Isn't it delightfully ironic when Democrats opine about the impacts of the Schumer shutdown they voted for.
How sad that Democrats seek to deny SNAP benefits and paying our military in order to hold them hostage to get an additional $1.5 trillion in spending this nation cannot afford and simply because they cannot win elections and do not have a majority to get their absurd budget busting nonsense passed.
They’ve even repurposed the “starving babies” meme, from Gaza to this standoff. “Donald Trump . . . thinks starving people help him politically!” shrieks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bx./Queens).
Ex-Veep Kamala Harris fumes, “Babies are going to starve when the SNAP benefits end in just hours from now.”
Spare us the crocodile tears, please.
One more time: House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, passed a “clean” continuing resolution a month ago — funding SNAP and core services at current levels, no strings attached; it would’ve kept every EBT card loaded through Christmas.
The GOP has the votes to pass it in the Senate, too — but Democrats there have filibustered it 13 times to prevent a floor vote.
Why?
They want $1.5 trillion in new spending, including Obamacare subsidies and more aid to illegal aliens, plus a promise not to deport Venezuelans.
Basically, they want an end-run around the 2024 election that put Donald Trump back in the White House and gave the GOP control of both houses of Congress.
The Dems don’t like the legislative consequences of the sweep, so they’re holding SNAP recipients hostage to try to make the Republicans give in.
Trump joked about having the Senate to exercise its “nuclear option” to get rid of the filibuster, but that would let Democrats run wild they next time they have even a bare Senate majority.
The SNAP cliff is no surprise: The Agriculture Department warned in September that a shutdown would leave states exhausting emergency funds.
But Dems keep voting to filibuster.
Even the American Federation of Government Employees — a Democrat lobby par excellence — begs for Dems to let the GOP bill pass so its members can get paid.
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How sad that Democrats seek to deny SNAP benefits and paying our military in order to hold them hostage to get an additional $1.5 trillion in spending this nation cannot afford and simply because they cannot win elections and do not have a majority to get their absurd budget busting nonsense passed.
Democrats are screaming about the impact of THEIR government shutdown
As Democrats drag the government shutdown on, they’re suddenly caterwauling about one thing they knew for sure their recalcitrance would cause: 40 million Americans on SNAP — food stamps — facing a benefits cliff.They’ve even repurposed the “starving babies” meme, from Gaza to this standoff. “Donald Trump . . . thinks starving people help him politically!” shrieks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bx./Queens).
Ex-Veep Kamala Harris fumes, “Babies are going to starve when the SNAP benefits end in just hours from now.”
Spare us the crocodile tears, please.
One more time: House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, passed a “clean” continuing resolution a month ago — funding SNAP and core services at current levels, no strings attached; it would’ve kept every EBT card loaded through Christmas.
The GOP has the votes to pass it in the Senate, too — but Democrats there have filibustered it 13 times to prevent a floor vote.
Why?
They want $1.5 trillion in new spending, including Obamacare subsidies and more aid to illegal aliens, plus a promise not to deport Venezuelans.
Basically, they want an end-run around the 2024 election that put Donald Trump back in the White House and gave the GOP control of both houses of Congress.
The Dems don’t like the legislative consequences of the sweep, so they’re holding SNAP recipients hostage to try to make the Republicans give in.
Trump joked about having the Senate to exercise its “nuclear option” to get rid of the filibuster, but that would let Democrats run wild they next time they have even a bare Senate majority.
The SNAP cliff is no surprise: The Agriculture Department warned in September that a shutdown would leave states exhausting emergency funds.
But Dems keep voting to filibuster.
Even the American Federation of Government Employees — a Democrat lobby par excellence — begs for Dems to let the GOP bill pass so its members can get paid.
Democrats are screaming about the impact of THEIR government shutdown
As Democrats drag the government shutdown on, they’re suddenly caterwauling about one thing they knew for sure their recalcitrance would cause: 40 million Americans on SNAP — food stamps — fa…
nypost.com
