Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), the Home Majority Whip, has issued a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz demanding solutions and fast motion following allegations of large-scale fraud involving Somali-run, publicly funded daycare and healthcare facilities.
The letter comes after a viral investigation by citizen journalist Nick Shirley who reportedly uncovered over $110 million in fraud in a single day.
In a December 29 letter addressed to Governor Tim Walz, Rep. Tom Emmer voiced sharp condemnation over what he known as a “nationwide shame” linked to Minnesota’s administration. “Amid the nationwide shame you’ve inflicted upon Minnesota,” Emmer started, “I’ve turn out to be additional appalled on the current experiences of a blatant, large-scale fraud scheme inside Somali-run healthcare and daycare facilities all through the state.”
He known as on Walz to take fast motion and said plainly: “I pray you weren’t complicit in permitting these facilities to outlive.”
Emmer famous that Shirley had just lately traveled to Minnesota to research what he described as “probably the most important fraud scandal in U.S. historical past” involving the funneling of billions in taxpayer {dollars} by Somali-run companies and public service operations, together with daycares, transportation companies, and healthcare suppliers. Emmer cited estimates that greater than $9 billion in taxpayer funds had been stolen underneath Governor Walz’s administration — an quantity he famous was almost equal to Somalia’s complete Gross Home Product (GDP).
Shirley, in his viral exposé, documented inactive or empty daycare facilities that he discovered had obtained thousands and thousands in federal and state support. One instance cited by Emmer concerned Mako Childcare and Mini Childcare Heart, which allegedly obtained $5 million in funding for 120 kids over three years whereas working out of an empty constructing. One other close by heart, ABC Studying Heart, licensed for 40 kids, obtained $3 million in taxpayer funds, based on Emmer.
“These criminals did this hand in hand together with your administration,” Emmer charged in his letter.
Different examples embrace the Future Leaders Early Studying Heart, which obtained over $3 million in 2025 whereas failing to offer paperwork for potential dad and mom, and the High quality Studying Heart — spelled incorrectly as “High quality Lear[n]ing Heart” on its signage — the place Shirley discovered no exercise and estimated that it had obtained roughly $4 million during the last two years.
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