Vice President JD Vance snubbed Democratic state attorneys general in a White House invite for an upcoming meeting for his fraud task force, according to a Politico report on Monday.
President Donald Trump named Vance "the face of the administration’s efforts to combat fraud" in March and the vice president has a meeting slated for Tuesday to continue the conversations with states as part of the new initiative to combat fraud.
But what's happened behind-the-scenes was strategic, according to four administration insiders who spoke with Politico.
"Invitations for the hourlong meeting, set for Tuesday afternoon, were sent to Democratic attorneys general on Friday with a deadline to RSVP by Saturday, according to one of the people, who like others in this report, was granted anonymity to discuss nonpublic details," Politico reported. "Republican attorneys general were invited to the event about a week prior, the person said."
The event was originally scheduled to only host Republican attorneys generals — but Vance reportedly later pushed back on that, one source told Politico.
"About 15 Republican attorneys general — including Derek Brown of Utah, Marty Jackley of South Dakota, Raúl Labrador of Idaho, Gentner Drummond of Oklahoma and Todd Rokita of Indiana — are expected to attend, one of the people said," Politico reported. "Democrats are largely expected to skip the meeting, two people said, although some offices are expected to send other staffers, according to a third person."
