Explosive sleeper issue could fuel midterm shakeups, top Republican predicts: ‘You’re gonna see surprises’
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...
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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. "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. Emmer’s home state of Minnesota was the epicenter of fraud’s explosion into the national conversation late last year, prompting Gov. 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. KLOBUCHAR'S FRAUD FIGHT CLAIM TAKES HIT AFTER GOP OPPONENT COMBS THROUGH RECEIPTS: 'WHERE WERE YOU?' "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 Sena…