Majority Whip Steve Scalise was at a loss for words when CBS host Margaret Brennan asked him why AG Pam Bondi demanded Minnesota turn over its voter rolls to end the ICE siege on the state.
Scalise’s first response had no bearing on the Face the Nation host’s question and instead he brought up the right wing lies about fraud and abuse in Minnesota.
BRENNAN: Leader, we have seen a letter that Attorney General Pam Bondi sent to Governor Walz out in Minnesota offering to end the federal surge if the state does a number of things, among them giving access to the food assistance programs and voter registration logs.
What’s the purpose of that?
What’s the intent?
SCALISE: Well I haven’t read that letter between Pam Bondi and the governor but I know that we are investigating tens of billions of dollars of potential fraud coming out of Minnesota.
There have been hearings that have already been held.
The conspiracy theory about fraud and abuse from the MAGA cult in Minnesota has nothing to do with Brennan’s question.
When Brennan brought up the voter rolls again, Scalise chose the Mike Johnson know-nothing routine, pretending he had no idea what was in Pam Bondi’s letter, and then proceeded to rambled on about voter ID laws.
BRENNAN: Voter registration logs? As a conservative does that make you a little uncomfortable that they’re demanding the state hand over voter registration logs?
