During a congressional hearing, Sec. of Agriculture Brooke Rollins tried to defend kicking millions of Americans of food stamps because of fraud that she could not prove. Rollins also falsely claimed millions were choosing to quit food stamps because they are doing so much better financially while inflation skyrockets.
ANGIE CRAIG: I don't think you understand the difference between error rates and fraud rates. I honestly don't. SNAP has one of the lowest fraud rates of any program
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 4, 2026
BROOKE ROLLINS: You can't be serious when you say that
CRAIG: Your own data says that pic.twitter.com/G38kYZ313j
BROWN: The reality is 4.5 million people were kicked off SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy through HR1. Families and children are not leaving the SNAP program because they are doing better.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 4, 2026
BROOKE ROLLINS (lying): They are pic.twitter.com/m9gwqSjKjJ
(Source: C-SPAN)