Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Monday on FOX News reacted to Nick Shirley’s viral video expose on alleged fraud at Minnesota daycare centers run by Somali-Americans.

MOLLY LINE, FOX NEWS: Thank you, Bill. Minnesota Republican Congressman Tom Emmer is the House Majority Whip, and here to comment on all of this, an incredible story here breaking. As Bill noted, this has gone viral. Nick Shirley’s reporting. He got out there and he did, you know, the old-fashioned legwork. He walked the walk, he asked questions, and he revealed some fascinating stuff. And, as many people have said, potentially the tip of the iceberg here. I want to get your thoughts on his reporting and what’s been exposed here. REP. TOM EMMER (R-MN): Well, great to be with you, Molly. I mean, look, this young journalist, Nick Shirley, goes out there and finds more evidence of fraud in one day than Tim Walz and our Attorney General, Keith Ellison, have found in seven years. Why did he find it? Because he looked for it, Molly. While Tim Walz and Keith Ellison have been looking the other way, billions of dollars have been stolen from Minnesota taxpayers. You’ve got the child care centers they showed you. There’s 80 autism centers that are under investigation. There was a housing stabilization program that was created in 2020. They estimated it was going to run about $ 2 million a year. Molly, they shut it down in October because it was rife with fraud, and they’d already sucked out over $ 160 million. The U.S. Attorney’s Office here in Minnesota estimates this fraud could actually reach $ 9 billion before the investigation is all over. And we’ve got two major issues going on in addition to just the fraud. One, millions of dollars of this fraud has been shipped back to Somalia to a known terrorist group, al-Shabaab. And two, we’ve got all kinds of whistleblowers now that are coming forward. And if what they are saying is real and can be documented, and what they’re saying is they told Tim Walz about the fraud when it was happening, and he not only ignored them, he retaliated against them. I’m telling you, Molly, if that’s accurate and it can be proven, Tim Walz needs to be held accountable. Everybody in his administration needs to be held accountable. This guy now is scrambling to make it look like he’s doing something. Two weeks ago, he created a position with a guy to investigate fraud. Seven years too late, Timmy. It’s time that we find answers to all these questions and hold everybody accountable that has ripped off Minnesota taxpayers and, frankly, supported terrorists in a foreign country.

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