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Miles Archer

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 08:11 AM Oct 2025

America's FAVORITE Rapin' Grampy apparently does not G.A.F. about 42 MILLION Americans who will lose SNAP benefits

A political analyst warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump's decision not to backfill the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program with money the administration used to pay for military salaries during the government shutdown could harm a "tremendous" number of Trump voters and cause Republicans to "pay" at the polls in 2026.

"Donald Trump has said on many occasions that he is going to go after Democratic programs and programs that benefit people who vote for Democrats," McClendon ( Shaniqua McClendon, the vice president of politics at Crooked Media ) said. "The problem is that you can't pick and choose who participates in a federal program based on their political affiliation."

"There are actually a tremendous number of Donald Trump supporters and voters who stand to see their healthcare premiums increase if these subsidies are not expanded," she added, referring to the Affordable Care Act subsidies that Democrats are pushing to extend as part of the government funding bill.

"They stand not to see access to SNAP benefits if they don't find the money for it," McClendon added. "I think Republicans are really going to pay for this during the midterm if they don't find money for this."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gop-2674234352/


In fiscal year 2024, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) served an average of 41.7 million people per month, or 12.3 percent of U.S. residents. The share of residents receiving SNAP benefits ranged from as high as 21.2 percent in New Mexico to as low as 4.8 percent in Utah. In 36 States, the share was between 8 and 16 percent.
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America's FAVORITE Rapin' Grampy apparently does not G.A.F. about 42 MILLION Americans who will lose SNAP benefits (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2025 OP
Trump hates all Americans. He just hates some more than others. Walleye Oct 2025 #1

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