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J. D. Vance: “There was a program in suburban Minneapolis...that money…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:32

The American people and their generosity make it possible for the parents of young children who are autistic to get access to after school services. And I think that's There was a program in suburban Minneapolis...that money wasn't going to the parents [of] autistic children. That money was going to Somalian fraudsters. Because somebody figured out in the. In the illegal immigrant community that if they went around and said that all of the children in a particular household had that particular problem, then they could collect a lot of money from the federal government. (15:32–15:40)

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Claims that funds meant for autistic children in Minneapolis were fraudulently diverted to Somalian fraudsters.

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