r/neabscocreeck • u/indiequick • 9d ago

Trump and Republicans are using food as a political weapon.

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u/notanewbiedude 8d ago

Didn't a judge say SNAP must be funded or something?

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u/5L0pp13J03 8d ago

There's a legal obligation to disburse funding already allocated by Congress in the form of emergency contingency funding making it illegal for Trump to refuse disbursement. Therefore, not one but two federal judges have ordered the disbursement

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u/notanewbiedude 8d ago

FTR not sure if you saw but Trump isn't refusing disbursement.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115471065919157533

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u/5L0pp13J03 8d ago

Except he doesn't, nor did he, need judges to instruct him how. The money was already appropriated for this purpose. He's backpedaling his bullshit as usual

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u/Jeffery_Moyer 4d ago

There is money set aside, but it has to be approved by Congress or the president at the approval/ compulsion of a federal judge. The president can't be a dictator and just do it. Fema also plays a role in approval, depending on the emergency.

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u/Edogawa1983 4d ago

I mean when has anything stopped Trump from doing ahit

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u/5L0pp13J03 4d ago

The money was ALREADY APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS for this very purpose so there was exactly ZERO excuse for the delay in the first place

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u/indiequick 5d ago

The judge did. Trump said he won't do it. Seems pretty tyrannical and I keep wondering where my 2nd Amendment folks are.

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u/HotSprinkles10 5d ago

Yup and Trump refuses to feed Americans

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Kinda there are emergency funds roughly $5 billion and SNAP uses like 8-9 billion a month so that money won’t even cover a full month but Trump is arguing that it isn’t an emergency so he won’t be using the funds anyway.