Trump’s SNAP Rules Make Hungry Americans Prove They’re ‘Desperate Enough’ For Food
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as posted by the channelDonald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" isn't so beautiful for the 22.3 million families who just got forced to jump through bureaucratic hoops to keep their food assistance. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins - with ZERO business running a food program - just announced ALL SNAP recipients must reapply, citing 200,000 fraud cases out of 42 million people. Less than 0.5% fraud, but their solution is to make millions of families prove they're not criminals just to eat.
Meanwhile, Trump supported this move saying SNAP numbers are "many times what they should be" while his administration simultaneously expanded work requirements to include veterans, homeless people, and seniors aged 55-64. The same groups who served this country or lost everything are now being told to work 20 hours a week to qualify for food assistance.
This is Project 2025 in action - weaponizing bureaucracy to starve working families while cutting $120 billion from SNAP funding. The fraud they claim to fight amounts to less than half a percent of cases, but the real fraud is making hungry families reapply for benefits they already qualified for.
#SNAPCuts #TrumpPolicy #Project2025 #FoodInsecurity #ProgressivePolitics #AntiFascist #SocialSafetyNet #WorkingFamilies
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