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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins dismantled Rep. Angie Craig’s desperate defense of Minnesota’s claimed 1.6% SNAP fraud rate — calling it exactly what it is: an absolute joke.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported in November 2025, on her very first day as Secretary, Brooke Rollins sent letters to all 50 governors demanding SNAP data to root out illegal aliens, deceased recipients, and massive multi-state fraud.
Twenty-nine states — mostly red states — complied. In those states alone, investigators uncovered thousands of illegal EBT card uses, one individual collecting benefits in six different states, and approximately 5,000 dead people still receiving benefits. Nearly 700,000 people have already been removed from the rolls and 118 fraud arrests made.
Twenty-one Democrat-led states refused to turn over the data. Two even sued the USDA for daring to ask.
Minnesota, Rep. Craig’s state, has been ground zero for some of the largest welfare fraud scandals in American history — including the Feeding Our Future debacle that ballooned from $250 million into over $1 billion (and potentially far higher according to whistleblowers). Yet Craig stood at the hearing and repeatedly cited “USDA data” showing Minnesota’s fraud rate at just 1.6%.
Rollins wasn’t having it.
Here’s the key exchange:
Brooke Rollins: Your state is saying we only have a 1.6% fraud rate, which we all know is an absolute joke.
Rep. Angie Craig: I’ll say it again. The USDA’s own data found 1.6%.
Brooke Rollins: No, no. We were relying on your data from Minnesota. You won’t share it with us.
Rep. Angie Craig: I don’t know. I don’t think I understand the difference between error rates and fraud rates. I honestly don’t. It is one of the lowest programs—the lowest fraud rate in any program in America is the SNAP program.
Brooke Rollins: The lowest fraud rate of any program in America is the SNAP program? You can’t be serious when you say that.
Rep. Angie Craig: Oh, your own data says 1.6%.
Brooke Rollins: Again, that’s because your state told us that number, and you won’t allow us to confirm it.
Rep. Angie Craig: I’m reclaiming my time once more… You’ve bragged on TV that it’s a great thing that you kicked 4 million people off SNAP.
Brooke Rollins: The ability to work—the righteousness of work—is not—
Rep. Angie Craig: Reclaiming my time.
Rep. Angie Craig: Madam Secretary, I’m asking you these questions because these issues and this committee—it’s all personal.
Brooke Rollins: You’re not asking questions for an answer. You’re asking questions to make a political statement.
Rep. Angie Craig: Reclaiming my time again.
Brooke Rollins: I would like to actually have a real conversation.
WATCH:
WOW! Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins just WENT HARD against Rep. Craig (D-MN) trying to CONCEAL fraud in the SNAP program
ROLLINS: “Minnesota — YOUR STATE — is saying you only have a 1.6% fraud rate which is an ABSOLUTE JOKE!”
“YOU won’t share the data with us!”
Why are… pic.twitter.com/615rngNvOf
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 4, 2026
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