MAGA fans come unglued as Fox News host questions right-wing influencer's big fraud video
MAGA fans came unglued on social media on Monday after a Fox News host questioned a right-wing YouTuber's video purporting to find $100 million in fraud at child care centers in Minnesota.
Over the weekend, a right-wing influencer named Nick Shirley posted a video on X in which he claimed to have uncovered $110 million in fraud in one day. The video was made after reports alleged that about $1 billion of social services funding in Minnesota was fraudulently stolen by entities linked to the state's Somali community.
MAGA fans have gravitated towards the story after the Trump administration was forced to release more files from the investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, some of which paint an unscrupulous picture of the president's relationship with the convicted sex criminal.
FBI Director Kash Patel claimed he surged resources to the state to combat fraud before Shirley's video was published.
Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov dismissed Shirley's video on Monday's broadcast of "The Five."
"There's no way this kid walking around uncovered $100 million of fraud on his own," Tarlov said. "There have been tons of people working behind the scenes, including local journalists, who have been exposing this."
Tarlov's comments caused some MAGA fans to erupt on social media.
"WTF?! Jessica Tarlov just LIED about Nick Shirley, saying he didn't uncover Somali fraud in Minnesota," Eric Daugherty, chief content officer at RightLine News, posted on X.
"Look Jess, just b/c YOU have a room temp IQ doesn’t mean the rest of us do," MAGA influencer Nick Sortor posted on X. "You can’t rebut his exposé so you have to attack him personally. Pathetic"
"You people are f------ r-------," MAGA fan Gina Milan posted on X.