Minnesota was only ONE PERCENT from flipping RED in 2022 in two statewide races

Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Minnesota commentator Dustin Grage discussed Minnesota’s recent political history, narrow Republican losses, and the growth of alleged fraud tied to state and federal programs during a segment examining how political calculations and demographic shifts intersected over the past decade.

The conversation focused on Minneapolis, statewide election margins, and what Grage described as long-standing reluctance among elected officials to confront issues involving the state’s large Somali community.

Ingraham opened the exchange by turning attention to Minneapolis and broader accountability concerns.

“He’s sorry for making crime. And you know something that we need to address in Minneapolis, Dustin?” Ingraham said.

Grage responded by arguing that political fear has played a central role in decision-making, particularly when allegations of fraud first surfaced.

“Yeah. And to your point and what Chris has stated, it all comes down to a lot of the time people are afraid of being called a racist,” Grage said.

He pointed to the Feeding Our Future case as an early example, saying state leadership had opportunities to intervene before losses mounted.

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“This goes all the way back to Omar Fatah, even with feeding our future. When you look back at that time, Tim Walz had the ability to do stop payments on feeding our future before they stole $250 million,” Grage said.

According to Grage, public accusations of racism discouraged scrutiny.

“Omar Fatah actually ended up going out there publicly and stating that it’s because our state government is actually racist, and they ended up vying through that,” he said.

Grage then tied those dynamics to Minnesota’s electoral math, particularly during the 2022 election cycle.

“And if you look at Minnesota in our 2022 election, we actually had two statewide seats come within one percentage point of actually winning for Republicans,” he said.

He said demographic realities made political leaders hesitant to act.

“So when we’re talking about 100,000 Somalis in the Somali community, but only 10s of 1000s of votes being the margin of victory for Republicans, that’s a voter base you simply don’t want to upset,” Grage said.

Grage argued that the consequences of inaction have grown over time.

“But now what has it gotten to us?” he said.

“We are going back to what 2014 when this all started. 2018 is when Walz enters office.”

He said the scale of alleged fraud has increased dramatically since those early years.

“But guess what? We’re not talking about hundreds of millions. We’re talking about billions at this point,” Grage said.

Grage added that internal warnings point to even larger figures.

“And whistleblowers within DHS in Minnesota predict that it could exceed $6 billion not just 2 billion that’s been discovered so far,” he said.

Ingraham reacted to those claims by pointing to broader policy decisions tied to refugee resettlement.

“Dustin, this is crazy,” she said.

“I mean, this is what we imported when we brought in a massive number of Somali refugees.”

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🚨 BOOM! Minnesota was only ONE PERCENT from flipping RED in 2022 in two statewide races, State Auditor and Attorney General

Minnesota voters should wake up and flip the state RED in 2026.

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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 29, 2025