Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed the shocking results of the USDA’s investigation into fraud in the government food stamps program.
Speaking with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Rollins rolled out the “staggering” details, noting how 5,000 dead people were found to be recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as well as half a million people getting double benefits.
Rollins shared how only 29 red states had complied with the investigation’s request for data, while teasing a “very big announcement” coming next week.
(Video Credit: Fox News)
“What Democrats did not include in their calculation, in their insane government shutdown, was the fact that this spotlight was going to be shined upon one of their favorite government welfare programs that under Joe Biden increased 40 percent,” Rollins said on “The Ingraham Angle.”
“Where all that money went, trying to buy elections, we’re not 100 percent sure, but we’re rolling it back now,” she added, explaining how governors were asked to share their SNAP data in the investigation.
“Half a million people getting benefits two times under the same name. 5,000 dead people, 80 percent of the able-bodied Americans, meaning they can work, they don’t have small children at home, they are not taking care of an elderly parent, they can work, and they choose not to work,” Rollins continued.”Of course, because they are getting significant benefits from the taxpayer.”
Rollins called out “what is perhaps one of the most corrupt, dysfunctional programs in American history,” saying the administration is “cracking down. We now have a plan to fix it.”
Ingrahama noted that “this has been going on for many years,” and is “routine,” sharing examples.
“It’s staggering. And so discouraging,” Rollins concurred.
“You know, if you are a taxpayer, and you’re working hard every day and you are paying your taxes, and then you look and you see these stories of this fraud of people charging more than once— we found one guy in six states who was collecting in six different states under the same number,” she said.
The Agriculture Secretary reminded that the data showing the fraud and abuse had come from red states that had complied with the USDA investigation.
“It is the blue states we’re still trying to get data on. Could you imagine if this fraud is happening in the red states, what is happening in the blue states?” she wondered.
Social media users reacted to the latest numbers.
Hard to act shocked when the system was built to bleed taxpayers dry. If 5,000 dead people are getting SNAP, imagine what they haven’t found yet.
Real question: who kept this buried for years while calling it “compassion”?
— Crushing Woke Culture (@CrushWokeAgenda) November 13, 2025
Awesome first start.
Let’s verify it’s ALIVE people, and ONE benefit stream per person.
Super basic common sense stuff. Shouldn’t be controversial.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 13, 2025
All of our tax dollars are being stolen
— Sputnik️ (@VasBroughtToX) November 13, 2025
This crap makes me so mad!
I think we all knew it was bad, but 5,000 dead recipients and 500,000 people getting 2 or more payments per month?
If each of the recipients get $500/mo that’s over 250 million per month or 3 billion wasted per year.
I’ve seen people doing EBT…— S Mark Underwood (@SMarkUnderwood) November 13, 2025
Oh I cannot wait to hear this announcement. Make everyone reapply. Then vet them all.
— lovin’ life (@LovinRiftss) November 13, 2025
This is unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/SmsrWbxeKP
— I Love America News (@ILA_NewsX) November 13, 2025
Where is the outrage from elected officials?
— Stephen (@01splcheck) November 13, 2025
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