A YouTuber found no children inside a Minnesota day care that has received $4 million in state funding — and couldn’t even spell “learning” correctly on its own front door.
The apparent revelation comes amid the exploding welfare scandal involving the state’s Somali community, which the feds have said could top $9 million.
The Quality Learning Center also recently made news for collecting 95 violations from the state human services agency between 2019 and 2023. X / Nick Shirley
Tim Walz and Tom Emmer shake hands at the Minnesota Congressional Delegation Hotdish Competition in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2018. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagIn a video that went viral this week, Nick Shirley and another man can be seen approaching a Minneapolis building that has a sign that incorrectly reads “Quality Learing [sic] Center.”
Almost instantly, a white woman — who didn’t immediately appear to be associated with the day care and had her phone out filming — appears and yells, “Don’t open up. We have ICE here.”
4 million dollars of hard earned tax dollars going to and an education center that can’t even spell learning correctly.
— Tom Emmer (@tomemmer) December 26, 2025
Care to explain this one, @tim_walz? https://t.co/mGhS5IP4km
“How do you have ICE here ma’am, I’m literally a YouTuber?” Shirley replies.
Shirley and his colleague then pull out papers showing the day care is licensed for 99 children and received $1.9 million annually in the past two years from the state.
“You do realize there’s supposed to be 99 children here in this building and there’s no one here?” Shirley asks in the clip.
No children appeared to be at the center at the time. It’s unclear when Shirley made his visit.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz with convicted Somali fraudster Abdul Dahir Ibrahim. Homeland SecurityThe day care’s licensing details on the Minnesota Department of Human Services website confirms the center is licensed for 99 children.
Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) slammed Gov. Tim Walz on X over the apparent controversy.
A document on the Minnesota Department of Human Services website showed the center is supposed to account for 99 children, a figure also mentioned in the video by Shirley. Google Maps
First Assistant US Attorney Joseph Thompson speaks during a news conference on the alleged fraud in Minnesota on Dec. 18, 2025. AP“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?” he posted.
The Quality Learning Center has collected a staggering 95 violations from the state human services agency between 2019 and 2023, according to St. Paul’s ABC affiliate.
The violations include not having any records for more than a dozen listed children, and failure to keep hazardous items away from kids.
The day care could not immediately be reached for comment by The Post.
