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Jasmine Crockett: “We've got 1.1 million people that have lost their jobs at…”

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

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Jasmine Crockett Holds Virtual Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 36:06

In fact, we're going to see a greater need for things such as SNAP benefits because we are experiencing this record high unemployment right now. We've got 1.1 million people that have lost their jobs at the same time in which we're reducing benefits. So once you have farmers and ranchers that are going out of business, that means that there's less food that is being produced here. (36:06–36:15)

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Asserts that 1.1 million people have lost their jobs while benefits are being reduced.

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