Victor Davis Hanson: Minnesota Somali Fraud, Illegal Trucking Scandals Share One Thing: DEI

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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**This episode was recorded before Victor Davis Hanson's December 30 medical operation** Whether it’s some within the Minneapolis Somali community racking in millions of dollars from government grants for fraudulent businesses or severely unqualified illegal aliens obtaining commercial truck driving licenses, these groups were “categorized by officials as on the victimized, oppressed side of the lecture. And therefore, they were not completely audited. Because, if they had been audited, the cries of racism, nativism, etc., prejudice, bias would’ve been voiced. And people didn’t want to be exposed to that,” argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” These non-meritocratic DEI recipients are thrown into a self-perpetuating system that encourages them to continuously engage in illegal activity as they will never face consequences for their actions. When audits stop, deterrence dies—and corruption thrives. (00:00) Introduction to DEI Issues (00:56) Fraud and Exemptions in DEI (02:39) The Self-Perpetuating Cycle of Victimization (04:29) The Downfall of Meritocracy (05:23) The Future of DEI 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1 👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	We've talked in the past about the problems with diversity, equity and inclusion.
0:35.5	It's been in the news lately because there's a common denominator
0:38.3	between the 9 to 10 billion and climbing fraud among the Somali community in Minnesota.
0:45.3	Here in California we're looking at 60 to 70 billion dollar fraud. They were all given exemptions.
0:52.3	And the exemptions were subtle and insidious, but they were characterized that they were the victimized, oppressed side of the lecture.
1:00.0	What happens is you must continually make the case that you are a victim.
1:06.0	That alone will explain why you got this position, why you got this admission when you did not have
1:13.3	otherwise standard meritocratic qualification.
1:22.2	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal.
1:29.5	We've talked in the past about the problems with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
1:35.5	That's the rubric for what I guess we could call mandated equality of result rather than of opportunity.
1:44.1	But it's been in the news lately because there's a
1:46.7	common denominator between the 9 to 10 billion and climbing fraud among the Somali community,
1:54.2	some of them, in Minnesota. Here in California, we're looking at 6060 to $70 billion fraud involving everything from homeless
2:03.9	funds that were misspent or through corruption wasted and unemployment insurance, et cetera,
2:11.7	et cetera.
2:12.3	We have the problem with the truck drivers.
2:14.6	We had 17,000 licenses given to illegal aliens in California and put many of us in danger who drive frequently on the California freeways. That's true nationwide as well.
2:26.3	And then of course, the unknown number, it's in the several million, somewhere between eight and 12 million who came in under the Biden
2:34.7	administration.
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