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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that SNAP benefits won’t flow to the nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the nutrition program until Democrats vote to open the federal government — despite a federal judge’s order that the administration must fund the program during the shutdown.
The Agriculture Department announced the administration had chosen the latter option in a filing Monday, saying officials would use the USDA contingency fund to cover 50 percent of November allocations to currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “a few weeks or even months” to disburse the money.
Trump’s statement appeared to be a reversal of the request filed by the USDA, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s comments Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, saying Trump was talking about future situations.
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge ordered the administration over the weekend to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two choices: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The Agriculture Department announced the administration had chosen the latter option in a filing Monday, saying officials would use the USDA contingency fund to cover 50 percent of November allocations to currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “a few weeks or even months” to disburse the money.
Trump’s statement appeared to be a reversal of the request filed by the USDA, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s comments Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, saying Trump was talking about future situations.
“The president who threw a Gatsby-themed party the day before cutting SNAP benefits is now pledging to break a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors, and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-W.C.) wrote on social media. “It’s sickening. I won’t stand for it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge ordered the administration over the weekend to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two choices: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The Agriculture Department announced the administration had chosen the latter option in a filing Monday, saying officials would use the USDA contingency fund to cover 50 percent of November allocations to currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “a few weeks or even months” to disburse the money.
Trump’s statement appeared to be a reversal of the request filed by the USDA, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s comments Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, saying Trump was talking about future situations.
“I think it will be short-lived and if he continues to ignore the courts, we will find ourselves in a real five-alarm constitutional crisis,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told reporters in the Senate basement. “The president does not have the right to choose which court orders he complies with. The court said he has to start paying SNAP benefits and he has to start paying SNAP benefits.”
“The president who threw a Gatsby-themed party the day before cutting SNAP benefits is now pledging to break a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors, and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-W.C.) wrote on social media. “It’s sickening. I won’t stand for it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge ordered the administration over the weekend to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two choices: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The Agriculture Department announced the administration had chosen the latter option in a filing Monday, saying officials would use the USDA contingency fund to cover 50 percent of November allocations to currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “a few weeks or even months” to disburse the money.
Trump’s statement appeared to be a reversal of the request filed by the USDA, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s comments Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, saying Trump was talking about future situations.
Senate Democrats quickly sounded the alarm over the president’s statement, saying he could not defy a court order.
“I think it will be short-lived and if he continues to ignore the courts, we will find ourselves in a real five-alarm constitutional crisis,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told reporters in the Senate basement. “The president does not have the right to choose which court orders he complies with. The court said he has to start paying SNAP benefits and he has to start paying SNAP benefits.”
“The president who threw a Gatsby-themed party the day before cutting SNAP benefits is now pledging to break a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors, and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-W.C.) wrote on social media. “It’s sickening. I won’t stand for it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge ordered the administration over the weekend to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two choices: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The Agriculture Department announced the administration had chosen the latter option in a filing Monday, saying officials would use the USDA contingency fund to cover 50 percent of November allocations to currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “a few weeks or even months” to disburse the money.
Trump’s statement appeared to be a reversal of the request filed by the USDA, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s comments Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, saying Trump was talking about future situations.
“SNAP benefits, which increased by billions and billions of dollars (MANY TIMES!) during crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous tenure (due to being randomly “handed out” to anyone upon request, as opposed to those who need them, which is the point of SNAP!), will only be provided when radical left Democrats open up the government, which they can easily do, and not before! ” Trump wrote in a Tuesday Truth Social article.
Senate Democrats quickly sounded the alarm over the president’s statement, saying he could not defy a court order.
“I think it will be short-lived and if he continues to ignore the courts, we will find ourselves in a real five-alarm constitutional crisis,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told reporters in the Senate basement. “The president does not have the right to choose which court orders he complies with. The court said he has to start paying SNAP benefits and he has to start paying SNAP benefits.”
“The president who threw a Gatsby-themed party the day before cutting SNAP benefits is now pledging to break a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors, and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-W.C.) wrote on social media. “It’s sickening. I won’t stand for it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge ordered the administration over the weekend to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two choices: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The Agriculture Department announced the administration had chosen the latter option in a filing Monday, saying officials would use the USDA contingency fund to cover 50 percent of November allocations to currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “a few weeks or even months” to disburse the money.
Trump’s statement appeared to be a reversal of the request filed by the USDA, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s comments Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about it,” Leavitt told reporters, saying Trump was talking about future situations.
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