🇺🇸 SOMALI DAYCARE OWNER PICKS WORST POSSIBLE TIME TO RUN FOR MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

Talk about reading the room.

A Somali-born daycare owner just announced he's running for Minnesota legislature right as his community and industry are drowning in a $9 billion fraud scandal.

Abdi Daisane isn't accused of anything himself, but his timing is spectacularly bad.

He announced his 2026 campaign on Christmas Eve while FBI Director Kash Patel was threatening to deport Somali scammers and Nick Shirley's viral videos were showing empty daycares that received millions in taxpayer money.

Daisane runs Blooming Kids Child Center, which has racked up repeated violations since 2021 for things like missing medical records, unqualified staff, and broken equipment.

He says it's all been fixed and blames staffing shortages on low pay.

And in the middle of this daycare mess, he’s sticking to his campaign staple: affordable childcare for Minnesota families.

One problem: voters might not be in the mood to hear that pitch from anyone connected to a day care right now.

He already lost a 2024 statehouse race and a 2016 City Council bid.

This third attempt comes at possibly the worst moment in Minnesota daycare history.

Source: New York Post