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President Trump’s administration did the right thing by freezing roughly $185 million in federal child-care payments to Minnesota after a widening scandal exposed brazen theft from taxpayer-funded programs. The move came after damning reporting and federal probes revealed daycare centers and other nonprofits may have been billing the government for services that never happened, prompting House Majority Whip Tom Emmer to publicly applaud decisive action on Jesse Watters Primetime. Americans deserve accountability, not excuses from state officials who turned a blind eye while fraud ate away at essential services.
The scale of the alleged fraud is nothing short of shocking, with investigations touching multiple programs and prosecutors estimating vast sums were siphoned off through coordinated schemes like pandemic-relief and child-care scams. Federal investigators and reporters have uncovered cases tied to feeding programs, unemployment claims and bogus daycare operations, leading to scores of criminal charges and growing estimates that the theft could be in the billions. This isn’t a few isolated errors — it looks like systemic gaming of a welfare state that rewards deception over honest work.
Tom Emmer’s blunt response — calling for denaturalization, deportation where appropriate, and the simple directive “send them home” for those who defrauded taxpayers — is the kind of unapologetic leadership Americans elected Republicans to provide. When elected officials and bureaucrats enable or ignore this behavior, conservatives must demand the harshest penalties available and changes to the law to prevent repeat crimes. Law and order means consequences, and making an example of fraudsters is both common sense and necessary to deter future theft.
Let’s be clear: freezing funds is painful, but the alternative is worse — continuing to funnel American tax dollars into phantom programs and shutting honest parents and providers out of help when real needs arise. Minnesota receives roughly $185 million annually for child care and tens of thousands of children depend on that system, which is why rooting out corruption swiftly is the moral choice for taxpayers and the kids who actually need care. If state officials want the money back flowing, they’ll produce transparent audits, attendance records and licensing verification instead of playing politics.
Predictably, Democrats and some local leaders rushed to call this move politicized and warned of harm to entire communities — including comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar and Governor Tim Walz — yet defending institutions is not the same as defending fraud. Patriotism means protecting the rule of law, not sheltering scammers behind the cloak of identity politics; every criminal should be prosecuted regardless of background, and no community gets a pass for stealing from hardworking Americans. A nation that values fairness must prioritize victims over narratives.
The Trump administration’s demand for receipts, photos and stricter verification for future payments is a commonsense reform that should have been standard years ago, and federal auditors must be allowed to follow the paper trail wherever it leads. Congress should fast-track hearings, empower denaturalization where fraud is proven in citizenship cases, and expand tools to recover stolen funds so taxpayers are made whole. If Washington wants to restore faith in government, it will back tough oversight and enforcement — not excuses — and it will stand with Americans who expect their leaders to protect public money first.
