Reagan's white identity politics: Reagan lied about "welfare queens" intentionally (1976)

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Oh how some of us remember this friggin statement.

Just so happens,I had a Part Time Job at the Hennipen County Social Services Department when this POS hit the press. In the Twin Cities we had a Shock Jock spewing a similiar POS stating this so called Welfare Queen lived in Milwaukee and rode the Greyhound back and forth to Minneapolis to collect all her Welfare Checks from here Friends and Relatives mailing Address's. As someone who did only Intake of Clients and did prequalifying for both Housing and Monetary needs. This story about the Welfare queen is totally bogus. Yes there were people who tried to pull this off in various ways,but,when I would run the back ground,and things did not add up,their case was moved to a internal review group and maybe they would get a emergency Assistance with a return for further action with a Case Worker Assigned and if they did not show up for a follow up status,we turned these folks over to a special investigative unit and if contact in person was not made with in two days,and no further payments were to be made and a Court Order for fraud was issued.