COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.A day before Ramaswamy won the state’s May 5 primary, Vance posted to X that he was directing the anti-fraud task force he leads for President Donald Trump to turn its sights on the Buckeye State. The decision came the same day a Daily Wire investigation revealed rampant apparent abuses within Ohio’s Medicaid-funded home health program.Within days, U.S. House Republicans created a new Task Force on Defending constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses. They declared the fraud allegations in Ohio their first target.It was a notable pivot, given that many of Vance’s highest-profile sanctions so far have been targeted at blue states, including Minnesota, California and Maine. He has sought to tamp down criticism that the anti-fraud effort is partisan — noting some Republican states, including Florida, have been among those cited — but also has specifically called out Democrats as the ones who are enabling Medicaid scammers.