Every Democrat state attorney general invited to Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud roundtable at the White House refused to attend, even after Vance extended what should have been a simple olive branch: come to the table and help fight fraud.
Republican attorneys general showed up. Democrats did not.
More than 20 Democrat attorneys general skipped the meeting, claiming they were given short notice and not enough information about the agenda. That may be the official excuse, but to millions of Americans watching government waste, welfare fraud, Medicaid fraud and abuse of taxpayer-funded programs, it looks like something else.
It looks like Democrats do not want to be in the room when fraud is being discussed.
Vance has been leading the Trump administration’s anti-fraud push as the White House moves to crack down on waste and abuse in government programs. The roundtable was meant to bring state attorneys general together with federal officials to discuss how taxpayer dollars are being stolen, misused or funneled through broken systems that politicians have failed to police.
That should not be a partisan issue.
Fraud steals from taxpayers. Fraud steals from families. Fraud steals from the people who actually need help. When government programs are abused, working Americans pay the price while criminals and political insiders walk away with the money.
Vance invited Democrats to be part of the conversation. They said no.
Democrat attorneys general argued the invitation came too late and that their offices were not given enough time to prepare. But when the subject is stopping fraud, protecting taxpayer money and holding corrupt systems accountable, showing up should not be hard.
This is the problem with Washington and Democrat-run states. They will show up fast when they want to sue President Trump. They will show up fast when they want to block immigration enforcement. They will show up fast when they want to protect radical policies. But when asked to sit down and talk about fraud, they suddenly have scheduling problems.
The American people are tired of excuses.
The Trump administration has made fraud enforcement a priority, especially after years of massive abuse in government benefit programs. Vance has said the effort should not be partisan, and he is right. But Democrats made it partisan when they refused to come to the table.
Republicans showed up. Democrats stayed away.
That tells the American people everything they need to know.
If Democrat attorneys general are serious about fighting fraud, they should prove it. They should show up, sit down, bring their records and work with the federal government to protect taxpayer money.
Instead, they chose politics.
And when politicians refuse to fight fraud, Americans have every right to ask the question: What are they protecting?
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