ABC, NBC, CBS evening newscasts ignore widening Minnesota fraud case on Tim Walz's watch

In a Truth Social post on Thanksgiving, Trump tore into Walz, who the president called "seriously r------d," and accused the governor of doing nothing "either through fear" or "incompetence."

However, ABC's "World News Tonight," NBC's "Nightly News" and "CBS Evening News" have not mentioned Walz by name in the past week, according to a search of transcripts using Grabien Media. 

The terms "Somali" and "Somalian" were also not used on any of the three network newscasts. 

ABC News, NBC News and CBS News did not immediately respond when asked by Fox News Digital why their evening newscasts skipped the story.  

"Another day, another massive story of blue-state political malfeasance hidden by the elitist media nightly news," NewsBusters analyst Jorge Bonilla said in a report for the conservative media watchdog. "This time, there is not a peep about the exploding welfare scandal currently engulfing the state of Minnesota - which directly implicates some of its senior-most elected leaders."

"This is, without a doubt, a scandal of massive proportions that continues to unfold. And yet, a search of the legacy nightly news over the past week yields absolutely nothing," Bonilla continued. "Had such allegations of corruption unfolded in, say, Florida, you'd never hear the end of it. But, as is often the case with these things, they appear to be different. The double standard wins again."

"Well, certainly, I take responsibility for putting people in jail," the governor responded.

"I will note, it's not just Somalis. Minnesota is a generous state. Minnesota is a prosperous state, a well-run state. We're AAA-bond rated. But that attracts criminals. Those people are going to jail," Walz continued. "We're doing everything we can. But to demonize an entire community on the actions of a few? It's lazy."

Walz also addressed the fraud at a press conference last week, saying it "undermines trust in government," and "undermines programs that are absolutely critical in improving quality of life."

"If you're committing fraud, no matter where you come from, what you look like, what you believe, you are going to go to jail," Walz said.

Fox News Digital's Hanna Panreck and Ashley Carahan contributed to this report.