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Democrats began laying a trap the moment that President Trump announced during his State of the Union that Vice President JD Vance would lead a new “war on fraud,” salivating at the possibility of political liability and dubbing the MAGA heir apparent the “fraud czar.”

“It will be blocks of cement around his ankles,” a senior Democratic official told RealClearPolitics last month after the speech to Congress. Another operative predicted that, come 2028, the new role “will be an albatross around his neck.” A third liberal strategist said, “It will be incredible to watch – it’s like he just needed a job but can’t have foreign policy.”

Special responsibilities for vice presidents can later become campaign stumbling blocks for candidates. They provide a measuring stick for the opposition to argue about promises left unfulfilled. Democrats are already accusing the administration of hypocrisy, specifically of targeting their political enemies while turning a blind eye to the alleged fraud originating in the Oval Office. They remember how Republicans pilloried former Vice President Kamala Harris for failing to live up to her billing as “border czar.”

That was a role that Harris rejected outright and never requested. Vance, however, has embraced the brand. When RCP asked the VP about the title during remarks in the Oval Office, Trump interjected, “It’s a good title. I like it.” Moments later, during an exchange that could define him during the next presidential election, Vance followed suit.

“So, I like fraud czar. It’s certainly what we’re going to do. And look, we have to do it,” the vice president told RCP as he described the new job as central to the health of the republic.

“As the president said, this is a problem that has festered in this country for far too long, and far too few........

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