Somali daycare scandal sparks fears Minnesota's elections have been rigged as 'loophole made for fraud' is exposed
By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Published: 01:04 EST, 31 December 2025 | Updated: 05:48 EST, 31 December 2025
A shocking undercover video by a citizen journalist has blown the lid off Minnesota's Somali-owned daycares - empty buildings raking in taxpayer funds.
But as Donald Trump dispatches federal agents to crackdown on the crisis, there are fears that the fraud might bleed into America's most hallowed system: its elections.
Kamala Harris, running alongside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, won the state in 2024 by just over 138,000 votes, a thin 4.2 percent margin.
Lawmakers are now demanding whether permissive voting regulations have left the Land of 10,000 Lakes drowning in election fraud.
Minnesota has over the last month emerged as ground zero in Donald Trump's battle against illegal immigration amid staggering reports of fraud in the Somali community - including taxpayer funds funneled to Islamist terrorists in north Africa.
The President has threatened Democratic Gov. Walz with federal prosecution for 'gross incompetence' and accused Rep. Ilhan Omar, who represents thousands of Somalis in the state, of marrying her brother to illegally obtain US citizenship.
Walz claimed the state has 'spent years cracking down on fraud - referring cases to law enforcement, shutting down and auditing high-risk programs.'
Omar, meanwhile, has urged people not to blame the entire Somali community for the actions of a few.
But the outrage reached fever pitch on Friday after a viral video by journalist Nick Shirley uncovered scores of empty Somali-run daycare centers in receipt of taxpayer funds.
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