A viral video highlighting the Quality Learning Center in Minneapolis has reignited scrutiny of alleged fraud in Minnesota’s child care programs under Governor Tim Walz (D).
The clip, posted to social media accounts by independent videographer Nick Shirley, shows that the daycare in question, which Fox News reports is licensed to care for up to 99 children, was seriously bereft of children.
“There’s no one here,” Shirley says in the video.
At one point, he and another man approach the building, prompting a woman there to shout to others, “Don’t open up. It’s ICE.”
“Go away. You’re not welcome here. Shame on you,” the woman states.
Shirley notes that, according to his research, the center was the beneficiary of a good chunk of taxpayer funds in the 2025 fiscal year, yet couldn’t even take the time to spell the word “learning” correctly on their sign.
“Are you in favor of $1.9 million going illegally/fraudulently to this business that [is called] ‘Quality Learning Center’ but can’t spell ‘learning’ right on the door?” he asks.
There is a shocking and simultaneously expected level of ignorance coming from the woman in that video. It’s unclear if she’s associated with the daycare or if she’s simply a random leftist trying to protect the fraudsters. This is the kind of individual who ignorantly votes for people who will fleece the taxpayer and then ignorantly pretends they didn’t go ahead and plunder the state coffers.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN-6) publicly called out Walz, questioning the disbursement of taxpayer funds to a seemingly inactive center.
“4 million dollars of hard-earned tax dollars going to an education center that can’t even spell learning correctly. Care to explain this one, Tim Walz?” Emmer asked.
The $4 million figure was referenced in the report as a total disbursement to the Quality Learning Center. However, a report from St. Paul’s ABC affiliate in January indicates that the daycare had, by that point, received “$7.8 million in federal tax money since 2019 despite its regulatory issues.”
