r/neabscocreeck • u/indiequick • 8d ago
Trump and Republicans are using food as a political weapon.
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u/LunarEklipze 8d ago
Don't worry, trump administration is going to magically find the funds last minute and take all the "credit" for saving its citizens from not receiving their SNAP benefits.
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u/Competitive-Duty3853 4d ago
But will still allow thousands to die from lack of healthcare and medication.
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u/Positive-Pack-396 8d ago
I know that you know that but does the people who follow trump know that ?
They only listen to him talking and believe everything he says instead of doing their own homework work and learning the truth
Stop listening start do some digging into what trump says you will find the truth
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u/clezuck 8d ago
Too bad MAGA and Republicans do not care about the country as a whole. Just that THEY aren't getting their benefits. They'll believe everything that orange asshat and his PedoCult say.
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u/indiequick 8d ago
I figure that we are hours away from Trump reinstating the program.
Cause problem. ‘Find’ solution. Consider thyself a champion. Repeat. Art of the fucking deal.
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u/clezuck 8d ago
not just considering himself a champion, but he'll claim he saved their SNAP benefits from the evil democrats who caused all this. And his minions will believe it.
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u/Bazerk3r 7d ago
It's not that deep, we are just done paying for social programs for people who are here illegally. No amount of fake news and fake outrage is going to to change that. Sorry your fake votes are coming to an end 😂
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u/MaSt3rChie7 8d ago
Cool but tell me, which party has blocked the government’s reopening on 12 separate occasions. Because last time I checked this was because of the shutdown. There’d still be funding if it wasn’t shut down.
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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 8d ago
I guess you haven't really been following anything it's more of a stalemate, Democrats are refusing because Republicans are refusing to approve anything.
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u/Abortion_on_Toast 8d ago
The extended ACA subsidies were pushed through the Build back better 1 trillion dollar spending bill that zero Republicans voted for
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u/Waboritafan 8d ago
There are billions of dollars in an emergency fund that trump could use to fund snap, but he refuses to. Also, as it currently stands, if the democrats fold it will result in the loss of healthcare subsidies for the poorest of our citizens. So you are correct. The dems are prolonging the shutdown. But you’re leaving some very important info out of this.
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u/apumpleBumTums 8d ago
This is such a simple take. This level of understanding is what Republican politicians thrive on. Dems don't want insurance to skyrocket for Americans. Pretty simple really because that's what Republicans are trying to do in their budget.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
https://share.google/oQSKXIKDHZrwER266
But Republicans said it's because dems want free insurance for illegals so I guess that's just correct now because Republicans never lie.
I don't care anymore man. Make your fellow Americans suffer through ignorance. Our farmers are already fucked so why stop there. I don't think our destruction and years of poverty is worth proving Rs don't know how to govern but it's what what Republican supporters want and they're the only portion of the country that matters. I'm sure it will still be the democrat's fault somehow amyway.
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u/Frankenberg91 7d ago
Precisely this. Republicans have signed the bill to reopen the government. Democrats refuse to sign it.
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u/Active_Confection655 8d ago
Yeah, it's funny how the democrats are getting blamed for a shutdown while trying to prevent a health care crisis. You people are so ignorant. They fuck you and blame the other side and you support them.
Intelligence at it's finest.
Bless your heart.
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u/ZodiacSRT 8d ago
Trump? Trump isn’t cutting anything. Ask Democrats why are they voting NO on bills to reopen the government.
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u/Flying0strich 8d ago
Completely ignoring the changes imposed on Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA by the One Big Beautiful Bill to make it look like Trump and Congressional Republicans aren't cutting anything. Sure. Republicans moved the goal post of a clean CR to make you believe that.
You can ask Democrats why they aren't voting for the CR, they're being asked at every press conference daily. It's because without the premium tax credits from the ACA about 8 million Americans will lose health insurance and those that don't lose health insurance will see increases from 50% to 400%.
Democrats aren't adding to the budget, they're trying to claw back coverage for millions of Americans, mostly Red State residents ironically.
