Democrats Are Waging ‘Legislative Terrorism’ to Protect Welfare Cheats [WATCH]

Stephen Miller, serving as President Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, delivered remarks outlining concerns about widespread fraud in federal benefit programs and emphasizing the administration’s efforts to address what he described as systemic abuse.

Miller began by recognizing Vice President J.D. Vance and his role in launching a federal task force aimed at combating fraud.

“Thank you to the Vice President for your leadership in establishing this task force and for gathering us all here today,” Miller said.

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He added that he had observed the Vice President’s commitment firsthand.

“I have some impersonal behind the scenes experience with talking to the Vice President and seeing how resolutely determined he was at the very first exposure of some of these shocking discoveries to create, establish and launch this task force.”

He described the administration’s broader effort as unified and focused on addressing what he characterized as a major issue affecting taxpayers.

“If you knew what I knew about the people at this table, you would understand just how committed this government, this administration, is, to ending this massive theft of American taxpayer dollars,” Miller said.

“The people at this table are all united in absolute determination to stop this plague of fraud, criminality and abuse.”

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Miller argued that many federal systems were designed under assumptions that no longer hold true.

“All of our systems were set up and established for a high trust society,” he said.

He added that Americans may assume verification measures are in place for benefits.

“I think that most citizens probably assume that there’s some verification process that takes place for the receipt of most federal benefits. The reality is, is that there is not.”

He pointed specifically to what he described as practices in certain states.

“This is particularly true in blue states, willfully true in blue states in which all of these programs are operated entirely on the honor system, no verification takes place before individuals are enrolled in or receive these benefits,” Miller said.

Providing an example, Miller described how he believes the system can be exploited.

“So as a simple example, if you’re a Somali refugee living in Minnesota, you could lie about how many children you have,” he said.

He continued, “You could lie about what your immigration status is, you could lie about your marital status, you could lie about child care, you could lie about disability, you could lie about all these things and many more.”

He added, “Nobody in the state of Minnesota would validate any of these facts before writing you a check.”

Miller also criticized the state’s handling of federal program data, particularly related to SNAP benefits.

“We at the federal government are simply sent a bill from the state of Minnesota for the cost of providing these services in the aggregate,” he said.

“We do not know the names of any SNAP recipient in the state of Minnesota. We just get a blank check.”

He stated that attempts to obtain enrollment records had been unsuccessful.

“We have asked the state repeatedly and tried to compel the state, unsuccessfully, to turn over their SNAP enrollment roles so we could ascertain such basic facts as, are these people even legally eligible to receive these benefits? And the state has refused, absolutely categorically refused.”

He further criticized the state’s legal actions.

“The state has spent millions of dollars in court for the singular purpose of trying to prevent the state from ascertaining the identity of a single SNAP recipient in the entire state of Minnesota,” Miller said.

Miller said such practices could have broader societal consequences.

“Think about what this does to public trust, social trust, people’s faith in the system,” he said.

He offered a hypothetical comparison to illustrate his point, describing a working-class resident and contrasting that with what he described as a fraudulent beneficiary.

“That is the system that is being run,” he said.

“That is the corruption that this task force under the leadership of the Vice President is going to demolish.”

He also addressed what he described as actions by congressional Democrats related to federal agencies.

“I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the atrocity that is taking place in Congress, with congressional Democrats fighting relentlessly to abolish the very federal agencies that are responsible for policing and investigating fraud, as well as all matters of homeland and national security,” Miller said.

Miller also referenced leadership at the Department of Homeland Security.

“National Security, I see, of course, a new secretary who has just been confirmed to DHS my good friend Mark Wayne Mullen,” he said.

He continued by describing conditions for personnel in the department.

“He now takes command of a department whose men and women have been working without pay for weeks on end to protect and defend the American people.”

He concluded by thanking Vice President Vance again for his role in establishing the initiative.

“It is legislative terrorism,” Miller said.

“It is one of the greatest abominations that has ever occurred in the history of this country.”

He added, “Thank you, Mr. Vice President, for your leadership and vision in establishing this task force I’m proud to serve on and under your leadership. Thank you.”

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