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Jasmine Crockett: “Rural America uses more SNAP benefits than urban America.”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:46

But I am talking about those people that decided that they were going to support his candidacy. Those people in rural America, which we know that Rural America uses more SNAP benefits than urban America. And so ultimately, if this goes past 30 days, rural America is going to be hit pretty. When we look at the big ugly bill and the amount of cuts that have been made to Medicaid and Medicare. (01:46–01:50)

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Asserts that rural America relies more on SNAP benefits compared to urban areas.

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