Tim Walz’s jab at Trump over Reflecting Pool draws fraud scandal backlash: 'Sit this one out'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. President Donald Trump attributes Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's $14 million repair needs to vandalism, citing viral videos of peeling paint. He announced arrests and criticized ABC reporter Jonathan Karl for touching the pool. US Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro emphasized prosecuting all vandalism, including minor acts, to maintain D.C.'s beauty and safety. Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s viral jab at President Donald Trump over the troubled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool cleanup drew swift blowback from critics online, who pointed to the massive fraud scandal that unfolded in Minnesota under Walz’s watch. "Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went," Walz wrote on Friday in a post on X with over 3.5 million views. "The