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Who's Really Funding the Anti-ICE Riots? -- Bruner on Morning Wire


“It’s a pernicious pipeline from the border to the ballot box.”

That’s how Government Accountability Institute (GAI) research director Seamus Bruner summed up the welfare fraud that has been exposed in Minnesota, Maine, California, and probably more states to come.

Bruner joined the Morning Wire show to discuss those fraud patterns and also the interconnected network of dark money groups that have been funding anti-ICE protests.

Host John Bickley asks, “GAI has researched how this is taking place, not just in Minnesota, but in  California, Maine, and other states. Let’s start with Minnesota. What have you guys learned so far?”

“Minnesota is a perfect example of showing what we’ve been calling the ‘border to ballot box pipeline’ and how welfare benefits really fuel this whole system,” Bruner said. “Governor Walz covered it up, and there are many whistleblowers from inside the executive branch of Minnesota saying that he has been covering up this systemic fraud. The numbers are astronomical – into the billions of dollars stolen from hardworking taxpayers by what turn out to be constituents of Governor Walz.”

The New York Times reported that Walz covered this up because a voting bloc – mostly Somali’s – are key to Walz’s voter coalition and for Democrat-Farm-Labor party in Minnesota.

“That caught our eye, and we looked into it. And the more we looked into it, the more we found this kind of benefits fraud is happening all over” other states, Bruner said.

This keeps them reliably in the corner of people like Governor Walz or (Cal.) Governor Newsom. So, it’s really a pernicious pipeline from the border to the ballot box.”

Bruner explains GAI’s three-part framework to documenting how these fraud schemes are being used to fund and elect progressive politicians across the country. The Soros, Arabella, and Tides networks fund all three.

“Migrant Inc.,” explains how migrants get settled and onto benefits; “Election Inc.,” shows how they become political machines; and “Riot Inc.,” the most alarming of all, shows how they fund organized protest and chaos when federal enforcement threatens the system.

Bruner also discusses federal investigations, White House briefings with President Trump, and the growing risk of a powder keg situation fueled by mainstream media propaganda.

Listen to Bruner’s complete appearance on Morning Wire above.