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[quote=Anonymous]The sickest joke right now is Republicans pretending to care about people losing SNAP benefits.  We already know for a fact that Republicans have been looking to gut programs like SNAP.

2005 – Bush Administration Budget Proposals - Proposed $500 million in SNAP cuts, mainly through eligibility restrictions and state “flexibility” waivers.

2013 – House GOP Farm Bill Split - House Republicans separated SNAP from the Farm Bill—breaking decades of bipartisan linkage between farm subsidies and nutrition aid and proposed $40 billion in cuts over 10 years, stricter work rules, and block-grant-like state authority.

2018 – Trump Administration Farm Bill Fight - House GOP pushed to expand work requirements to parents of school-age children and older adults. CBO estimated 1.2 million people would lose benefits.

Trump’s USDA attempted to implement cuts via regulation, aiming to remove up to 700,000 adults — blocked by courts in 2020.

2020 – Pandemic SNAP Expansion - Temporary emergency allotments expanded SNAP under bipartisan COVID relief. GOP lawmakers repeatedly opposed extensions and later pushed to end emergency benefits early.

2023 – Debt Ceiling Deal (McCarthy–Biden Agreement) - House GOP demanded expanded work requirements for SNAP recipients up to age 54 (previously 49) as part of the deal. CBO estimated more than 750,000 adults could lose access.

2025 – “GOP Megabill” and Budget Resolution - House Republicans propose $230–300 billion in SNAP cuts over 10 years—the largest in U.S. history. Shifts up to 25 % of SNAP benefit costs to states, freezes the Thrifty Food Plan (reducing future benefits), and expands work rules. Would cut total SNAP support by roughly one-quarter, effectively hollowing out the program. Analysts warn the structure could force poorer states to drop out, dismantling SNAP by attrition.

They are only pretending to care.  That's a documented historical fact that they want to gut / end SNAP and let people starve.  Anyone saying otherwise is either clueless to political reality or just straight up lying. My twitter feed was completely full of Republicans lying and pretending to care.[/quote]

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