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Congressman James Comer told Sean Hannity this week that the unfolding Minnesota child-care fraud story is the “biggest story in America,” and he wasn’t speaking in hyperbole. Comer pushed the point that when federal dollars meant for children disappear into shell operations, not only are families betrayed but the very trust that sustains government programs is shredded.
A 42‑minute investigative video posted by independent journalist Nick Shirley has ignited the outrage, alleging more than $110 million in questionable Child Care Assistance Program payouts after visits to multiple licensed centers that appeared empty during normal hours. Shirley highlighted shocking examples—one site licensed for nearly 100 children reportedly pulled down roughly $1.9 million in 2025 alone—details that demand a full accounting from those who oversee these funds.
The federal government has not sat on its hands: the Administration for Children and Families moved quickly to tighten reporting requirements and impose stricter verification before releasing more child‑care dollars, signaling that Washington will no longer be a passive bystander as taxpayer money vanishes. That step is exactly the kind of commonsense reform conservatives have called for—document the spending, verify the work, and stop treating automatic approvals as a blank check.
Minnesota state officials pushed back, saying initial inspections found many of the centers operating and that no definitive findings of fraud have been lodged for the locations featured in the viral footage. Those rebuttals only prove the point that oversight has been shoddy: if the state’s monitoring system can’t provide quick, transparent answers, taxpayers have every right to suspect a coverup and demand immediate, public audits.
This scandal isn’t an isolated irregularity; it sits on top of a pattern of corruption and mismanagement uncovered in Minnesota over recent years—from the Feeding Our Future nutrition scandal to alleged fraud in Medicaid and housing programs—which shows a systemic problem that partisan politics cannot paper over. If prosecutors and investigators have already brought charges and convictions in related schemes, then the timeline and the ledgers need to be followed to their political and financial end.
Republicans in Washington are rightly seizing the moment: state and federal lawmakers have demanded documents and scheduled oversight hearings to compel answers from Governor Tim Walz’s administration and state attorneys general who have either missed warning signs or looked the other way. This is accountability in action—if Democrats want to defend their stewardship of public funds, let them show the records, the attendance logs, and the bank trails in open hearings.
Patriotic Americans should be furious—but they should also be organized. Demand transparency, back the investigators, and vote for leaders who will stop rewarding fraud with more bureaucracy and instead enforce strict, enforceable rules that protect kids and honest providers. If Washington and the states won’t act decisively, conservatives must use every tool at our disposal to restore integrity to programs paid for by hardworking taxpayers.
