Throughout the fabric of many Democratic policies runs a common thread of fraud. Republicans should run against it. They should start now, going into the midterms, and continue through 2028. And they shouldn’t stop until the fraud is wrung out.

Americans already think corruption is prevalent in government. According to a recent Gallup survey, a record-high 89 percent believe it is; that’s up 10 percentage points just from last year.

For Republicans, their task is to connect this fraud and corruption perception back to Democrats; this shouldn’t be hard. Instead, the hardest part should be deciding where to begin.

Obviously, recent high-profile fraud in federal spending comes to mind. Blue states, such as Minnesota and California, have seen many reports of wasteful and fraudulent spending. The same applies to many big cities where Democrats’ support is strongest. These reports have gone beyond officials just being blind to waste and fraud; they also show them to be complicit in it. Considering the federal government spent $7 trillion last year, and many programs have been cited for fraud, this should be a prime target.

Voting is another area where Democrats are closely connected to episodes of fraud. There was the discovery of thousands of illegal immigrants being registered to vote in New Jersey (called just the........

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