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Lawmaker Steve Drazkowski says no hungry Minnesotans because he has ‘yet to meet one’ | NY Post
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0:48Now PlayingA Minnesota lawmaker is in hot water after he argued against a bill to provide free meals for schoolchildren impacted by food insecurity by stating that he has “yet to meet” anyone suffering from hunger.
Republican state Sen. Steve Drazkowski made the bizarre comment during a Tuesday floor session on Senate Bill 12, which would allocate $420 million over two years to provide universal school breakfasts and lunches.
“I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don’t have access to enough food to eat,” Drazkowski scoffed.
He went on to call the bill “basically fraud” and branded the measure “pure socialism” for trying to manage what children eat.
Drazkowski, who was elected to the Senate last year after serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives for over a decade, also mocked the definition of hunger.
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