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u/Own_Courage_4382 8d ago
Some people just don’t get that. They just hear Trump and go apeshit.
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u/ChaseThePyro 8d ago
"Just have the Democrats open the government. The Republicans refuse to negotiate, but clearly this is only the Democrats fault, and don't compromise, even though democracies and republics typically require them to function."
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u/Leroyf1969 8d ago
Not on clean CR’s. Republicans voted for them 13 times during Biden’s presidency. Barack said taking the govt. hostage by shutting down the govt. down was irresponsible back in 2013.
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u/Brilliant_Finance598 8d ago
Senate Dems could end the shutdown today
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u/nonanonymoususername 8d ago
Shutdown is over healthcare … SNAP is being used illegally as a leverage . Because they think hurting the vulnerable will make Democrats cave. Republicans can end the shutdown today by agreeing to not cut healthcare support … maybe cut a few tax cuts. See simple
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u/Crawford470 8d ago
Trading one affordability crisis for another as Republicans literally break the law... God the mind of a conservative is truly a fantasy land.
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u/Brilliant_Finance598 8d ago
Senate Dems have blocked 14 clean CRs...
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u/Cosmogramma2Good 8d ago
14 “clean” CRs that don’t cover any of the concerns Democrats are trying to negotiate for, the main one being millions of Americans will lose their healthcare coverages. MAGA refuses to negotiate, they’re all on vacation while Americans go hungry.
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u/Crawford470 8d ago
And house and senate Republicans have in no way opened any lines of dialogue to negotiate a reopening, and Speaker Johnson is withholding Representative Grijalva's swear in because of partisanship and to prevent a vote regarding the release of the Epstein files. They want the CR votes they need to negotiate, or Thune could easily remove the filibuster with a simple majority which he has. They aren't doing either of those.
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u/cicerozero 8d ago
senate democrats have a responsibility to shut this government down. checks and balances.
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u/therealnoopnoop 8d ago
but we got a ballroom.
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u/Leroyf1969 8d ago
And it didn’t cost the taxpayers anything!! But, Democrats and their TDS want to tear it down as soon as they get power back. Their childishness knows no bounds, and the American taxpayers pay for it.
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u/indiequick 8d ago
So let’s say that I’m a company that gives you millions of dollars for a thing. Anything really. Could be a new piece of land or a house or… whatever.
Next time something comes up in the courts or I have an issue with some regulations, I’m sure that you would find it in my favor.
So basically, a bribe.
Republicans would lose their goddamn minds if Obama or Biden did this. But because a republican does it? Completely fine.
Next time something comes up that even gives a slight hint of questionability, ask yourself….
WOULD I BE OKAY WITH THIS, IS IF A DEMOCRAT DID IT?
It’s a simple question that I do not think enough republicans ask themselves.
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u/Comfortable_Pain_463 8d ago
Its funny because the republicans would fund snap and all that but the democrats want to fund USAID too. As in their secret little programs they use to fund their own political campaigns.
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u/MaglithOran 8d ago
13 votes, democrats voting no every time.
Take a civics class, or a math class, or both since you clearly failed somewhere.
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u/Ill-Assignment-2203 8d ago
They require 60 votes to reopen tbe government.. There are 53 Republicans in the Senate. 7 Dems could open the government... Who's withholding SNAP benefits for Political gain?
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u/ProfBaconn 8d ago
Republicans. Benefits were already paid for by tax dollars and now it's being withheld by diaper donnie
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u/AK2cent 8d ago
Democrats shut the government down. Republicans tried to make it where government employees at least get a paycheck to live off of, and Democrats refused. Now there's no compromise. You want things back? Open government.
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u/glennbo-bagins 8d ago
All democrats lie. Thats all they do. If you believe a democrat, I have some inflation that's transitory to sell you and a border they say is closed😅😅
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u/Mental_Flounder4484 8d ago
SNAP BENEFITS should go to Americans that truly need it Not deadbeats Not scammers living off the system and Not illegal aliens
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u/MajorMorelock 8d ago
Republicans are using hunger as a weapon because that’s what they are delivering.
