‘FIGHT FRAUD OR LOSE Medicaid money!’: Vance’s explosive ULTIMATUM to blue states at Maine rally

Added: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]We sent out 50 letters to every state Medicaid system all over the country and we basically said very simply that we're going to take away your money unless you get serious about fighting fraud.

[00:00:11]>> Common sense.

[00:00:13]We have seen people go out there and say that they're providing services to autistic children when in reality they maybe don't have any children at all or they certainly don't have autistic children. So they get paid millions and millions of your dollars to provide services that they're not actually providing. My friends, this has gone on for far too long. You have been fleeced by your own government for far too long and we are stopping it every single day.

[00:00:47]So, so here's the thing that I've learned in fighting fraud for the last few months and focus on this issue is that fraud is the ultimate nonvictimless crime. There are multiple victims in fraud. That we what we think about when somebody steals your tax dollars and goes and spends it on something it's not supposed to supposed to be spent on. We think of you all as the victims. the American taxpayer, the main taxpayer, the people who wake up, who go go to work, who do what they're supposed to do, and don't want their money stolen by people who are doing the opposite of what they're supposed to do. You were the first victim of fraud. But you know what else I've realized is that you're not the only victim of fraud. Because when people steal your money and it doesn't go to where it's supposed to go, there are a lot of people who are out there who are suffering in the process.

[00:01:33]And I'm talking about physicians who were denied their Medicaid reimbursements because a fraudster stole their identity and charged for services that weren't actually being provided.

[00:01:44]I'm talking about the good doctors who do what they're supposed to and don't like it when corrupt health care providers go and claim services that aren't even necessary. So then the victim is the doctor that gets stolen from. It's the taxpayer that gets stolen from, but it's also the innocent patient who should be able to know that when their doctor prescribes something, it's meant for them and it's good for them.

[00:02:08]I'm talking about the construction worker who can't buy a cell phone because when an illegal alien goes and steals their identity and applies for SNAP benefits, now all of a sudden they're tagged in the banking system, their credit score is ruined. Not because they sing did a single thing wrong, but because somebody stole their identity. Fraud is exactly what happens when you've got a government that is not fighting for the American people, but is fighting for fraudsters and illegal aliens. And it had to stop. And under the Trump administration, we are fighting it every single day.

[00:02:52]And and again, it it is every single day I learn of something new. I learn about people who say that they're claiming for hospice services, but in fact, they're not providing any services and they're making hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in in the process. Talk about something that we've seen in Minneapolis, but also in Maine. We have seen people go out there and say that they're providing services to autistic children when in reality they maybe don't have any children at all or they certainly don't have autistic children.

[00:03:24]So they get paid millions and millions of your dollars to provide services that they're not actually providing. And oh by the way, what happened to the autistic children and their families who actually need those services and need a competent government to ensure that they're doing the right thing? My friends, this has gone on for far too long. You have been fleeced by your own government for far too long. And we are stopping it every single day.

[00:03:59]>> Now, let me tell you about a guy though who did not stand for fraud. He did not stand for fraud when he was in the state government, and he will not stand for fraud in the United States House of Representatives representing you. And that's Paul Leage.

[00:04:18]>> Now, I I hate to say this because I I love this state. The first time I ever visited Maine, actually, was was uh probably four or five years ago, actually. It was exactly four years ago, cuz I remember our our daughter, who's now four, was probably three or four months old at the time. And we came up here and we stayed for a week. It was one of the most amazing trips I've ever had in my life because this is a beautiful state as you all know with incredible people with good food. This is America.

[00:04:44]>> This is the very best of America right here in communities like this.

[00:04:52]and and and so I have I have a special affection for this state, but I can't even compare to your great former governor because while I love this state as an outsider, he loves this state as somebody who has fought for it every single day. A guy who came to work every single day protecting your tax dollars, protecting your essential services, protecting our local law enforcement, making sure common sense that the government actually works for the people who deserve and have the right to be in the United States to begin with. Makes sense, right? That's what it should be.

[00:05:25]>> And I know y'all don't like Janet Mills.

