Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s office pushed back amid Republican outrage over a viral video showing potential fraud at a Somali-run daycare center, which allegedly received millions of dollars in state funding.
Independent reporter Nick Shirley did the type of work that so-called professional journalists won’t do when he visited a number of daycare centers in the deep blue state, with one on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis having a misspelled sign reading “Quality Learing Center” while not appearing to be active.
The “Quality Learing Center” was featured in the 42-minute video showing the YouTuber and an associate hit the streets as Walz’s administration has been engulfed by what one federal prosecutor branded as “industrial-scale fraud” involving the looting of taxpayers by Somali swindlers.
🚨 Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable
We ALL… pic.twitter.com/E3Penx2o7a
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 26, 2025
In the video, an employee of the center is heard shouting that the reporter and his team were with federal immigration enforcement and “Don’t open up! It’s ICE!” to staff inside the facility, which was said to have received around $4 million over four years and reportedly oversaw 99 children, none of whom were seen in the video.
While the exposé didn’t merit the attention of the mainstream media, which is reluctant to critically cover Democrat scandals, it blew up on social media over the weekend, where it got the attention of Republicans, with lawmakers and Trump administration officials expressing outrage over what seems to be another example of the rampant fraud that has taken place on Walz’s watch.
🚨 This is a prime example of the BILLIONS of dollars in fraud happening right now in Minnesota, this is one of the hundreds of “daycares” receiving millions of dollars from the government, this daycare (that can’t even spell learning right) received $1,900,000 in tax exempt… pic.twitter.com/TlZVqg9LBi
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 23, 2025
A spokesperson for Walz’s office told Fox News that the governor has been working to “crack down on fraud” while passing the buck to state lawmakers.
“The governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and ask the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action,” the spinmeister told the outlet. “He has strengthened oversight — including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed.”
Walz’s spox added that the governor has “hired an outside firm to audit payments to high-risk programs, shut down the Housing Stabilization Services program entirely, announced a new statewide program integrity director, and supported criminal prosecutions.”
Shirley said that the alleged fraud in Walz’s state is “so obvious” that a “kindergartner could figure out that there is fraud going on” during an appearance on “The Big Weekend Show” on Fox News.
(Video Credit: Fox News)
The independent reporter also suggested that other journalists could be afraid to do their jobs because they fear being called “Islamophobic” or “racist,” two terms that are routinely used to smear those who dare to ask serious questions about Somali fraudsters.
“Fraud is fraud, and we work too hard simply just to be paying taxes and enabling fraud to be happening,” Shirley said.
The 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee tried to distract from the mushrooming scandal that could end his political career with a Sunday post touting his state, but Shirley was quick to fact-check him.
Don’t forget #1 for fraud https://t.co/0rjkz6VVcT
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 28, 2025
“Tim Walz and the fraudsters aren’t escaping this one,” Shirley said in a Friday post to X. “In one day my crew and I uncovered over $110,000,000 in fraud, this is just the tip of the iceberg. We the people simply work too hard and pay too much in taxes to allow this to happen, they must be held accountable.”
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