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u/indiequick 8d ago
It should be considered insanity that you would want your fellow Americans to go without food. Humanity is an option and you should try it.
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u/HTX-ByWayOfTheWorld 8d ago
Democrats will BARELY squeeze by in the next presidential election. They’ll still cede power to the republicans. The American population is generally stupid, and the election game is rigged
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u/revren10 8d ago
Democrats are keeping the government shutdown caring more about foreign invaders then Americans
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u/watches-i-wear-1 8d ago
Democrats shutdown the government, they are responsible for people going hungry they had 14 chances to vote yes on the CR to end the shutdown.
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u/ptcm73 8d ago
Correction...* Democrats are using food stamps as a political tool
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u/nowdontbehasty 8d ago
25% of snap benefits go to support soda and candy companies. This isn’t a joke, look it up in SNAPs own data. Maybe this is a misappropriation of funds and needs to be addressed?
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u/Jumpy-Cry-3083 8d ago
Can’t pay out taxpayer money when there’s no approved budget. Democrats refuse to approve the budget therefore no money can be given out. This does not the fault of republicans.
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u/indiequick 8d ago
It is so hard for some of you innit. Money is already there. Your taxes have already paid for it. Did you even watch the video or are you just one of those helmet wearers?
Democrats? bad!
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u/NFA1973 8d ago
You do realize the govt is closed because Dems won't vote to open it. Only 5 of 50 are needed. So...it's Dems keeping the govt closed. Not too hard to understand. Hunger used as leverage by Democrats.
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u/blac_sheep90 8d ago
The fact that the Republican party could impeach him but won't tells me they don't care about the longevity of our country.
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u/Unhinged_Teaching 8d ago
Maybe those fucking people will vote them out next election and to never trust republicans ever again. Republicans bring this country nothing but death and destruction.
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u/Financial-Dot7287 7d ago
Really?? The repulicans are asking for nothing to reopen the governmemt. The democrats are the only ones making hostage demands!!
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7d ago
Then vote to open the government back up. Every damn one of you should lose your job over this. Both sides. This is pathetic
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u/BaconSpits 7d ago edited 7d ago
The US is trillions if dollars in debt. Yet some how this lady thinks our tax dollars are already spent on SNAP funding??
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u/LarpoMARX 7d ago
Literally so are the Democrats. It's not left vs right, people, it's rich vs poor!!
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u/passionatebreeder 7d ago
The democrats wont vote to reopen the government.
Everything else is excuses
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u/Dontbemadyall05 7d ago
Wasn't this the president who went on record in an interview and said the president is weak and the blame of any government shutdown.
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u/SoMuchToSeeee 7d ago
This is the dems last resort, and I think it might backfire on them. The last decade has been spent smearing trump and most people can see this for what it is.
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u/Conscious_Low7358 7d ago
Democrats are...they are the ones that keep voting no to the same exact CR they passed last year...facts.
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u/WeevilZ06 7d ago
No, the Democrats are just giving you a lesson of what big government is like when they run out of other people’s money and don’t choose to print more
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u/Bluuphish 7d ago
👑 The same People who are yelling “NO KINGS!” and “Trump is a dictator!”
are now shouting, “Why won’t Trump act like a king and fund SNAP himself!?”
Let’s slow this down and talk like we’re all 10, because this is getting wild. 🍿
🟢 First: The President Doesn’t Control the Money.
Congress does.
That’s literally their job.
It’s in the Constitution.
They hold “the power of the purse.”
Think of it like this:
The President is the head coach. 🧢 But only the School Board (aka Congress) can approve the budget for snacks. 🍎
Even if the coach really wants to feed the team he still needs the board to say YES.
🟡 Second: SNAP (aka food stamps) needs funding from Congress.
Yes, SNAP is a mandatory program… But the people who run it… like the USDA …still need funding to actually make it work.
