Commentary
Minnesota did not wake up one morning and suddenly become a hub for fraud.
(L–R) Minnesota Rep. Kristin Robbins, Minnesota Rep. Walter Hudson, Minnesota Rep. Marion O'Neill Rarick, and former special counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice Brendan Ballou testify during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Kathy Barnette
Author
Kathy Barnette is the author of “Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America” (2020).