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Tim Walz bragged about child care business in Minnesota during 2024 VP debate before massive fraud scandal came to light
NY Post ^ | 12/29/2025 | Patrick Reilly

Posted on 12/29/2025 7:31:05 AM PST by DFG

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz bragged about making it easier for people to get into the child care business during last year’s vice presidential debate with JD Vance, awkward resurfaced footage shows — as the state’s Somali immigrant community has been accused of bilking millions of dollars in aid meant for day care centers.

“We have to make it easier for folks to be able to get into [the child care] business and then to make sure that folks are able to pay for that. We were able to do it in Minnesota,” Walz said on stage as he proposed a federal paid family medical leave program.

The debate clip resurfaced following a mega-viral video from independent journalist Nick Shirley that exposed the vast scale of alleged fraud in the North Star State.

Many of the child care centers he visited had their doors shuttered despite receiving millions in aid from the state over the last several years, records reportedly show — including a day care with a misspelled sign that got $4 million in taxpayer money despite being empty.

The video prompted a response from FBI Director Kash Patel, who claimed yesterday the allegations were “just the tip of a very large iceberg” as he threatened convicted Somali scammers with denaturalization and deportation.

Critics were quick to drag Walz for the resurfaced debate comments.

“Yes Tim, you sure did make it easy for people to open childcare businesses. They don’t even need to provide childcare to get paid,” one person wrote on X, alongside the clip.

“Tim Walz was saying the quiet part out loud… If we only knew then what we know now,” another chimed in.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: callingrico; complicit; crime; criminalconspiracy; dflkickbacks; fraud; minnesomalia; scandal; theft; uncoveredin2022; video; walz
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1 posted on 12/29/2025 7:31:05 AM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

Midterms will be fun. Just play the democRats talking about what they did


2 posted on 12/29/2025 7:33:46 AM PST by FatherofFive (We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
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To: DFG

Walz previously addressed the alleged fraud at a press conference in November, before the full scale of the purported abuse came to light.


He didn’t expect the light to stay shined.

How do we help the reporter that keeps this in the spotlight?


3 posted on 12/29/2025 7:44:45 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: DFG

Walz previously addressed the alleged fraud at a press conference in November, before the full scale of the purported abuse came to light.


He didn’t expect the light to stay shined.

How do we help the reporter that keeps this in the spotlight?


4 posted on 12/29/2025 7:44:53 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: DFG

Walz previously addressed the alleged fraud at a press conference in November, before the full scale of the purported abuse came to light.


He didn’t expect the light to stay shined.

How do we help the reporter that keeps this in the spotlight?


5 posted on 12/29/2025 7:45:00 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: DFG

I need my own NGO.


6 posted on 12/29/2025 7:46:59 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: DFG

Meanwhile, Bannon with the ultimate limited-hangout immigration guest on this morning, pitching that we need to stop immigration—not that we have to expel the upwards of 60 million illegals here presently.

That’s what this Somali focus is being used for.


7 posted on 12/29/2025 7:48:43 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: DFG

THE IQ OF A CHICKEN


8 posted on 12/29/2025 7:53:51 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I have friends in MN who were telling me the exact same thing.
Apparently it was common knowledge in MN if you wanted to get rich, start a NGO


9 posted on 12/29/2025 8:05:15 AM PST by Zathras
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To: DFG

Minnesota does not have term limits and Walz has already announced his plans for a 3rd term as governor:

“Walz has confirmed his intention to run for re-election in 2026, officially announcing his campaign on September 16, 2025.”

Wonder what his chances are now? Wouldn’t be surprised if he is re-elected.


10 posted on 12/29/2025 8:09:16 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: DFG

I wonder if anyone else noticed the flash of anger when he “retreived” his son from the lectern. Bicep grab a little tight and an angry eye look.


11 posted on 12/29/2025 8:09:59 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: rktman

Will never forget it.


12 posted on 12/29/2025 8:11:34 AM PST by Mama Shawna
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To: DFG
Those Minnesota kids get the best education at the "Quality Learing Center." Maybe the Learing Center was built for Bill Clinton and Biden. They should rename if the "Quality Learing and Ogling Center."


13 posted on 12/29/2025 8:57:20 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Steve Drenker)
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To: DFG

There aren’t enough leftist votes to keep these scumbags in office, the illegals provide the votes needed to keep them in power


14 posted on 12/29/2025 9:22:25 AM PST by daku
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

They misspelled Nicollet also.


15 posted on 12/29/2025 9:30:52 AM PST by ClaytonForester
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To: ClaytonForester

LOL...good catch! I took many business trips to Nicollet Mall and missed that.

From another post on these scumbags from Somalia: “There are 539 childcare centers in Washington state that list Somali as the primary language. Most don’t even give a street address.”

They should send them ALL back where they came from.


16 posted on 12/29/2025 9:42:39 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Steve Drenker)
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To: DFG

Jake @JakeCan72 (Dec 28, 2025)
🚨🚨🚨MINNESOTA CHILDCARE FRAUD BOMBSHELL🤯

Sweet Angel Child Care — featured in Nick Shirley’s fraud exposé — has a Google-listed phone number that dials directly to Governor Tim Walz’s office.
https://x.com/JakeCan72/status/2005504762943582407

Receipts: https://share.google/T2UMGe4b2qO6k6Z4A

It’s legit I called it myself!

Audit everything. Full transparency. Now.

@AGPamBondi @FBIDirectorKash

#MinnesotaFraud #ChildcareScandal #TimWalz #TaxpayerMoney


17 posted on 12/29/2025 10:54:20 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: DFG

Waltz was elected VP

The powers that are, offed Kamala

Waltz becomes President


18 posted on 12/29/2025 10:57:01 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: FatherofFive

“Midterms will be fun. Just play the democRats talking about what they did”

If only that were true. The democrat voters LOVE when their politicians perpetrate crime and corruption. Ted Kennedy was beloved. Ilhan Omar witll be cheered for her crimes. Remember William Jefferson (democrat, Louisiana) used national guard rescue resources to get $50,000 of bribe money from his freezer after Hurricane Katrina? He received a standing ovation as a keynote speaker to the NAACP.


19 posted on 12/29/2025 11:59:44 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: DFG

And just think: Walz could have been one overdose away from the Presidency if Junkie Jezebel won the election.


20 posted on 12/29/2025 12:05:18 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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