Mitch McConnell is on a mission to end expanded free school lunches

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is blocking the extension of child nutrition waivers that made school lunches free during the pandemic, even as federal funding for the program is set to expire on Friday.

"McConnell is not budging," a person close to the ongoing negotiations told Politico. "It hurts everybody in every state. These are things Republicans want."

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The development centers on an omnibus Democratic-backed spending package, set to be unveiled as soon as Tuesday, that would, among other things, allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend child nutrition waivers in schools across the country.

The waivers were first approved back in March 2020, at the height of the pandemic, to help schools, government agencies, and nonprofits continue feeding kids despite pandemic-era challenges, including school closures, according to The Washington Post. The program was repeatedly extended in recent years by President Biden and former President Donald Trump as the COVID-19 crisis dragged on.

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[Chainfire]

1. Those precious former fetuses are now children, to hell with them, huh Mitch.

After all, it is only the poor ones that will suffer, and they are poor because they are no good.

[crickets]

5. This was my first thought as well. So evil. nt

[allegorical oracle]

6. Conservatives seem to be especially prickly when it comes to feeding poor kids One of

my Drumph-loving neighbor has a sister who's an elementary school cafeteria manager -- and the pair of them gripe incessantly about giving kids free food. They rebut my responses with "welfare Cadillac" tales and call me naive.

[CrispyQ]

2. Ebenezer McConnell.

I always wonder how many free martini lunches McConnell enjoys, paid for by his rich donors, as he yanks a free hot lunch from a school kid. What an asshole.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Because child hunger is unheard-of in Kentucky. Riiiiiiight.

And still, they re-elect the turtle.

[gratuitous]

4. Mitch hasn't missed too many meals

Why don't those lazy kids get elected a Senator in Kentucky? Judging by their current incumbents, Kentucky isn't all that choosy about who it sends to the Senate.

[XanaDUer2]

7. And many harmed

Will vote for him over and over