Alleged fraud in Minnesota has led to Trump administration cutting childcare to the state

The Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump Administration has claimed that Minnesota has widespread fraud in its childcare services. In response, they have cut off federal aid payments of childcare.

People have begun to attribute the reaction to a YouTuber named Nick Shirley, who has been called Xenophobic and Islamophobic. He stated that there was widespread fraud, especially at Somali-run childcare centers. While the Trump administration has not directly attributed this to their statement, the timing is considered suspicious to many.

Moreover, Trump has been making it clear that he distrusts undocumented Somalis, in the belief that they are not paying their fair share in the country. Yesterday, he stated that illegal Somali immigrants make up 90% of the childcare fraud in the state. Trump claimed to be furious at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for his supposed failures as in this scandal. The GOP-led Congress has called on Walz to come to the Capitol to testify. While Walz's office has stated that they are open to coming, they made it clear that they believe that these kinds of Congressional hearings have had a precedent of being a beatdown instead of a true call to justice.

While it is unclear what will happen in the future, this scandal has been a heavy hit to Walz's administration in the state.