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J. D. Vance: “85% collecting welfare is way too many damn people…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:03

But when you 85% of a population that is collecting welfare, that suggests that we have really done something wrong with regards to vetting. And that's the fundamental issue. Even if there's no fraud, 85% collecting welfare is way too many damn people collecting welfare, getting rich off the American taxpayer. We, while a lot of Americans struggle, that's unacceptable. What's going on in Minneapolis, I think is actually representative of a broader fraud scheme that we're going to see all over the country. (07:03–07:10)

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Asserts that 85% of people collecting welfare are exploiting the system.

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