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🗓️ 8 January 2026
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At a Minnesota fraud hearing on Capitol Hill, Democrat witness defending Somali immigration Brendan Ballou was grilled by Texas Rep. Brandon Gill with a flurry of Somali welfare statistics that left him speechless in what’s become a jaw-dropping viral exchange. Let’s watch and react.
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| 0:00.0 | I ask you, does large-scale Somali immigration make Minnesota stronger or weaker? |
| 0:05.0 | Certainly stronger. |
| 0:07.0 | His statement is about to get debunked harder than any statement in human history, I think, |
| 0:12.0 | so much so that it is almost painful to watch. |
| 0:15.0 | So let's talk about it. |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah, you better. Yeah, you better. |
| 0:23.6 | Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. |
| 0:26.3 | Today we're headed to a House Oversight Committee hearing where we're talking about the |
| 0:30.2 | issue of wide-scale fraud in Minnesota, particularly fraud being carried out by Somalis or |
| 0:36.4 | Somalians. |
| 0:37.4 | Now, recently, Nick Shirley put out a documentary that I think many of us saw became one of the most viewed videos on X, |
| 0:42.3 | where he claims to have uncovered over $100 million in Somali fraud that is being carried out |
| 0:48.3 | through different daycare centers and healthcare companies in the state of Minnesota. |
| 0:53.3 | Now, there has been a lot of interest in this |
| 0:55.9 | story, a lot of people uncovering even more fraud on top of that, particularly in the state of |
| 1:00.0 | Minnesota, but in other states just like it. And now we have this House committee hearing that |
| 1:04.9 | is talking through these issues. And I'm going to show you a clip that has just blown my mind |
| 1:09.4 | here. It's going to feature a Republican from Texas, he's a congressman. |
| 1:13.1 | His name is Brandon Gill. |
| 1:14.4 | And he's questioning Brendan Ballou, who is a former DOJ prosecutor, who's there on behalf of the Democrats, being a witness for them in this hearing. |
| 1:22.2 | Now, we're going to get into the topic of Somalians and how they impact the American economy, our welfare system, how they |
| 1:31.4 | assimilate to the United States. Let's watch. Mr. Baloo, again, thank you for being here. |
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