You may have heard Vice President JD Vance call out Maine’s Governor Janet Mills in a recent speech. Mills has vociferously condemned efforts to investigate Maine’s Medicaid program, MaineCare. In response to requests by the Trump administration for information about the state’s fraud controls, Governor Mills fired off a terse video response. Watch:
The State of Maine is fighting fraud and we will continue to fight fraud. Today, my Administration sent back a comprehensive response to the Federal government that makes this crystal clear. Here is my statement. pic.twitter.com/8KooOubdUr
— Governor Janet Mills (@GovJanetMills) March 6, 2026
According to Vance, she has “actually fought back against [the Trump administration’s] efforts to identify fraud in the Medicaid and Medicare programs.”
.@VP: “I would love to work with the governor of Maine to stop the fraud that’s being perpetrated in this state…This isn’t Republican or Democrat—this is common sense…[Mills] has actually fought back against our efforts to identify fraud in the Medicaid & Medicare programs.” pic.twitter.com/KAZ6Sr3H1C
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 14, 2026
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