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Elizabeth Warren: “No matter whether you had a Democrat or a Republican in the…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

Government Shutdown and Rising Health Care Costs: Warren, Smith Sound Alarm on Fight For Americans

Published November 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:36

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 [SNAP] benefits. So little kids didn't go hungry, so veterans didn't go hungry, so seniors didn't go hungry. And that was what Donald Trump's own website said in anticipation of the shutdown. (09:36)

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Asserts that SNAP benefits continued under both Democratic and Republican administrations during past shutdowns.

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Government Shutdown and Rising Health Care Costs: Warren, Smith Sound Alarm on Fight For Americans | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 06:43-06:51
“That was what Donald Trump's own website said in anticipation of the shutdown.”
Government Shutdown and Rising Health Care Costs: Warren, Smith Sound Alarm on Fight For Americans | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 09:47-09:53