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J. D. Vance: “The governor of this state will not give us the data that…”

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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks in Milwaukee, WI

Published July 8, 2026 | Video Starts at 25:51

… Wisconsin has illegal aliens who are ineligible, who are receiving food stamp benefits paid for by your tax dollars. And the reason why I don't know the answer is because The governor of this state will not give us the data that allows us to say, well, this person is eligible, this person is a legal alien. Scratch them off the list. Now ask yourself, ladies and gentlemen, that is, in my view, borderline criminal. (25:51–26:01)

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Asserts that the Wisconsin governor refuses to provide data to verify SNAP eligibility.

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“We saved you $25 billion [by cutting down on fraudulent payments and billing for skin grafts].”
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“We are the only advanced democracy anywhere in the entire world that doesn't require you to show a voter ID to vote.”
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“The [Democratic] party tries to send your money to illegal aliens instead of our hard working seniors.”
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“The [Democratic] party raises your taxes so that we can give more money to the fraudsters.”
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“The [Democratic] party rewards the fraudsters rather than sending them to prison.”
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“We've saved you all billions and billions of dollars that was going to fraudsters.”
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“The very day after the State of the Union address where the President makes me the leader of the anti-fraud task force.”
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“Billions and billions of dollars was being billed to you, was being billed to the program that exists to ensure that our seniors have health…”
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“We are not sanctioning a single one of these companies to defraud the American people.”
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“We save billions of dollars [by confirming delivery of medical equipment before payment].”
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“Not a single Congressional Democrat stood up and said, we are going to fight back against fraud.”
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“We have a program called the H1B visa program.”
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“Big corporations and fraudsters overseas are using [the H1B visa program] to undercut the wages of American workers.”
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“The federal Department of Labor has started dozens of subpoenas and investigations into foreign fraudsters [using the H1B visa program].”
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“That number [for skin graft spending] is now well below a billion dollars today.”
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“We have a program to ensure that at-risk moms can get the prenatal care that they need.”
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“In Milwaukee, with the government of this state looking the other way, we had people who were allowing fraudsters to get rich off of that…”
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“The state of Wisconsin, ladies and gentlemen, had to scale down that program because of insufficient funds.”
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“We can kick criminal illegal aliens out of our country or we can reward people for stealing your tax money.”
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“Their nuclear program was destroyed. Their conventional military was destroyed.”
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“The basic deal that we cut was we'll lift our blockade if you stop shooting at ships.”
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“The Strait of Hormuz is going to be open. That means oil and gas is going to flow to the American people.”
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“Most states do not do eligibility checks for the SNAP rolls anywhere.”
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“I could not tell you whether the state of Wisconsin has illegal aliens who are ineligible, who are receiving food stamp benefits.”
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“If you are administering a program collecting billions and billions of dollars and you don't check whether the people you're giving that…”
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“We want you, if you're going to receive these benefits, we want you at least to try to find a job.”
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“I am worried that if we don't stop sending Social Security checks to illegal immigrants, the people who paid into it for their entire lives…”
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“Most blue state governors, if you want to check, for example, whether illegal aliens are getting food stamps, most of them are saying, we're…”
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“If you want to check if illegal aliens are getting access to Medicaid health benefits, most of the blue state governors are not willing to…”
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“The Democrats are running on abolishing ICE and opening up the American Southern border.”
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“The Democrats are running on confiscating your money and giving it to fraudsters and illegal aliens.”
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“If you want an American political party that fights for the police instead of against them, vote For Derek Van Orden and Brian Stile.”
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“If you want an American political party that cuts your taxes instead of raising your taxes to give it to fraudsters, then you gotta support…”
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“If you believe in basic public safety for all of us, rich or poor, then send Michael Alfonso to Congress.”
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