Pro-Trump influencer and YouTuber Benny Johnson being interviewed in Phoenix earlier this year. Johnson is one of many political influencers with close ties to the Trump administration. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
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Less than two weeks since YouTube personality Nick Shirley posted a 42-minute video alleging widespread fraud at Minnesota daycare centers run by people of Somali descent, the Trump administration is freezing streams of federal funding – including $10 billion to five Democratic-led states – and has sent 2,000 federal agents to Minnesota to wage an immigration crackdown.