It's often been said that Democrats are very generous with other people's money. It's true, of course, and we need look no further than Minnesota to see it play out. Fraud in the Land of 10,000 Lakes has reached an eye-watering $9 billion, and an investigative journalist has shown not only how corrupt the state's Medicare/Medicaid programs are, but also that fraud is rife in its childcare programs, too, with daycare centers raking in millions but nary a child in sight.
State leaders have largely been silent, even as mayors of Minnesota cities began revolting against the Walz administration. Why? Well, Walz is probably elbows-deep in the fraud, and it appears he may be punishing/persecuting whistleblowers. Attorney General Keith Ellison is on the side of the Somali fraudsters, too. Officials, as all good Leftists are wont to do, didn't crack down on the Somali fraudsters, lest they appear "racist."
As I reported before Thanksgiving, the rampant fraud cost at least one Minnesota man his life. A fake "care agency" billed the state for 12 hours of daily care and checked in on the vulnerable man only occasionally. I've asked the question multiple times and haven't gotten an answer yet, so I'll ask it again: how many other Minnesotans have died thanks to this fraud? That number certainly isn't just one.
Which brings me to a point I've made every time I've written about DEI in healthcare. Democrats are not just generous with your money. They're generous with your lives, too.
States like New York and California have handed out CDLs to illegal immigrants like candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. The consequences have been deadly, with several fatal accidents happening thanks to illegal immigrant truck drivers who can't read or speak English, including our English road signs. The same party that trips over itself to get in front of a microphone to demand gun control, to "save one life," of course, after a shooting, shrugs and says your loved ones getting obliterated on our highways is a price we have to pay for a diverse truck driving workforce.
Now in NYC, incoming socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has decided to put the lives of every New Yorker at risk by nominating a grossly unqualified and inexperienced woman as the next New York Fire Department (NYFD) Commissioner.
Lillian Bonsignore has never worked as a firefighter, which seems like it would be the first bullet point under the "qualifications" section of the job listing.
But things like firefighting experience and competency pale in comparison to Bonsignore's real qualifications: she's openly gay.
🚨 NEW: Zohran Mamdani Appoints Lillian Bonsignore as New FDNY Commissioner
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) December 26, 2025
“Although she never served as a firefighter, she's confident that won't matter … Bonsignore is a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community who will serve as the FDNY's first openly gay commissioner.” pic.twitter.com/2WlzkollmC
I'm reminded of how, earlier this year, after the Los Angeles wildfires, a video of LAFD's "diverse" workforce went viral on social media. In that video, the LAFD Assistant Chief was asked about diversity and being able to physically do the job.
"You want to see somebody that responds to your house your emergency, whether it's a medical call or a fire call, that looks like you," she said. "It gives that person a little bit more ease, knowing that somebody might understand their situation better."
"'Is she strong enough to do this?' or 'You couldn't carry my husband out of a fire,'" she continued, citing reasonable criticisms, "Which my response is, he got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire."
You mean my husband is "in the wrong place" if our home catches fire and he needs to be rescued? Isn't removing people from a fire the job of...firefighters?
In 2024, the NYFD responded to more than 24,000 structural fires, the majority of them residential, and 12,000 non-structural fires. The NYFD says it responds to more than 300,000 incidents each year, including those fires and "non-fire-related emergencies."
The NYFD EMS division responds to more than 1.6 million medical emergencies annually. Combined with the fire responses, and that's 2.3 million calls.
The NYFD also responds to public safety incidents, hazards and natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and homeland security support.
That means the lives of millions of New Yorkers are in the hands of the NYFD. And instead of hiring someone who knows how to do the job and do it well, Mamdani just hired a woman based on who she prefers to sleep with.
What could possibly go wrong?
A great many things, but Zohran Mamdani and the Democrats don't care. To them, your life is a small price to pay to achieve their DEI utopia. Democrats, rich and privileged as they are, believe themselves to be insulated from such tragedies. Much like they get to keep their armed security detail while stripping us of our gun rights, they'll get the competent NYFD response when their house is on fire or their loved one is having a heart attack.
The common folks? Not so much.
Some of us may die, but it's a sacrifice they're willing to make.