at the magnitude of the fraud is unconscionable.
4:44
As we peel back the onion and as a fraud committee in Minnesota peels back that onion, they're finding like literally millions of dollars of more fraud.
4:53
And the fact is, Brian, the Secretary Rawlins, USDA Secretary, asks for the roles for the SNAP program in Minnesota.
6:54
on our planet, and why would they go to such a cold state like Minnesota, where your average high in January barely gets out of the single digits? Could there be some type of communication from Minnesota down to Somalia, making this an incentive to travel to your state and set up a residency? I mean, what's your thoughts on that speculation? And that's just my, I'm just spitballing here, but that's kind of what, I'm trying to find some type of correlation between why they are migrating from Somalia to Minnesota.
16:54
Does this surprise you that Democrats are so seemingly okay with socialism that they won't even put it on record that they condemn it?
17:03
You know, when you talk to Representative Salazar and talk to her about what they experienced and et cetera in Cuba, it is, you can't, I cannot believe that half of the Democratic Party and the House of Representatives voted to state that communism or socialism is okay.
17:25
100 of them, 100 members of the Democrat caucus voted to support socialism.
17:33
And that's why we say that party, that Democrat party, is the Democrat Socialists of America.
17:40
Look who's leading it.
17:42
Jasmine Crockett, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and that group.
17:49
It's simply, it's mind-boggling to see where that party's gone.
19:04
You've got about a minute and a half left.
52:32
How do you walk back from that position when you put it in writing?
52:36
Not only you put it in writing, but you say it.
52:38
In politics, all we have is our word.
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And in life, all we have is our word.
52:44
And people see that.
52:46
When you break your word, they see that.
52:51
If you've got time, I'll just give you a quick example.

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