Vance attributes Maine becoming a capital of fraud to state officials' incompetence or worse.
“And I think the problem is that their incompetence or their something worse is one of the reasons why Maine has become such a capital of fraud, and particularly it's a lot of health care fraud.”
Vance cites Maine overdose deaths down 20 percent in 2025 and another 17 percent in 2026 after border closure.
“Last year in 2025, did you know that overdoses in the state of Maine were down by twenty percent? And already in 2026, they're down by another seventeen percent.”
Vance says he lacks confidence Maine governor and attorney general will join anti-fraud effort after months of outreach.
“So we've reached out to the governor, to the attorney general. We've gotten, you know, some some people in their office have been responsive, but I hate to say it that after a few months of working with these guys, I don't have a great amount of confidence that they're gonna lean into this anti fraud effort.”
Vance criticizes Maine's Mills administration for incompetence enabling fraud after months of attempted cooperation.
“I hate to say it that after a few months of working with these guys, I don't have a great amount of confidence that they're gonna lean into this anti fraud effort.”
Vance accuses Democrats of prioritizing one shooting over tens of thousands of Maine fentanyl deaths.
“what I see from Democrats is people who are far more worried about a shooting involving an illegal alien than they are about the fact that tens of thousands of Mainers died from fentanyl overdoses”
Vance argues anti-fraud efforts should be non-partisan regardless of 2024 vote.
“Democrat, Republican, or independent, whatever whoever you voted for for president in 2024, you should be standing behind the principle that the hard earned tax dollars of the people in this room ought to go to what they paid for, not to the fraudsters.”
Vance criticizes Maine for hiring an auditor who failed the auditor exam to manage state money.
“you guys hired an auditor who is not actually an auditor and failed the auditor exam. Well, call it old fashioned common sense, but if you want somebody managing your money,”
Vance criticizes Maine for hiring an auditor who failed the auditor exam and doesn't meet constitutional requirements.
“But look, one of the answers is somehow you guys hired an auditor who is not actually an auditor and failed the auditor exam.”
Vance calls Maine one of the fraud capitals of America under Matt Dunlap's leadership.
“if you've got a guy who cannot protect your tax dollars from fraudsters, who has turned your state into one of the fraud capitals of The United States Of America, maybe you should be saying to Matt Dunlap, you're fired,”
Vance says Paul LePage doubled the number of fraud investigators in Maine while cracking down on welfare abuse.
“We saw that Paul LePage crackdown on the epidemic of welfare fraud and abuse happening in cities like Lewiston. He doubled the number of investigators he had in the state going after fraud.”