Donald Trump is trying to figure out how to make more people hurt more. And how do we know that? Just look at hungry kids right now. Right. Never before in a shutdown has there been any interruption of SNAP benefits. Everybody continued, no matter whether you had a Democrat or a Republican in the White House, you continued those benefits. So little kids didn't go hungry, so veterans didn't go hungry, so seniors didn't go hungry. (00:11–00:17)
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Asserts that SNAP benefits have never been interrupted during a government shutdown before.
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