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Tim Walz must answer for Minnesota's 'baffling' billion-dollar fraud scandal: Turley
The third-ranking leader in the House of Representatives, who also happens to hail from Minnesota, demanded answers from Gov. Tim Walz after a YouTuber tried to confront employees of an alleged daycare center that had misspelled signage and no signs of activity outside but reportedly received $4 million in state funds.
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The video went viral this week amid the ongoing burgeoning scandal enveloping the Walz administration that notably included at least $1 billion lost to alleged social services fraud largely tied to the Somali community in the Twin Cities. A portion reportedly ended up in the hands of Somali terror group Al-Shabab.
Responding to the video, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who represents Twin Cities suburbs and St. Cloud, lashed out at the governor:
"4 million dollars of hard-earned tax dollars going to an education center that can't even spell learning correctly. Care to explain this one, Tim Walz?" he wrote on X.
The Quality Learning Center also recently made news for collecting 95 violations from the state human services agency between 2019 and 2023, according to St. Paul's ABC affiliate.
Such violations range from failure to keep hazardous items away from kids to the daycare not having any records for more than a dozen listed children, according to the outlet. Documentation reviewed by Fox News Digital showed the site's current license does not expire until the end of 2026.
This week, YouTuber Nick Shirley and another man approached a building labeled the Quality Learing Center (sic) on Nicolett Avenue in Minneapolis, with Shirley noting that "Learning" was spelled wrong on the daycare's sign outside.
Almost immediately, a woman appears and repeatedly yells ostensibly to anyone inside the building "don't open up it's ICE."
Shirley asked the woman whether she thought he or the other man were immigration agents, and identified himself as an online commentator.
The man held up a paper that appeared to show $1.9 million had been disbursed to the center in fiscal-year 2025, as he added that the total disbursement to the center that he had recorded was $4 million.
"Go away, you're not welcome here, shame on you," the woman said to Shirley, while it remained unclear if the woman had any association with the center.
"Are you in favor of $1.9 million going illegally/fraudulently to this business that [is called] 'Quality Learning Center' but can't spell 'learning' right on the door"
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