As allegations of fraud in the form of Somali daycare centers is exploding, now across the country and not just in Minnesota, people on the left are rushing to defend the fraudsters.
In Washington State, Attorney General Nick Brown, put out a statement on Twitter/X that sounds like a threat to any independent journalists who might look into it.
Brown wrote:
My office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports of home-based daycare providers being harassed and accused of fraud with little to no fact-checking.
We are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims being pushed online and the harassment reported by daycare providers.
Showing up on someone’s porch, threatening, or harassing them isn’t an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior. I encourage anyone experiencing threats or harassment to either contact local law enforcement or our office’s Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline at 1-855-225-1010 or http://atg.wa.gov/report-hate.
If you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate. Go to DCYF’s website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.
You can see his tweet below:
My office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports of home-based daycare providers being harassed and accused of fraud with little to no fact-checking.
We are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims…— Attorney General Nick Brown (@AGOWA) December 31, 2025
Amy Curtis of Townhall writes:
There are a few notable things in this statement. First, notice how he said people “experiencing threats or harassment” should call the police or the AG’s office Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline. Since when is asking questions about fraud a “hate crime” or “bias incident”?
Second, Brown vows to hold fraudsters accountable but only if that fraud is “substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies.”
Which means they aren’t going to hold the fraudsters accountable. At all.
This is nothing more than threats against independent journalists who dare to do the work Brown and the media refuse to do.
Journalist Andy Ngo responded to Brown:
It is the duty of journalists to visit taxpayer-funded nonprofits and businesses to investigate where you have failed. The journalists have documented their visits on camera and there is no harassing or threatening behavior. You are trying to threaten journalists by telling…
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) December 31, 2025
Independent journalist Cam Higby was looking into this fraud and found some.
SOMALI FRAUD IN WASHINGTON: @choeshow and I spent yesterday investigating Somali daycares in WA.
“Dhagash Childcare” has received over $210,000 just this year. People living at the address claim there has never been a daycare there.
We lay out the facts in this teaser
pic.twitter.com/KNkmJfV2Ss
— Cam Higby (@camhigby) December 30, 2025
Democrat politicians and liberals in media are defending people who are ripping off American taxpayers. In Brown’s case, he is even using the rule of law to do it. How much longer do these people think this can continue?
Luckily, Harmeet Dhillon of the Trump DOJ is already aware of all of this.
ANY state official who chills or threatens to chill a journalist’s 1A rights will have some ‘splainin to do. @CivilRights takes potential violations of 18 USC § 242 seriously!
Govern yourselves accordingly!
#1A https://t.co/6H50NkaqwW
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) December 31, 2025
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