Vance promotes Trump administration’s work to counter fraud while criticizing Democrats in Maine

Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-leaning policy group that advocates for low- and middle-income residents, said in a statement that the Trump administration’s characterizations of fraud and social programs in the state were inaccurate.

“Fraud should always be investigated and stopped. But Mainers deserve facts, not political fearmongering designed to undermine health care for hundreds of thousands of people,” the statement said.

Click here to read the full story, first published May 14, 2026 in Associated Press.