‘Targeted’: Minnesota Islamists demand investigation of ‘bias motive’ for alleged daycare vandalism
Islamists in Minnesota say there’s been alleged vandalism at a “Somali-run” daycare center in Minneapolis, and it allegedly was because of a “bias motive.”
They are demanding case is a result of “dehumanizing rhetoric about an entire community.”
The facts are that the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota, numbering tens of thousands of immigrants, has been caught up in a massive scheme alleging fraud against taxpayers, who apparently have lost billions of dollars.
The schemes have been as simple as setting up a daycare center, providing no services, then billing the government for thousands of days of daycare provided.
Another accusation has been that virtually every Somali child in the immigrant community is autistic, meaning every child is on government aid programs.
Now comes a statement from Islamists in the state, who cited “reports” saying the Nokomis Daycare Center was vandalized “following a wave of online misinformation and hostile rhetoric directed at Minnesota’s Somali community.”
They noted this facility “was not included in a viral social media video that has fueled right-wing attacks and false narratives about Somali-run childcare providers.”
From Jaylani Hussein, a spokesman for the activist Council on American-Islamic Relations-Minnesota group, was the statement: “This disturbing incident raises serious concerns about the real-world consequences of anti-Somali, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim hate speech circulating online. When misinformation and dehumanizing rhetoric about an entire community are allowed to spread unchecked, acts of intimidation and vandalism become more likely. Even though this day care had no connection to the viral video being circulated online, it was still targeted. That raises serious questions about whether bias played a role in the vandalism, and those questions deserve a thorough investigation by law enforcement authorities.”
The group characterized claims being made about the evidence of fraud as “racist and dishonest.”
Meanwhile, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat who was the second half of Kamala Harris’ failed 2024 presidential bid for the leftist party, is being told to appear before Congress and explain what’s going on with the fraud cases in his state’s Somali immigrant community.
“American taxpayers demand and deserve accountability for the theft of their hard-earned money. Congress has a duty to conduct rigorous oversight of this heist and enact stronger safeguards to prevent fraud in taxpayer-funded programs, as well as strong sanctions to hold offenders accountable,” explained Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.
He’s the chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee and has called on Walz to testify.
A report from the Center Squad said Comer also wants Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, another far-left Democrat in the state, to testify at a hearing scheduled for Feb. 10.
Tim Walz’s office responded to the announcement of congressional hearings, saying: “We’re always happy to work with Congress, though this committee has a track record of holding circus hearings that have nothing to do with the issue at hand. While the Governor has been working to ensure fraudsters go to prison, the president has been selling pardons to let them out.”
Fraud allegations have flooded the state and its social benefits programs for weeks now. Estimates are that taxpayers have been defrauded of billions of dollars through various schemes.
There also will be a hearing Jan. 7 with Minnesota state Reps. Kristin Robbins, Walter Hudson and Marion Rarick, all Republicans in the state House who had issued warnings about suspected fraud in the state.
Their warnings were ignored by the Walz administration.
“Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison have either been asleep at the wheel or complicit in a massive fraud involving taxpayer dollars in Minnesota’s social services programs,” Comer said. “American taxpayers demand and deserve accountability for the theft of their hard-earned money.”
Multiple federal investigations already have been started.
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