President Trump said food benefits will only get paid once the shutdown ends, in a post on Truth Social Tuesday morning.
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Zoom in: “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office,” Trump said on Truth Social, “… will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government.”
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This is the first time I’ve heard trump attack SNAP benefits. Previously he had just said his hands were tied to pay out SNAP. Now the mask is slipping further. He wants to actively go after SNAP benefits rather that it just being collateral damage from the shutdown.
he doesnt want the epstein files to be released, which would require the us house seat member to be sworn in.
It’s not collateral damage, they’ve always paid SNAP in previous shutdowns. This is his choice and against judge’s orders.
Keep in mind, I’m not talking about matters of law. I agree with you about SNAP being paid during shutdowns (including trump’s 2016 shutdown). I was just speaking about the narrative trump has around it. Prior to this the GOP position has been “we’d love to pay SNAP if it wasn’t for those nasty Democrats”. Now trump is saying that SNAP itself is a problem, which is new.
I suspect Democrats refusing to cave like they had previously is really getting to him. He has gone unchallenged for so long that this seems to be the one area where his immunity can’t save him.
The frog finally noticed it was being boiled and hopped out. Increasing the heat doesn’t do anything anymore.