President Trump's team appealing, essentially fighting in court to not have to give people their SNAP benefits. Which means this crisis is headed back to Congress's lap. Could this accelerate talks? Well, it's incredible to me that Donald Trump and Republicans have decided to weaponize hunger and starvation by unlawfully at this point withholding SNAP benefits from 42 million Americans. That includes 16 million children, 8 million older Americans and over a million veterans American who rely on SNAP benefits in order to put food on the table. (06:20–06:33)
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Asserts that Trump and Republicans are unlawfully withholding SNAP benefits from 42 million Americans.
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