Chuck Schumer: “We can do both provide better health care and provide SNAP…”

“… food to feed themselves, veterans who are down on their luck, all because he wants to use them as hostages so that Democrats will stop fighting for people's health care. We can do both provide better health care and provide SNAP benefits to the tens of millions who need it. This president is a fucking liar. He says there's no money to provide food stamps because of the shutdown. That's bullshit. His own Agriculture Department said there's plenty of money.” (00:23–00:30)

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