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Kristin Lyerly: “One in eight people with these SNAP benefits, half of them…”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Published | Video Starts at 10:56

And one of the things that I find most concerning is that if we as people don't step up and hold these leaders accountable, they just keep railroading over us to the point where they are literally starving people. One in eight people with these SNAP benefits, half of them are children, many of them are living with a disability, they are elderly. They, they need this food to eat. Yet the federal government has been like, I don't think they really need it. Yeah, we have to hold these people accountable. (10:56–11:04)

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Asserts that a significant portion of SNAP beneficiaries are children, disabled, or elderly.

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