‘Poor Minnesota’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

Poor Minnesota

Normal people have an issue
recreating Mogadishu,
while destroying each iota
of what once was Minnesota.

Minnesota paid out millions
to a small group of civilians
with Somali shared traditions,
and with fraudulent ambitions.

When Tim Walz first heard about it,
he did more than merely doubt it.
He denounced the Whistleblowers
as abhorrent hatred-sowers.

Fraud had long since been suspected,
but was finally detected
by a Democrat supporter,
AKA a news reporter.

Now that fraud has been reported,
we need all those caught deported.
They despise the land that freed them,
and bite off the hands that feed them.

Sure, it’s mean to use “retarded”
to brand Walz, who left unguarded
all the cash in his state’s wallet,
but what else is there to call it?

With this third-world fraud now busted,
we know which state can’t be trusted.
Why should we fund one more penny?
With Walz there, why send them any?

Poet’s Note

A group calling itself Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary, which claims to represent over 400 employees of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, has made many posts on X, including the one excerpted below:

“Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota,” the group said in a November 29 post referencing a New York Times article on the crimes. “We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud, but no, we got the opposite response.”

They added, “Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports. Instead of partnership, we got the full weight of retaliation by Tim Walz, certain DFL members, and an indifferent mainstream media. It’s scary, isolating, and left us wondering who we can turn to.”

Warren Bonham is a private equity investor who lives in Southlake, Texas.