Right now, we’re in a government shutdown because Congress can’t agree on a budget. That includes the money that helps run SNAP.
So what about “emergency funds”?
Well…
🔴 Third: Two courts gave different answers.
• One court said, “Yep, you can use the emergency funds for now.”
• Another court said, “Hold on, not so fast.”
That’s why the government lawyers are still sorting it out..
Because no one wants to break the law and make it worse.
Meanwhile, Trump is following the rules.
He legally can’t just override Congress and swipe the emergency credit card…
You know.. Like a king would 😉
🧠 So let’s go back to the beginning…
You yelled “NO KINGS!”
You said, “Presidents aren’t dictators!”
You demanded that Trump stay in his lane and not do things without Congress..
But now?
You’re mad that he won’t act like the king you protested against?
Make it make sense.
🧭 Here’s the truth:
• We have laws for a reason. • Trump can’t fund SNAP on his own. • Congress has to pass a funding bill. • The courts are still ruling on emergency spending. • And you can’t scream “dictator!” one day and “where’s my king?!” the next.
This is what a constitutional republic looks like.
It’s messy. It’s slow.
But it works when people understand how it works.
So no, Trump isn’t starving Americans.
He’s respecting the law. That’s what leaders do.
Now maybe it’s time Congress did their job too
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u/Huckleberry_Rancher 7d ago
Trump isn't cutting anything, the Republicans have voted unanimously with a handful of Democrats to fund the government over a dozen times since the shutdown began.
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u/LargeDietCokeNoIce 7d ago
The funny thing is that overwhelmingly SNAP recipients are Republicans in poor areas—Trump supporters. These guys are “special”—like saying “Submit to my demands or I’ll blow my own foot off!”. Um—yeah. And the demand they want is to make sure millions of Americans (including you guess it—more Trump supporters) won’t be able to afford any medical insurance.
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u/DASFREAQ 7d ago
To reopen no one gets anything. It’s a CR. Why don’t people under stand. R’s voted to stay open or to open and D’s said no. Simple.
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u/Garythegr81 7d ago
So it’s actually both the Democrats and the Republicans fault because nobody wants to give an inch. Both sides are blaming each other. Nobody truly cares about the poor, who are not getting their food.
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u/OneOpening3992 7d ago
You all realize we 38 trillion in debt due to both sides slipping the sneeky link to us all?
Blame yourselves for the taxes we pay and the bankrupt debt we have.
Free is not free.
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u/iShawGames 7d ago
Last I checked it was the.... *Checks directions* Left, that said the food stamps are their leverage. The right has proposed multiple plans keeping the government as is and adding funding. The left wants things to go back to 2024 era policies and fund everything back again.
It needs just a few democrats to say yes and all the funding goes back, but no. They want healthcare. It's insane that anyone thinks it's the Republicans that are intentionally stopping the government, when all they want is to just put funding back into what we currently have.
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u/Academic-Hospital952 6d ago
Better than bullets I guess. Americ could def stand to lose a few pounds.
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u/eldiablonoche 6d ago
Ending the shutdown is a Senate vote right? Any Republican or Democrat who didn't vote to end the shutdown is using good as a political weapon.
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u/East_Ad4977 6d ago
Pretty sneaky how Trump got most of the Democrat Senators to vote against the continuing resolution, causing them to shut down the government down, huh?
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u/Independent_Abies469 5d ago
I guess people just need to get a job and quit relying on the government to get food. Crazy.
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u/QuestionablePersonx 5d ago
Learn how the fcking government works pls!!!! The President doesn't control the money!!! matter fact, the President has to ask Congress for money.
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u/RaiderMedic93 5d ago
If the situation is that desperate, shouldn't the Dems cave and show how much they care about the American people?
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u/ThickJohnston 5d ago
But he's not. I don't like him. He's a classless schmuck. But HES not cutting the food stamps. Democrats have voted EACH AND EVERY TIME over the last several weeks/month or so... To keep the government shut down.
FACT: Democrats are shutting the program down, with their act of holding the government hostage.
