Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday that he would not seek a third term as the chief executive of the North Star state. The popular Democrat and former vice presidential candidate’s shocking announcement came amid an unfurling scandal around social services fraud in Minnesota. In his statement, Walz painted his decision to not seek reelection as a question of priorities. The governor said a re-election campaign would take time and energy needed to fight a conservative push to paint the state as overrun with fraudsters, particularly in the Somali-American communities in the Twin Cities. “For the last several years, an organized group of criminals have sought to take advantage of our state’s generosity. And even as we make progress in the fight against the fraudsters, we now see an organized group of political actors seeking to take advantage of the crisis,” Walz said. The administration of President Donald Trump has used the claims of fraud, boosted by a discredited viral video about daycare centers, to shut off federal funding to the progressive state. Walz …