… and this ridiculous game that President Trump and Republicans are playing with the health and well being of Americans. I want to just make two points. The first is that Donald Trump clearly has the authority to keep SNAP funding during this shutdown. He is just refusing to do it. His own usda, as Senator Sanders just showed us, told the public that they had the authority. (10:30–10:36)
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Asserts that Donald Trump has the authority to maintain SNAP funding during the government shutdown.
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