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Washington officials blast conservatives for Minnesota-style day care fraud claims in new state
Fox News ^ | January 2, 2026 | Charles Creitz

Posted on 01/02/2026 1:28:31 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

A top blue-state governor slammed conservatives for inflicting "deep damage" on the Somali–American community, while the state’s top prosecutor warned of potential charges after citizen journalists filmed encounters with alleged Minneapolis-like day care addresses and streamed them online.

Citizen journalists have raised public visibility of rampant fraud allegations in Minnesota, with a large part of the allegations stemming from within the Somali community there. Weeks after Gov. Tim Walz came under fire, other bloggers traveled to Seattle and King County, Washington, to visit what they claimed were similarly fraudulent day care sites — drawing Olympia's ire.

Former White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk highlighted media posted by Kristen Magnuson, who, along with Cam Higby — an independent journalist recently connected with Charlie Kirk’s conservative Turning Point USA organization — and podcaster Jonathan Choe, sounded the alarm about alleged Minneapolis-style situations cropping up in the Pacific Northwest.

"They are fraud-maxxing this exploit," Musk claimed in response to a post by Magnuson that included a video scrolling a list of up to 539 daycare centers in Washington state that she said allegedly listed Somali as the primary language.

Meanwhile, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, took to X to post several photos of himself meeting with what he said were Somali community leaders.

In those meetings, Ferguson said he "discuss(ed) the deep damage inflicted by Donald Trump's harmful rhetoric and reckless deportations. Here in Washington state, we recognize that diversity is a strength."

Democrats have claimed such "damage" as an uptick in anti-Somali rhetoric and some liberals have condemned citizen journalists taking it upon themselves to visit alleged day care sites.

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1 posted on 01/02/2026 1:28:31 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Oh, s**t! They found us out!”


2 posted on 01/02/2026 1:31:59 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Communism is alive and well in Washington State and other deep blue socialist states.

In effect Washington is threatening “Show Trials” like in the Soviet Union of old.

Looks like a communist, speaks like a communist, it is not a duck. It is a communist.


3 posted on 01/02/2026 1:33:26 PM PST by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: MinorityRepublican

As MS Now already pushed at the very beginning: this is a white racism thing through and through. Catching the guilty bad guys was only a racist plot. /S


4 posted on 01/02/2026 1:33:53 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Here in Washington state, we recognize that diversity is a strength.”

If that’s the case then why hasn’t there been a Republican governor in the last 20+ years.


5 posted on 01/02/2026 1:39:42 PM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
One bright spot is that Washington State is due for a massive 9 magnitude
earthquake and a giant tsunami which will wash all the filth away. There's a
lot to look forward to in the coming year.

Let's hope Mother Nature wakes up and puts on a good show in Washington State. Keep your fingers crossed.

6 posted on 01/02/2026 1:40:06 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s a crime to find out a Democrat is committing a crime.

This is their word:

They are simply what is. What ever they do it’s just that way it is. Whatever they say, is just how it is. Heads they win, tails they win, you shut up and obey or else ask Charlie Kirk the or else.

You or anyone who points out that the leftist kings have no clothes are criminal. You are not what is. You are not allowed to exist. Why do you exist?


7 posted on 01/02/2026 1:42:59 PM PST by FlipWilson
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To: MinorityRepublican

Diversity is never a strength, Unity is. . . . . . That is all.....


8 posted on 01/02/2026 1:56:07 PM PST by Glad2bnuts
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To: MinorityRepublican

Diversity is never a strength, Unity is. . . . . . That is all.....


9 posted on 01/02/2026 1:56:07 PM PST by Glad2bnuts
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To: LastDayz

Dino vs Christine... I mean Chris, the first instance of pay for votes of illegals, homeless, duplicates. Who really knows. Dino is a good man, he would have helped stem the tide. Now we have 9 full on libtard state Supreme court judges, and nearly 80% libtard elected representatives. One Hundred percent libtard appointments.


10 posted on 01/02/2026 1:59:12 PM PST by Glad2bnuts
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yeah, and I want to inflict harm on the fraud-ridden Somali population that is bilking taxpayers of millions of dollars. Don’t throw them in jail where they are still a burden on taxpayers. Throw them back to Somalia and see how their fraud is treated there.


11 posted on 01/02/2026 1:59:41 PM PST by econjack
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To: LastDayz
If that’s the case then why hasn’t there been a Republican governor in the last 20+ years.

40 years, but then, who is counting?? John Spellman 1981-1985.

And then factor that it has been 60+ years since there was a governor of either party from other than King County (Seattle).

12 posted on 01/02/2026 2:02:53 PM PST by llevrok (“'Remember when' is the lowest form of conversation.” - Tony Soprano)
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To: All

OH MY GOD

The Somali Embassy in Serbia just dmed me telling me to “stop laying about Somalia”

They must have learned how to spell in the quality learing center pic.twitter.com/dkGbKzC8oI— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 2, 2026


13 posted on 01/02/2026 2:03:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

In other reports, the WA AG is threatening those who question Somali run daycares with a hate crime. Yep, that’s WA today.


14 posted on 01/02/2026 2:06:21 PM PST by Robwin ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

We could always place a bounty on Pro-Somali Salami Tamales. Those maggots have just too much Anti-American crap going on stealing the big bucks from Americans and giving it to those subhuman Afrikans who love to kill Americans and steal everything they have.


15 posted on 01/02/2026 2:21:11 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Kilmar the Abrego Kid has kicked Uncle Sam's ass with the help of his Judgette Skanks gang. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Washington State makes California look like a well-run organization. Oregon is a close second to Washington, as is MN and IL.


16 posted on 01/02/2026 5:03:43 PM PST by CdMGuy
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