If you’re a hardworking taxpayer who’s been footing the bill for Washington’s endless giveaway games, this one’s gonna make your blood boil. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, that no-nonsense Texan who’s been swinging the axe at the USDA since day one of Trump’s second term, just unloaded on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program like a freight train hitting a clown car. SNAP, the bloated beast that’s supposed to feed the needy but instead feeds crooks, deadbeats, and illegals, is hemorrhaging billions in waste and fraud. And Rollins isn’t mincing words—she called it “bloated, broken, dysfunctional, and corrupt” right to the cameras. With the government shutdown in October 2025 exposing the rot, and fresh revelations dropping as late as November 11, 2025, it’s clear: This program’s a swamp that needs draining yesterday. America First means putting our citizens ahead of the grifters, and Rollins is leading the charge.
The Shutdown Spotlight: When the Money Dried Up, the Truth Poured Out
Back in late October 2025, when the shutdown hit and SNAP benefits lapsed for the first time ever on November 1, 2025, the left threw a tantrum about hungry kids. But Rollins flipped the script, using the chaos to shine a light on the program’s guts. On October 31, 2025, she blasted it as a mess that exploded under Biden, with spending surging nearly 40 percent to nearly $100 billion annually. That’s your money, folks—hard-earned dollars vanishing into a black hole of scams.
By November 3, 2025, in a Fox News sit-down, Rollins revealed her team had purged 700,000 ineligible recipients since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. That’s right—700,000 ghosts and cheats kicked off the rolls in under a year. And arrests? 118 crooks behind bars for SNAP shenanigans. But the real jaw-dropper came on November 11, 2025, when federal investigators pegged $12 billion stolen from food assistance programs, thanks to high-tech skimmers and organized rings treating EBT cards like their personal ATMs.
Dead Men Eating: The Jaw-Dropping Fraud Stats That’ll Make You Spit Out Your Coffee
Dig deeper, and the numbers are straight out of a bad horror flick. Rollins’ audit, launched right after she took office, demanded data from all 50 states to root out illegals sucking up benefits meant for Americans. Only 29 cooperated—mostly red states, plus a couple blue ones like Colorado and North Carolina. The holdouts? Twenty-one Democrat-led outfits stonewalling, probably because they knew what was coming.
What did they find in those cooperating states? Thousands of illegals on the dole, one guy claiming benefits in six states like he’s running a franchise. Half a million people double-dipping—getting paid twice under two different names. And get this: 5,000 dead people still chowing down on taxpayer-funded groceries. That’s not a typo—5,000 corpses on the rolls, raking in cash from beyond the grave.
Flash back to May 30, 2025, when Rollins announced one of the biggest stings ever: A $66 million fraud network busted, involving bribes, shell stores, and a USDA insider. “This is not the one and only,” she warned. “There are gonna be many more to come.” And she wasn’t kidding—by August 4, 2025, the USDA’s National Farm Security Action Plan targeted billions stolen by foreign crime rings exploiting SNAP’s weak spots.
Don’t forget the baseline rot: In fiscal year 2023, 11.7 percent of SNAP payments—$10.5 billion—were improper, a mix of errors and outright fraud. Every stolen dollar costs agencies an extra $3.72 to chase down, per the math. And 80 percent of able-bodied recipients? They could work but don’t, because why bother when Uncle Sam’s handing out freebies?
🚨Sec. Brooke Rollins uncovers STUNNING fraud inside America’s welfare system.🚨
“5,000 DEAD PEOPLE getting SNAP. And 500,000 PEOPLE getting SNAP twice under the same name.”
“This light has now been shined on one of the most CORRUPT, DISFUNCTIONAL programs in American history.”… pic.twitter.com/Qod8MD7TWC
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) November 13, 2025
The Illegal Alien Angle: Benefits for Border Jumpers While Vets Go Hungry
Rollins didn’t stop at the numbers—she hammered the migrant mess. On her first day, March 20, 2025, she fired off letters reminding governors that SNAP’s for citizens, not invaders. Executive Order 14243, signed that day by Trump, ordered a crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse. By September 24, 2025, she tightened retailer rules to curb scams and push healthier food, but the real fight was eligibility.
Thousands of cases uncovered illegals using EBT cards, with benefits funneled to transnational gangs. Rollins tied it to the bigger picture: Cut off the free stuff, and watch the self-deportations skyrocket. It’d even reshape the Census, redrawing House districts without the padded counts from non-citizens. America First? Damn right—this is about reclaiming our resources for our people.
Fixing the Mess: Real Solutions to Starve the Fraud, Not the Families
Enough with the outrage—let’s talk fixes, because whining without winning is for losers. Rollins hinted at big announcements the week after November 13, 2025, but here’s the playbook to gut this abomination and rebuild it right.
First, mandate ironclad ID verification nationwide. Biometrics, Social Security cross-checks, death record scrubs—end the double-dipping and zombie benefits cold. Make states share data or lose federal funding; no more blue-state hide-and-seek.
Second, enforce work requirements for every able-bodied adult. Eighty percent loafing? Not on our watch. Tie benefits to job training or community service, like the old welfare reforms that actually worked.
Third, go after the crooks hammer and tongs. Expand stings like that $66 million bust, partner with the FBI and DOJ to prosecute retailers and rings. Fine the hell out of skim artists and make examples—prison time for the big fish, restitution for the taxpayers.
Fourth, block illegals at the gate. Automatic citizenship checks, no exceptions. And while we’re at it, restrict purchases to nutritious basics—no more junk food empires built on EBT.
Finally, shrink the beast. Cap spending, audit annually, and redirect savings to veterans’ programs or school lunches for American kids. Make SNAP a hand up, not a hammock.
This isn’t rocket science—it’s common sense. Rollins is proving that with guts and grit, we can clean house. But it takes all of us demanding accountability. America First means no more billions flushed while our families scrape by. Time to make SNAP snap back to reality.