缅因州刘易斯顿 - 距离中期选举仅剩约一个月，明尼苏达州联邦众议员汤姆·埃默（Tom Emmer，共和党）向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，欺诈问题是推动选民走向投票站的动因，而在他的家乡明尼苏达州，他认为这一问题可能在投票箱产生一些“惊喜”。
LEWISTON, MAINE - With just about a month left until the midterm elections, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) told Fox News Digital that fraud is an issue motivating voters to the polls, and in Minnesota his home state, he thinks the issue could yield some "surprises" at the ballot box.
“偷窃纳税人血汗钱并将其转移海外。他们还在问，为什么没人揭露并追究这些人的责任？我认为你们将在11月3日的投票箱看到这一点。”作为众议院多数党党鞭的埃默，正陪同共和党众议院候选人保罗·勒佩奇（Paul LePage）在缅因州造势，这是他计划中的横跨全美56个选区全国大巴士行程的首站，旨在为共和党动员选民，因为该党正试图在严峻的历史和政治逆风中守住其在众议院微弱的多数优势。
"Fraud is a lot more important to the U.S. taxpayers than being a Republican or a Democrat," Emmer said. "People want good government. They want to know that they're paying for good government, that they are not having their hard-earned taxpayer dollars being siphoned off and stolen and sent out of the country. They're also asking, why hasn't anyone called this out and held these people accountable? And I think you're going to see that at the ballot box on November 3." Emmer, the House Majority Whip, was in Maine with Republican House candidate Paul LePage, the first stop of his planned 56-district nationwide blitz across the United States rallying voters for Republicans as the party tries to hold on their razor-thin majority in the House against daunting historical and political headwinds.
埃默的家乡明尼苏达州去年底成为欺诈问题爆发并进入全国视野的震中，迫使州长蒂姆·沃尔兹（Tim Walz）放弃连任竞选。埃默对明尼苏达州共和党人能在欺诈问题上引起选民共鸣表示乐观，尽管该州自2006年以来再无共和党人赢得全州范围选举。
Emmer’s home state of Minnesota was the epicenter of fraud’s explosion into the national conversation late last year, prompting Gov.
克洛布查尔关于打击欺诈的言论受到质疑：共和党对手揭露其财务问题后，克洛布查尔质问“你当时在哪里？”
Tim Walz to abandon his re-election bid. Emmer expressed optimism that Republicans in Minnesota will resonate with voters on fraud in a state where a Republican hasn’t won a statewide election since 2006.
“明尼苏达州的欺诈问题是头等大事，”埃默说，“我们的州长和司法部长完全无能，甚至在某些情况下还涉嫌腐败；他们收受了索马里骗子的政治资金，却还试图保护这些骗子免于被绳之以法。这对明尼苏达州的民众来说是个严重的问题。”埃默强调，选民们希望看到一个“真正为民众服务的、透明的制度”，而不是一个为犯罪分子服务的制度；明尼苏达州的共和党参议员候选人、州长候选人、司法部长候选人和审计长候选人都将打击欺诈作为自己竞选的核心议题。
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针对沃尔兹的相关审计报告显示，乔治·弗洛伊德事件后该州存在巨大的欺诈风险。埃默指出：“明尼苏达州的下一位共和党参议员本可以是米歇尔·塔福亚，州长本可以是丽莎·德穆斯；目前司法部长候选人罗恩·舒茨和审计长候选人斯科特·詹森在民调中均处于领先地位。因此，明尼苏达州确实有可能出现意外结果。我认为密歇根州以及其他全国各地也可能会出现类似的情况。”
"Fraud in Minnesota is the number one issue," Emmer said. "We've got a completely incompetent, I would argue corrupt in some instances, governor and an attorney general who took campaign funds from Somali fraudsters that he was actively trying to protect from getting caught in their fraud. This is a big deal for Minnesotans." Emmer said voters are looking for an "honest system that actually works for the people" and not "the criminals" and the Republican candidates for Senate, governor, attorney general and auditor in Minnesota have all made fighting fraud a central issue of their campaigns.
埃默参加了与缅因州前州长莱佩奇的圆桌讨论会，莱佩奇正在该州第二选区竞选国会议员。在讨论会上，这位明尼苏达州的共和党人士严厉批评了自己家乡在打击欺诈方面缺乏问责机制的问题。
NEW AUDIT IN WALZ'S BACKYARD EXPOSES MASSIVE FRAUD RISK TIED TO POST-GEORGE FLOYD ACTIVISM "You easily could have Michelle Tafoya being the next U.S. Senator from the state of Minnesota, a Republican, you could have Lisa Demuth as the Republican governor and already, the attorney general candidate, Ron Schutz and the state auditor candidate Scott Jensen, the polling showing that they are leading," Emmer said. "So yes, Minnesota is going to be one of those places where you see surprises. I think you're gonna see surprises in Michigan as well and other places all across the country." Emmer sat down for a roundtable discussion on fraud with LePage, Maine’s former governor running for Congress in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, where the Minnesota Republican railed against the lack of accountability for fraud in his home state.
“这些骗子应该受到应有的惩罚，而这正是明尼苏达州目前所欠缺的。虽然许多骗子已经被起诉和定罪，但却没有一名公职人员受到任何处罚——这种情况必须改变。我希望缅因州以及其他地方也能做出改变，因为早就该有人为欺骗美国民众的行为负责了。”埃默在讨论会上说道。
"They need to be held accountable and that's the one thing that's missing again in Minnesota. You've got all of these fraudsters being charged and convicted, not one public official has been charged at all, and that's got to change, and I hope it changes in Maine and other places, because it's high time that people be held accountable for ripping off the generous American people," Emmer told the panel.
特朗普政府今年将打击欺诈行为作为工作重点，为此专门成立了司法部的“欺诈防治部门”以及由副总统JD·万斯领导的白宫特别工作组。据白宫称，自该工作组成立以来，已揭露约2457亿美元的欺诈案件；同时每年还阻止了另外629亿美元的欺诈行为，并通过刑事指控、和解及处罚手段追回了591亿美元的损失。
The Trump administration has made combating fraud a central focus this year, creating a Justice Department Fraud Division and a White House task force led by Vice President JD Vance. The White House says the task force has uncovered roughly $245.7 billion in fraud since its creation, while also stopping an additional $62.9 billion annually and enforcing $59.1 billion through criminal charges, settlements and penalties.