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J. D. Vance: “We had let fraud become so rampant in this country that…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:35

And that's what we're doing by going after fraud finally in the federal government. And let me just give you a couple of examples. We had let fraud become so rampant in this country that people were able to get rich not by creating something amazing, not by employing something, not by building something beautiful with their hands. They were able to get rich by defrauding every single person in this room. And they were taking money that should go to America's low income families, to America's elderly, to people who are struggling in our communities. (14:35–14:52)

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Asserts that fraud has become rampant in the U.S., allowing people to get rich through fraudulent means.

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