A customer walks into a grocery store that displays a sign about SNAP food stamps benefits. | Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images.
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a rally during the last full week of campaigning. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images The law requires USDA to grant state requests to distribute emergency allotments of SNAP as long as both the federal government and the state are under an emergency declaration due to Covid-19. But there’s disagreement about how to implement the requirement.
One low-income individual who previously might have been getting $20 per month in SNAP benefits could be getting nearly 10 times that under USDA’s policy, while another low-income person who typically gets $204 per month has seen no increase whatsoever. The USDA did allow states to boost assistance for millions of households whose incomes were high enough that they weren’t already receiving the maximum payment. That increased the benefits USDA pays out each month by 40 percent, or roughly $2 billion.
The state of California is currently doling out some $250 million in emergency aid per month, according to court filings. Over the summer, a federal judge in the Northern District sided with USDA and did not order a preliminary injunction. The litigation is ongoing. The next day, the department said it would issue the additional emergency payments in Pennsylvania for the month of October, which meant recipients there would be getting an extra $59 million.
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tRUMP administration once again demonstrating its values and priorities. Disgusting! Especially amidst a pandemic-induced recession. Come on, man!!!
To the gop poor people don't matter, people don't matter to them, they got their judge so they can go on vacation now. Screw them.
but they wanted to give mall santas 250M to be shills
Well he ain’t no Robin Hood, now is he! He thinks this will only hurt Black and Brown people! 😡
I don't 'like' this, I'm glad you're exposing this! He has no soul, morals, compassion ..
Wake up! Trump & his administration doesn't care about ANY of us! What kind of person would do this? Now is when people need help the most, now is when the government needs to step up & help & they're doing the opposite, taking away instead. VOTE HIM OUT!!!
Right... That money should go in Their Pockets!!
What happened to state’s rights?
Go vote !!!!
Billions to illegal immigrants!
That’s your President. When you’re down, kick you in the privates.
JoshMankiewicz Of course he is, this is so on brand for him!
Donald Scrooge
JoshMankiewicz More proof realDonaldTrump and the GOP are a party of death. TrumpDeathCult VoteHimOut
The Trump Administration has no intention in managing the spread of COVID and is now denying SNAP benefits to the people that needs it the most. VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
And yet he’s afraid of Leslie! God I like 60 minutes.
He is despicable.
WTF Gopers ?
May you go to bed tonight with no food Donnie
Unbelievable.
Not true.
Disgusting. VoteLikeYourLifeDependsOnIt Pennsylvania2020
Trump believes they won’t vote for him so he doesn’t care if they suffer and die.
So now Trump's fighting to take the food out of the mouth of families. He should be arrested for Crimes against Humanity. He's not happy enough with putting kid's in cages and now he wants American kids to go hungry. VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
Cruelty is their game plan
Sounds right. Trump has used al the food stamps available. Proof-look at that fat body!
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But pro-life and all that...
This guy doesn’t want to win
This action by the Trump administration is one of the most despicable moves I have ever heard of. Denying food benefits to needy people! It's like if he can't let the nation die by the thousands from Covid 19, he'll accomplish it by slow starvation!! What the hell!!
Kick poor people when they are down! This is the Trump way to hurt the United States! Trump never made America Great! America is crumbling down because of a Trump clown!
What kind of people are these in this administration? Fighting to cut everything lowest-income American people are in need of to survive especially in a pandemic.
They are such monsters! So quick to open the People’s purse for bailing out rich people and businesses but couldn’t care less about the well being of struggling families and low income workers — the blood and sweat of our Nation. Monsters!!
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