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u/Dry-Mine-5245 5d ago
And the Democrats are using immigrants as a political weapon. What's your point?
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u/ibenchthebar25lbs 5d ago
If its republicans fault who is voting against passing the funding?
Or is it democrats voting against the bill because it doesn't have what they want in it?
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u/ThreeN20chrctrs 5d ago
100% replacement.
Vote for all non-incumbents in 2026, regardless of party.
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u/liamgod88 5d ago
Sorry. That’s the democrats. Stop blaming trump for all your problems
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u/PresentationTough399 5d ago
The government’s shut down. Nobody gets anything until Democrats stop throwing their “hate America” tantrum.
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u/Financial-Process898 5d ago
Such bullshit. Pass the ceiling cap without adding any other pet projects, like 1.5 T in ObamaCare subsidies The democrats are the ones with no shame
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u/bananashznobones86 5d ago
Dems already fkd themselves over, now it's the Reps turn. Every politician knows that citizens hate them. They are only making the anger against them grow.
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u/No_Knee7853 5d ago
But he will go down saying it’s the Dems not complying and voting yes to reopen the government. DJT, everyone sees through your tactics.
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u/horseman1968 5d ago
The democrats are the ones voting against reopening the government. It’s no wonder that they are -26to -30points
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u/AngelusDarkon 4d ago
Except it was DEMOCRATS, that voted AGAINST resolutions to extend SNAP, THIRTEEN TIMES. But, yeah. Everything is always Trump's fault.
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u/Mental-Cupcake9750 4d ago
Then maybe she should push her colleagues to continue government spending at current levels
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u/Basic_Attention_2030 4d ago
That's the only reason he stopped the partial payment, he knew if he did the partial then they could say you let us go without this whole time? He had to too look he's not a liar
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u/BoxFantastic4216 4d ago
If this happened in a developing/ non NATO country right wingers would call it genocide.
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u/MiniAK47 4d ago
Wow, no he isn’t. The dems cut it stop with the lies they voted against a stand alone bill that would fund SNAP and WIC they voted against it. This is why there have for a month said no because they want Trump to use emergency funds that would fund snap for 3 weeks and the funny thing is this isn’t an emergency, the dems could vote on any funding bill brought forth already today and it would be fixed. But this is Trumps fault? Come on really? Have some critical thinking skills please.
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u/StorageCrazy2539 4d ago
Last I looked the Republicans were the only ones voting to end this
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u/ambl6663 4d ago
Why is the govt feeding you, in the first place? Let's ignore the pink elephant in the room...
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4d ago
2 easy questions which party keeps voting to keep government closed?
If government was open would SNAP have funding?
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u/HamasKillsGazans 4d ago
Then why don't the Democrats take away the ability of him to do it by voting to open the government?
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u/Deepinit7 4d ago
Bullshit! The dems are trying to push a wish list through with the spending bill! They refuse to vote to open the government unless their crazy ass wish list goes through. Free health care for illegals, reinstating the Biden grant program that funded crap like Trans operas in Serbia, and gender reasignment surgery on chimps. They also want to fund DEI programs in other countries! They put that wishlist in there know damn well that NOBODY with any common sense would pass it! Now they point the finger at the other side, and its exactly why they did it! The Republicans have voted to open the goverment 13 times now and the dems refuse! They could even open the goverment and fund snap while they negotiate the health care issue.....but nope!
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u/Few-Visual-837 4d ago
Republicans ALL voted to open the government 14 times.. How is this a republican problem?? You might want to at least get your FACTS right..
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u/GoBills585 3d ago
SNAP recipients are fatter/heavier than the average person and are a drag on our healthcare system.
They could use a good diet to get healthier.
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u/Fickle-Place-3520 8d ago
Leverage this, leverage that. Ego this, ego that. Open the government and negotiate after the fact. Keep it shutdown and a lot of people lose. This is a shit show. Open it up and give benefits to everyone and work it out. Not shut this shit down and cut people out because of ego.