Hakeem Jeffries: “They're threatening to take those benefits away from 42…”

“Literally, these people ripped food from the mouths of hungry children, seniors, veterans, women and families. So they could reward their billionaire donors with massive tax breaks and make those tax breaks permanent. And now They're threatening to take those benefits away from 42 million Americans on November 1st. Well, can I ask you on that? Because that's what Leader Thune was shouting about on the floor today, because a Democrat over in the Senate tried to introduce a bill basically that would just fund SNAP during the government shutdown.” (05:12–05:20)

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