Posted on 11/04/2025 1:39:09 AM PST by Libloather
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., claimed in a new interview that the Trump administration is being "cruel" pushing for SNAP beneficiaries to work in order to receive public assistance.
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The Trump administration reportedly agreed on Monday to allocate billions of emergency dollars to partially fund SNAP benefits this month in response to a federal judge’s order. This comes amid a larger debate about SNAP programs and their beneficiaries, particularly as the Trump administration claims such public funds are being abused by illegal immigrants.
After playing a clip of Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins talking about the Trump administration’s plans to reform such programs, MSNBC blasted the administration and condemned it for the shutdown.
"I guess one way to keep people from fraudulently claiming benefits is by making sure no one can claim benefits, no?" journalist Catherine Rampell said on a Sunday episode of MSNBC’s "The Weekend: Primetime."
"First and foremost, this is the most corrupt administration in history," Pressley replied. "And then they’re cruel enough to create work requirements for hungry people to get SNAP."
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"But for the last month, they have not shown up for work, and they’ve been on a taxpayer-funded vacation. You know, I’ve been in Congress seven years. I came in as a freshman in the 118th in the midst of a government shutdown, the first congressional class to come in the midst of a government shutdown," she said. "And we never left. We stayed working. We stayed negotiating because that’s what the American people deserve. It’s just shameful."
The White House responded to Pressley by declaring that it is willing to reopen the government at any time as soon as the Democrats compromise.
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The communists never cease to amaze.
Looks a lot like Homer Simpson after he tried to light a bbq grill
BLM Spice
Actually work for what you receive? How cruel!
Playing to their base. How did it get like this? The spinless Republicans had to know this was happening and said and did nothing. And WE THE PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR IT!!!
Sad but true.
At all.
That’s the worst kind of spice.
I have 12 cords of wood that needs to be split.
I would pay some one a month’s worth of food money.
If they would come and split it for me.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
Where do you live? Not a bad wage.
A fed bear is a dead bear.
Didn’t Bill Clinton add the same work requirement, too? Bad me for remembering.
When Clinton’s welfare reform which required a recipient have a social security number and had work requirements for the able bodied, 1/3rd of beneficiaries disappeared from the rolls overnight.
I guess he thinks God is cruel, too.
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
God forbid you actually have to be an American to be entitled to American taxpayer money. Why, we should just provide food stamps to every poor person on the planet. All of you lowly peasants can pay for it.
She’s got a head that looks like a Wilson football.
Not only is requiring some work cruel but it is degrading. How dare they hold people responsible!!!
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