Veteran pollster John McLaughlin walks Jenny Beth Martin through the most explosive number in the new Tea Party Patriots Action national survey: 81% of likely 2026 voters say fraud in government programs is theft directly from taxpayers — and 83% want Congress to install a permanent system to detect and prevent fraud before the money walks out the door.
This is not a partisan number. 90% of Republicans agree. 74% of Democrats agree. 78% of independents agree. Hispanic voters, African American voters, every region of the country — supermajority consensus.
McLaughlin connects the data directly to the political moment: voters now see waste, fraud, and corruption as the primary driver of inflation, the 39 trillion national debt, and the affordability crisis squeezing working families. Real affordability, 70% of voters say, doesn't come from more government spending — it comes from cutting the fraud.
What this means for 2026: any member of Congress who refuses to vote against fraud is, in voters' eyes, voting for the theft of their tax dollars. That is a winning issue for whoever runs on it.
Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell your senators and congressman to act on the consensus the American people have already reached. Learn more at passthesaveamericaact.com.
Watch the full episode at jennybethshow.com. Learn more about the grassroots movement at teapartypatriots.org.
00:00 — The Tea Party Patriots Action fraud question
00:58 — 81% to 12% — the cross-partisan consensus
02:15 — Permanent fraud detection — 83% agree
04:05 — Affordability, fraud, and the inflation connection
07:21 — Activists and the SAVE America Act campaign
08:00 — The 39 trillion debt as a trigger for inflation
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