The FBI just executed search warrants at 22 locations across Minneapolis this week as part of a massive fraud crackdown targeting Somali-owned businesses that were allegedly stealing childcare funding. One of the raided locations was called a “Learing Center.” Not a “Learning Center” — a “Learing Center.” They couldn’t even spell the name of the fake education business they were using to commit fraud.
These people weren’t exactly criminal masterminds. Although to be fair, if your fraud operation has been running successfully for years under a governor who doesn’t ask questions, why bother with spell-check?
The raids were carried out by the FBI, the DOJ, and DHS partners — Kash Patel’s people — and they hit childcare facilities across the city that were allegedly part of a massive scheme to siphon off government childcare funds. We’re not talking about some nickel-and-dime operation here. The House Oversight Committee has noted that Minnesota has been sitting on roughly $9 BILLION in fraud, and Tim Walz spent an entire congressional hearing dodging questions about it like he was in a game of political dodgeball.
But here’s where the story gets truly delicious.
After the FBI — under Director Kash Patel’s leadership — executed every single one of those search warrants, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hopped on social media and tried to take credit for the whole thing. His post claimed that Minnesota state agencies “caught irregular behavior and reported it.” Translation: “We totally knew about this fraud the whole time and we were already on it, guys! The FBI just happened to show up on the same day!”
Sure, Tim. And the Titanic was just doing a really aggressive parking maneuver.
Patel’s response was two words that will live in internet history: “Come again?”
Then he followed up with the full body slam: “This FBI and DOJ with our DHS partners drafted and executed every search warrant today. But go ahead and take credit for our work while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship.”
Ouch. That’s not a clapback — that’s a public execution by tweet. Walz’s post had already racked up over a million views, which means a million people watched Tim Walz try to steal credit for a federal investigation and then watched Kash Patel light him up like a Fourth of July fireworks display.
One Republican critic put it perfectly — Walz is “an arsonist masquerading as a firefighter.” And honestly, that might be the most accurate description of Tim Walz’s entire political career. This is the same guy who watched Minneapolis burn during the 2020 riots and couldn’t figure out how to deploy the National Guard. The same guy who let his state become a fraud playground while he was busy running for vice president. And now he wants to pretend he was leading the charge against the very corruption that flourished on his watch?
The audacity is almost impressive. Almost.
Let’s talk about what was actually happening in these raided businesses. Childcare fraud. The kind of scheme where you set up a fake childcare facility, enroll kids who don’t exist or don’t actually attend, and then bill the government for their “care.” Taxpayer money — YOUR money — flowing into businesses that provide no actual services to children. And this has apparently been going on in Minnesota at a scale that makes your head spin.
Sen. Rand Paul credited investigative journalist Nick Shirley and the Vice President for bringing public attention to the issue. Meanwhile, Minneapolis city officials were quick to clarify they had nothing to do with the raids either — apparently everyone in Minnesota government wants to either take credit or run away from this story, depending on which direction the wind is blowing.
Here’s what we love about this story: it’s a clean win. The FBI, under new leadership, is actually doing its job — going after real fraud instead of raiding the homes of parents who attend school board meetings. Kash Patel is running the bureau like it’s supposed to be run, and when a clown like Walz tries to steal the spotlight, Patel puts him in his place with surgical precision and a smile.
And Tim Walz? He stepped on a rake in front of a million people and the rake had Kash Patel’s name on it.
Welcome to the new FBI. They catch the criminals AND the credit-stealers. Somebody get Tim Walz some ice for that burn — and maybe a dictionary for the folks at the “Learing Center.”
