“89% Are Somali” - Nick Shirley DEBUNKS Islamophobia Accusations Over Minneapolis Daycare Fraud
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Nick Shirley reacts to AP and Newsweek reporting showing 89 percent of Minnesota fraud cases tied to one community. He explains why accountability is about data, not identity, and shares tense encounters that forced him to hire security while continuing his investigation.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's Newsweek. You ready? This is from AP. When he says, why don't you go target other audiences, |
| 0:06.0 | other communities? From AP in Newsweek, Rob, if you can pull up this article, you know which one I'm |
| 0:11.4 | talking about. We read about this yesterday. AP cited, citing the U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota |
| 0:19.2 | reported that Somali Americans made up 89% of those |
| 0:24.5 | that had been charged in connection with the case of December 19. Trump has repeatedly criticized |
| 0:29.8 | the state's large Somali community in recent weeks, meaning all the fraud that's happening, |
| 0:35.2 | 89% of it was tied to that community. |
| 0:40.2 | The new allegations follows a series of fraud cases involving government programs in the state. |
| 0:43.8 | The Firestorm over alleged mass fraud began earlier this year and intensified in December after the state acting. |
| 0:49.7 | US attorneys said $9 billion or more in federal funds allocated to 14 state run programs since |
| 0:56.0 | 2018 have been stolen again. 89% was tied to Somalis. We don't care what nationality you are. |
| 1:03.6 | We just want to know who's doing it. If you come to America, you simulate, you make the place a better |
| 1:07.8 | place, let's turn you into a flippant hero. But if you come |
| 1:10.8 | and you steal from taxpayers and you have the data that came up, Rob, which is so frustrating, |
| 1:17.0 | that says 10 years after, you know which one I'm talking about, the chart I sent it to yesterday, |
| 1:22.7 | folks who lived in America, Minnesota, for 10 years plus, what percentage of them were still taking |
| 1:28.0 | welfare or social programs that we have? |
| 1:33.0 | 78% were 10 years after living in America in Minneapolis. |
| 1:38.6 | What do you mean 78%. |
| 1:40.7 | 78%. |
| 1:42.7 | These are numbers and stats that are out there. |
| 1:45.0 | Rob, if you don't have it, I'll send it to you so the audience can see this. And by the way, while I'm looking for this, Rob, can you do me in favor while I'm looking for this, Rob? Can you play the clip of that one guy saying, yes, you white man, yes, you white girl, you go work while I'm paying for this. Yes, you, you know which one I'm talking about. I was talking about, I sent that to you yesterday. |
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