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Hakeem Jeffries: “The Trump administration doesn't need Congress to act in…”

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

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Jeffries responds to Johnson calling him and Schumer 'irredeemable'

Published | Video Starts at 06:27

… this kind of circumstance to continue providing SNAP benefits to the American people, including 16 million children who might otherwise go hungry. If Donald Trump successfully withholds these SNAP benefits. The Trump administration doesn't need Congress to act in order to continue providing nutritional and food assistance to everyday Americans. They're trying to weaponize this issue and cause people to go hungry in the most callous and cruel manner politics possible. (06:27–06:37)

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Asserts that the Trump administration can continue SNAP benefits without Congress.

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