California benefit scams make Minnesota fraud look like ‘child’s play,’ Chris Rufo tells ‘Pod Force One’
Chris Rufo criticized California's handling of benefit fraud, claiming it surpasses issues seen in Minnesota. He highlighted that only two officials were responsible for overseeing fraud prevention in California, leading to significant losses. Rufo pointed out that various ethnic groups have been implicated in these scams, suggesting a culture of exploitation in the state.
- ▪Chris Rufo stated that California's fraud problems are on a much larger scale than those in Minnesota.
- ▪During the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately $32 billion was stolen from California's unemployment insurance program.
- ▪Rufo noted that only two bureaucrats were assigned to oversee fraud prevention in California, which he deemed insufficient.
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Politics California benefit scams make Minnesota fraud look like ‘child’s play,’ Chris Rufo tells ‘Pod Force One’ By Victor Nava Published May 20, 2026, 6:02 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The level of fraud in California under Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom makes Minnesota’s scandals look like “child’s play,” a conservative activist explained on the latest episode of “Pod Force One,” noting that at one point only two officials were tasked to root out scammers in the Golden State. “The scale of it in the state of California is just another level entirely,” Chris Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and one of the first writers to shed light on the Minnesota Somali fraud problem, told “Pod Force One” host Miranda Devine.
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