Jacob Frey

We got to keep the city rolling.

There's a lot of people, immigrants included, that will work at that show and need to work at that show to feed their families.

In this case and in all cases, we should be telling the truth with a full-throated response.

The fraud is real.

and is devastating.

We have people in Minnesota and beyond that have stolen money that should have gone to feed kids, that should have gone to housing stabilization, that should have gone to daycare.

And for those that stole money, they should get charged, prosecuted, arrested, and put in jail, period.

We should be angry about that because that also is crazy and should not happen.

We in Minnesota have a sense of helping people out.

We have a sense of creating a social safety net.

And when people take advantage of that social safety net, they should be held accountable, period.

That shouldn't be a wild position to have.

Here's another truth.

They should be held accountable as individuals.

They should be held accountable as individuals.

You should rise based on your own success and talent.

You should fall based on your own flaws and massive screw-ups and crimes.

Whole communities, however, should not be held accountable.

You do not hold the whole Somali community accountable for the actions of the fraudsters.

You do not hold the whole Jewish community accountable when Bernie Madoff goes to jail.