Americans who pay the bills should be furious — what’s being exposed in Minnesota looks like outright theft of taxpayer dollars and a betrayal of the public trust. Republican Sen. Ashley Moody pressed the point on Hannity, calling for accountability and shining a spotlight on how bureaucracies let this kind of rot fester while hard-working families foot the bill.
Local reporting shows the problem is not a few bad actors but a broken system: the Minnesota Department of Human Services confirmed 62 active investigations into federally funded child-care providers, and records for one Minneapolis center list 95 violations stretching back years even as millions in state and federal Child Care Assistance Program payments flowed out. This isn’t accidental mismanagement — it’s systemic negligence that allowed licensed providers to keep billing despite failing basic safety and recordkeeping standards.
A viral video by an independent journalist helped light the fuse of outrage, showing an apparently empty facility with a misspelled sign where state records say nearly 100 children were supposed to be enrolled — footage that has lawmakers demanding answers and proof that oversight simply wasn’t happening on the ground. The clip crystallized what many taxpayers already suspected: the paper trail and the reality on the street are two very different things.
This daycare scandal sits alongside an even larger saga of pandemic-era abuse in Minnesota, where federal prosecutors have uncovered sprawling schemes tied to fraudulent food and assistance programs, prompting FBI resources and high-profile trials. The scale is breathtaking: alleged multi-million dollar schemes, brazen attempts to bribe jurors, and indictments that read like a criminal enterprise exploiting emergency rules and lax state supervision.
State officials have offered technical explanations about licensing and payment rules, but elected leaders in Minnesota and in Congress rightly want action — subpoenas, audits, and the names of every official who allowed payments to continue while red flags stacked up. Congressional Republicans have already demanded documents and answers from Governor Tim Walz’s administration; this is not a time for platitudes but for the kind of tough oversight Democrats avoid when their allies are implicated.
Conservatives should not temper our anger into complacency: freeze suspect payments, criminally refer operators who falsified records, reform CCAP rules so active licenses do not automatically translate into guaranteed taxpayer checks, and criminally pursue any officials who willfully ignored fraud. If government is going to spend our money, it must be audited, transparent, and accountable — anything less is theft dressed up as social policy.
This is about more than money; it’s about protecting children, preserving public trust, and restoring the rule of law. Patriots must demand prosecutions where warranted, independent oversight where systems fail, and a return to common-sense rules that put safety and taxpayers ahead of political narratives.
