Trump Admin Finds Yet Another Massive Block of Fraud In (Wait For It) A Blue State

Now comes the truly remarkable part: when the Trump administration attempts to tighten oversight, verify eligibility, audit questionable payments, strengthen enforcement, or modernize fraud detection systems, many of the same Democrats who ignored the problem suddenly object:

The Trump administration continues to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in federal welfare programs, as the Secretary of Agriculture revealed that over the past year, hundreds of thousands of instances of alleged SNAP fraud have been uncovered across the country.

The problem became so widespread that watchdog agencies routinely warned about vulnerabilities in federal programs

The majority of those instances, she said, have come from red states that have been eager to partner with the federal government to help ensure fraud is rooted out of their systems. Blue states, on the other hand, have been more reluctant to allow the federal government to review their programs.

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