'RED FLAGS': New Minnesota fraud uncovered tied to Ilhan Omar

Senator Joni Ernst joins me now. Senator, have you been surprised by the inflammatory language used by Democrats to respond to the shooting? I mean, AOC and others are calling it murder.

Stewart, I would like to say that I am surprised, but I am not surprised at all. This is the dangerous rhetoric that has been coming from the left for a very long time. And what they do, whether directly or indirectly, they are inciting further violence. These ICE agents were using legal authorities in Minnesota, and yet there were those that came out to impede their operations. Unfortunately, we had a very tragic incident resulting in the death of a young woman. But again, they are operating under legal authority.

The rhetoric has got to stop. There's an ongoing investigation. Let's not armchair quarterback this. Let's see what they say.

Got it. I want to talk about fraud in Minnesota. I believe you've uncovered something new. You are the chair of the Senate DOJ Committee. What have you uncovered?

Yes, absolutely, Stuart. There is a ton of fraud in Minnesota and many other states. But what I uncovered the other day in one of our spending bills making its way through that was supposedly going to a substance abuse clinic, which actually happened to be housed in a restaurant and run by three individuals that share the same residential address, according to their IRS paperwork.

Tons of red flags. So this is what we saw with the fraud involving the daycare centers. Now we see other earmarks coming directly from members of Congress where it seems fraud is being perpetrated as well. So I raised the issue and fortunately the House has now stripped that earmark out of that spending bill. But again this is how easy money has been flowing to bad actors in Minnesota. It's still shocking. One more for you

Senator. The Pentagon is conducting a review of women's effectiveness in ground combat roles. You're a combat veteran. You served in Iraq. You're a helicopter pilot. What do you think of this review?

Well, I wasn't a helicopter pilot, but I was a logistician, Stuart. So what I will tell you, though, is that we have women that are meeting the same standards as men. And if those women are qualified for those positions and they are meeting the standard, then they should be able to serve in combat. They are just as effective as the men that they serve with.

Now, I would say that there's also many men in those combat roles as well that probably are not as strong as some of those women. So are we going to start pulling those men out of those positions as well? Or are we just targeting these women because we have XX chromosomes? I'm not sure. But again, we are effective leaders.

Leadership is necessary in combat. If women are meeting the same physical and mental standards as men, they should be allowed to compete for those positions.

And we always appreciate you being on our program. Senator Joni Ernst, thanks very much And we always appreciate you being on our program. Senator Joni Ernst, thanks very much for joining us. I know we'll see you again soon. Thank you, ma'am.