Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, which was shown live, that 50% of visa applications submitted by Minnesotans are “fraudulent.” 

“You told me to look into Minnesota and their fraud on visas and their programs: 50% of them are fraudulent, which means that wacko Gov. (Tim) Walz either is an idiot or he did it on purpose — and I think he’s both, sir,” Noem said to President Donald Trump, reported the New York Post. 

“He brought people in there, illegally, that never should’ve been in this country, said they were somebody that they’re not, they said they were married to somebody who was their brother or somebody else,” added Noem. 

Noem also said those who submitted “fraudulent visa applications signed up for government programs, took hundreds of billions of dollars from the taxpayers, and we’re going to remove them and get our money back.”