Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty gave his usual spiel about Sam’s Club Republicans and widening the GOP base. But T-Paw also touched on the looming U.S. Senate recount in Minnesota. Despite widespread frothing in conservative circles over the last two weeks, Pawlenty acknowledged that there’s zero evidence of ballot shenanigans.

“We have to be clear on this: as of this moment, there is no actual evidence of wrongdoing or fraud in the process,” he told host Chris Wallace. “If there is, it will get rooted out and identified aggressively.”

Pawlenty also admitted that widespread reports of joy-riding ballots — which the governor helped to legitimize — were a myth. “There was a news report in Minnesota that the ballot- in-the-trunk story has now been retracted, that it wasn’t accurate,” he said.