Vice President JD Vance, shown on Wednesday in Washington announcing a new anti-fraud crackdown, blasted Democrats as poor stewards of the taxpayers' dollars during an appearance Thursday in Maine. Photo by Daniel Heuer/UPI | License Photo
May 14 (UPI) -- Vice President JD Vance renewed his focus on "widespread fraud" in government programs meant to aid the poorest and neediest in society Thursday in Maine as he campaigned for local Republicans.
Vance, who heads a White House "Task Force to Eliminate Fraud," praised former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, running as the GOP candidate for the state's 2nd Congressional District, as tough on what he called the "festering problem" of "illegal immigrant communities who have taken benefits that ought by rights go to the people in this room."
Targeting Maine's Democratic governor, Janet Mills, the vice president said during his appearance in Bangor, "Your government hasn't done anything about it. You ask yourself, why did Maine go from a state that did not have a serious fraud problem to one where I can honestly say it's one of the worst states in the union?
"And I'll give you two answers and two politicians. Number one is Janet Mills and number two is Joe Biden. And thankfully one of them has already been kicked to the curb and one is on her way out the door exactly as it should be."
