This has nothing to do with the shutdown the law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision that The president is making [a decision] on his own to allow people to go hungry when he has the power to continue the SNAP benefits. that folks desperately need. And it is desperate. I mean, the folks who rely on snap, six bucks a day and you can barely buy a pound of hamburger in Chelsea. (14:13–14:25)
CLAIM
Asserts that the president has the power to continue SNAP benefits but chooses not to.
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