Florida Representative Byron Donalds had strong words for both the U.S. Senate and Minnesota officials during a Monday interview on NewsNation. Speaking on “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” the Republican congressman discussed the House Oversight Committee’s latest moves regarding sanctuary cities and allegations of fraud in Minnesota.
Donalds argued that cities refusing to follow federal immigration laws should not receive federal tax dollars. He told Pavlich it makes “no sense” for these jurisdictions to get funding while violating national statutes.
“It makes no sense that you have any jurisdiction in the United States that violates federal immigration law, and yet they still get taxpayer money,” he said.
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While he believes the House could pass a bill to stop the funding tomorrow, he pointed to the Senate as the real roadblock. He expressed frustration with Democratic senators who he says are avoiding the issue entirely.
“If they truly believe that sanctuary cities should be funded, then they should go to the floor of the United States Senate, and they should actually argue and debate for that, but they don’t,” Donalds explained. Instead, he argued, “They stay in their offices, they refuse to move a package forward so it can’t get an up or down vote.”
He added that this is a prime example of where the filibuster is “failing the American people.”
The conversation then shifted to the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into fraud in Minnesota. Donalds made serious accusations against Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison. While acknowledging that the Department of Justice is handling criminal prosecutions and that guilty pleas have already been entered, Donalds insisted the Oversight Committee has a different target.
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He claimed that state leadership actively worked to silence concerns. “It’s pretty clear to me that Governor Walz, his team, Keith Ellison, and his team were stopping people from investigating this fraud and bringing it to an end,” Donalds stated.
He emphasized that the investigation is focused on whether these administrations stopped whistleblowers from exposing the truth to the public. “In my view, they’re complicit,” he concluded.
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