Folks, the adults are finally in charge, and Vice President JD Vance isn’t wasting a single day. President Trump dropped the hammer during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address on February 24, naming Vance to lead a full-scale war on the fraud that’s been bleeding American taxpayers dry for years. Less than twenty-four hours later, on February 25, Vance fired the first shot – and it landed right in the middle of Tim Walz’s mess in Minnesota.
This isn’t some bureaucratic paper shuffle. This is the kind of decisive action patriots have been demanding. No more letting grifters loot programs meant for American kids and families while blue-state governors look the other way.
The Minnesota Hammer Drops – $259 Million Paused Cold
Vance stepped up with the administrator of our health programs and announced they’re temporarily halting $259.5 million in Medicaid reimbursements to Minnesota. That’s nearly half of what the feds were set to send the state for the last quarter. Why? Because an audit of the final three months of 2025 turned up rampant fraud in programs that were supposed to help autistic kids with after-school services, day care, housing, and more.
Vice President Vance on his new role leading the Trump Administration’s War on Fraud:
“The American citizens were ripped off by people who shouldn’t be here, and by politicians who should have known better…we’re going to try to uncover as much as possible.”🔥 pic.twitter.com/xl4flBS0S8
— Vice President JD Vance (@VP) February 25, 2026
Instead of those services reaching the children who need them, the money flowed to fraudsters who set up sham operations, billed for services never provided, and pocketed the cash. One scheme alone involving phony autism therapy raked in $14 million by recruiting families and kicking back payments while delivering nothing. Broader probes across fourteen high-risk programs in the state point to losses that could top nine billion dollars since 2018, with some estimates – including the one the president highlighted – running as high as nineteen billion.
Walz now has exactly sixty days to deliver a real corrective action plan proving the state is actually checking whether providers deliver what they claim. Fail that, and the deferred payments could hit a billion dollars this year alone. The message is crystal clear: clean it up or the spigot stays shut. American taxpayers aren’t your personal ATM anymore.
How the Scam Worked – And Who It Hurt Most
Picture this. Programs designed to feed kids, house the vulnerable, and give autistic children real support got turned into a get-rich-quick scheme. Fraudsters created shell outfits, falsified records, and diverted funds that should have gone straight to American families in need. Real kids lost out on services while operators lived large off the generosity of working Americans who pay the bills.
This isn’t victimless. Every dollar stolen means less for the legitimate families relying on these programs. And the scale isn’t limited to one state – similar vulnerabilities exist elsewhere, with more announcements coming soon. The administration is already signaling other Democrat strongholds like California are next on the list.
The Full Plan – Investigations, Prosecutions, and Tax Records
Vance laid out the strategy: a whole-of-government push to uncover every bit of this rot. Federal investigators will dig into the schemes, prosecutors will throw the fraudsters in prison where they belong, and tax authorities will comb through records to trace where the stolen money actually went. The goal is simple and aggressive – expose as much fraud as possible in the coming year, claw back what we can, and make damn sure it stops.
Estimates put the annual drain from waste, fraud, and abuse in our health programs alone at up to three hundred billion dollars a year. Vance called that figure conservative. Stop even a fraction of that, and we’re talking real money back in the hands of the people who earned it – or better yet, out of the budget deficit entirely.
They’re also slamming the door on new enrollments for certain medical equipment suppliers nationwide to stop the flood of phony claims before they start. No more easy money for operators who treat Medicare and Medicaid like a self-service buffet.
🚨BOOM: Vice President JD Vance and Dr. Oz just officially HALTED a quarter of a BILLION dollars in federal Medicaid payments to Tim Walz and the state of Minnesota!
They are cutting off the cash until the massive fraud in his state is stopped once and for all. We finally have… pic.twitter.com/qEyLwyFqyB
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) February 25, 2026
This Is America First in Action
For too long, the system rewarded incompetence and corruption while everyday Americans footed the bill. Walz and his crowd in Minnesota let this fester. Now Vance is forcing them to own it. This isn’t about punishing states – it’s about protecting the taxpayers who fund the whole damn thing and making sure help goes to the Americans who actually need it.
The war on fraud has officially begun. Vance is leading the charge with speed and seriousness. The grifters had a good run. Their time is over. Real stewardship of taxpayer dollars is back, and the first battle is already underway. Keep watching – this fight is just getting started, and America is finally fighting to win.