Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule
Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the debit cards that beneficiaries use to buy groceries could be reloaded after the ruling. That process often takes one to two weeks.
This might just convince more people that only Trump can save them, and the legislative branch only serves as an obstacle.
Feeding the poor in a very public way is a good way for authoritarians to build good will at very low cost.
Edit: I’m still all for continuing and expanding SNAP to be clear. No one should be hungry.
It should show that they had the funds all along and have to be forced to use them instead of using the threat of starvation as a cynical political lever. The truth is that MAGA Reps dont want the SNAP program funded, no matter what. They dont give a fuck about poor and hungry children, especially if they can try to pin the blame on Dems. They think poverty is a moral failing and the poor are just a tool to be used.
Poor people have kids that they can farm with impunity…
It’s their main recruitment tactic for military service, since the newer generation aren’t falling for the flag-waving propaganda that previous gens were more susceptible to.
Yup. He’s gonna continue saying the democrats is keeping the government shut, while he is feeding them. Pathetic people fall for this idiotic bullshit. Then again; republicans are traitors.
Yeah but that would take intelligence. Plus he wouldn’t want to risk accidentally helping anyone besides himself.