Newly elected Democrat delegate of the Virginia State Assembly Jessica Anderson introduced legislation on Tuesday that would ban the state government from verifying the eligibility of non-profit organizations who apply to receive taxpayer dollars in forms of grants.
The bill would amend Virginia’s state code by adding in Article I of Chapter Chapter 6 of Title 2.2. that “no state agency responsible for the administration of federal funds shall impose a requirement for a non-profit charitable organization providing a federal public benefit to determine, verify or otherwise require proof of eligibility of any applicant for such benefits.”
The legislation has quickly garnered opposition online, with voters across the country stating that this is an attempt to protect fraud. (RELATED: Virginia Democrats Push New Gun Restrictions as Republicans Offer Permit Fee Cut)
“I used to think non-profits were just kind, generous, heartfelt entities trying to do a little good in the world,” political commentator Matt Van Swol wrote on X. “What I learned, especially from @DataRepublican, is that many, many, many of these NGOs exist to: a) steal our tax dollars, b) send them to Democrats, c) who then pass more funding to the NGOs, d) which the NGOs use to elect Democrats, e) repeat. “
“The bait and switch of the word “non-profit” from “true generosity” when it’s actually “money laundering to destroy America is one of the biggest scams of all time that no one knew was happening,” he added. “It’s evil genius. But pure, pure evil.”
Others have gone to partisan lengths and called the Democratic Party the “party of fraud.”
Anderson’s bill comes after independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed the fraud of taxpayer dollars by Somali owned healthcare businesses in Minnesota.
The evident fraud that Shirley testified to on the House Judiciary Committee on on Jan. 21st, has sparked outrage from President Donald Trump’s administration and resulted in the judicial investigations of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Shirley stated that “the windows” of the facilities were “blacked out,” the patients reported by the businesses were missing, and showed the documents from the Minnesota Department of State highlighting the millions of taxpayer dollars given to those businesses in forms of grants.
Minnesota government officials, who many say are guilty of enabling the fraud, have repeatedly told the public to resist federal law enforcement and investigation over racial allegations.
Prior to Shirley’s video and testimony, the Department of Justice had indicted over 85 Somali nationals of fraudulent applications to federal grants related to a food assistance program for needy school children. (RELATED: Spanberger’s Day-One Orders Ignite Warning Over Housing, ICE Policy)