USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins CONFIRMS That a Swath of Blue States Are Upholding Major SNAP FRAUD, While Red States Comply — 200,000 Dead People Getting Food Stamps, Half a Million Double-Dipping in Red State Data Alone * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft

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Brooke Rollins discusses the Trump administration's SNAP crackdown alongside a sign indicating acceptance of food stamp benefits at a retail location.Screenshot

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed on Fox News’ The Big Weekend Show that Democrat-run blue states are actively stonewalling and suing to hide massive fraud in the SNAP food stamp program while red states complied with a simple data request and immediately exposed jaw-dropping levels of abuse.

Speaking directly to the American people, Secretary Rollins explained that the Trump Administration is finally doing what no previous administration had the courage or will to do: demand basic accountability for the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars the federal government sends to states every single day to run the food stamp program.

“No one had ever held the states accountable. The federal government funds the food stamp program. We send hundreds of millions of dollars a day to the states, but there’d never been a back-end accountability on how is that money getting spent. So we asked all the states to partner with us. It’s time to have accountability. The red states, of course, did.”

The results from red state data alone are explosive.

“And with that red state data, we found 200,000 dead people getting food stamps. We found half a million people that were getting more than one benefit. And y’all, this was in the red states.”

The blue states refused to hand over the data. Instead, they sued.

“The blue states wouldn’t give us the data. They’re suing us. We’re in massive litigation right now, uh, looking to cut those funds off until they give us that data,” she said.

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As The Gateway Pundit previously reported in November 2025, Secretary Rollins’ initial review of the 29 complying states already revealed at least 5,000 dead people on the rolls and 500,000 individuals receiving benefits multiple times under the same name. Those early numbers were jaw-dropping. The latest figures show the rot runs far deeper than even the first disclosures suggested.

Twenty-one Democrat-led states — including California, New York, Minnesota, and others — have refused to turn over the data and have instead sued the USDA to stop the crackdown.

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