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The Minnesota welfare and childcare scandal stands as a case study in large-scale fraud with government complicity. Far from a paperwork mix-up or a handful of bad actors slipping through cracks, this was a sustained operation involving shell nonprofits, empty daycare centers, and millions in taxpayer dollars flowing to places that did not serve children.

Surveillance footage, internal warnings, and whistleblower reports repeatedly pointed to the same conclusion—ongoing fraud. Yet payments continued. When a scheme reaches this size and lasts this long, responsibility no longer stops with the perpetrators. It lands squarely on those tasked with oversight who allowed the pipeline to stay open.

The political response tells its own story. Instead of confronting the facts head-on, leading Democrats and aligned media figures shifted the narrative. Investigators, journalists, and concerned lawmakers were accused of racial or ideological motives rather than answered with evidence. By recasting financial crime as social grievance, the focus moved away from stolen funds and ignored warnings. The result was predictable. Fraudsters gained time, taxpayers lost money, and honest families depending on legitimate services were left with a broken system and fewer resources.

But now we know why: The New York Post reports that tens of thousands of dollars were funneled into Democrat campaign coffers, including the top law enforcement officer of Minnesota, Attorney General Keith Ellison, a confirmed Islamist.

Oversight responsibility during the height of this scandal rested with Minnesota leadership, including Democrat Governor Tim Walz, also the failed vice-presidential nominee. His administration oversaw the agencies that dismissed whistleblowers and failed to act on red flags for years.

The picture grows more troubling with reports involving figures tied to the Democratic political network, including scrutiny surrounding US Rep. Ilhan Omar and her associates connected to entities under investigation. These facts raise unavoidable questions. How deeply was the Democratic Party apparatus entangled in the redistribution of taxpayer funds? Where did that money ultimately land, and how much oversight was deliberately relaxed along the way, even as concerns surfaced about funds flowing toward terrorist causes?

Think about what would have happened under a national administration led by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz reflecting the same governing instincts displayed here—systemic corruption, delay, deflection, and damage control over disclosure. Without outside pressure, this fraud likely would have remained buried under audits that never came forward and warnings that went unanswered.

Proverbs 10:10 offers a sober warning: “He who winks with his eye causes trouble, but a prating fool will fall.”

When leaders ignore wrongdoing and signal tolerance through inaction, the consequences multiply. Allowing the same pattern to repeat year after year is not compassion or competence; it’s… say it with me, Stupidocrisy.

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