[00:05:26]I don't especially care for her either.

[00:05:29]>> But I would love to work with the governor of Maine to stop the fraud that's being perpetrated in this state.

[00:05:35]This this this should not be, think about this, this should not be a red red state or a blue state issue. This isn't Republican or Democrat. This is common sense. This is protecting every single person in this room from being being defraed by their own government. But you know what she's done? She has prevented local police from working with us to get criminal illegal aliens out of this state.

[00:06:00]>> She has actually fought back against our efforts to identify fraud in the Medicaid and Medicare programs, which by the way, not only does it steal from you, but it means that those programs are going to go bankrupt because all the money is going to the fraudsters. So, let me ask you this simple question. Do you like having a government official who fights for illegal aliens over you?

[00:06:21]>> No.

[00:06:22]>> Do you like having a state governor who doesn't work with the federal government to fight against fraud?

[00:06:29]>> No.

[00:06:30]>> So, let's kick Janet Mills to the curb.

[00:06:33]>> And let's send Paula La Page to Washington to help us fight the fraudsters and protect all of you.

[00:06:44]GMO.

[00:06:47]>> This guy just said, "Send him to Gitmo."

[00:06:50]No, no, no comment, sir. But I I kind of I kind of like sending the fraudsters to Gitmo. We got to get him out of this country and we got to get him in prison.

[00:06:58]Here here's the thing. Let me talk a little bit about just one person because I think it highlights how bad the fraud problem has been in the state of Maine.

[00:07:09]We had an illegal immigrant in this community who said who said that she was p she was providing services interpretive services to other immigrants. Okay. So the so Medicaid reimbures people to provide interpretation services for uh people who don't speak English which by the way people should be speaking English in the United States of America. I think that's common sense.

[00:07:37]But this woman, her name was Rakia Muhammad.

[00:07:42]And it turns out that Rakia Muhammad was not a particularly upstanding citizen.

[00:07:47]Okay. So, while she said that she was providing interpretation services, do you know what she was actually doing?

[00:07:53]Providing zero services and collecting the $15 million over a 5-year period that was going directly into her pocket.

[00:08:02]>> And that happened pretty much during the entirety of the Biden administration.

[00:08:05]and no one in the Biden administration thought to step in and stop this ridiculous fraud.

[00:08:11]>> Now, here's the here's here I have two questions when it comes to Raki Muhammad stealing $15 million from every single person in this room. Question number one is why was this person in the United States of America to begin with?

[00:08:27]Call me crazy, but I think that when we welcome new immigrants to the United States of America, they should be people who enrich our country and bring some good skills into our country, not a person who's going to steal $15 million from the people in this room.

[00:08:47]But second of all, why on earth are we allowing a person to steal $15 million from all of you without the state government lifting a finger to stop it?

[00:08:59]Why did it take Washington coming in from the outside to ensure that this person who is defrauding you is going to go to prison? And ladies and gentlemen, that's exactly what she's going to happen. Convicted guilty and she's going to jail, which is where she belongs.

[00:09:18]Now, with all these things though, there there's there's a good news, bad news situation. So, the good news is that she's going to prison and she's not going to be committing fraud. But the bad news is the same system that allowed these people to take advantage of the taxpayers of Maine. It has not been changed at all by the local government.

[00:09:37]I I I'm telling you, and I'll say this to the cameras, I'll say this to the governor and anybody else. If you want to partner in fighting fraud, you've got one. This does not need to be Republican versus Democrat. This needs to be fraudster against nonfraudster. This needs to be good government versus bad government.

[00:09:58]>> So, I will extend the hand to anybody whether they've got a D next to their name or an R next to their name. If you want to help the Trump administration fight fraud, you are going to find a willing partner. And by the way, as much as I'm a Republican, you all know this.

[00:10:11]I'm the Republican vice president of the United States. We have found some blue states that are willing to work with us.

[00:10:17]Unfortunately, Maine is not among them.

[00:10:20]So, whenever you replace Janet Mills with somebody, I hope you replace her with somebody who's going to help us fight fraud, protect you, and protect the programs that the people of Maine rely on.