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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans ripped food assistance away from hungry…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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… closing all across the country, particularly in rural America, as a direct result of what Republicans have done in their one big ugly bill. In that same piece of legislation, Republicans ripped food assistance away from hungry children, seniors and veterans with the largest cut to SNAP $186 billion in American history. And why did they do all of this, which they celebrated yesterday? To provide their billionaire donors with massive tax breaks to continue to subsidize the lifestyles of the rich and shameless. (00:45–01:00)

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Asserts that Republicans made the largest cut to SNAP, totaling $186 billion.

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