"And as we come on the air tonight, things are actually happening, here on Capitol Hill, which after 42 42 days of this government shutdown, is actually worth a breaking-news banner of its own, because lawmakers are now working late into the evening, tonight, to seal the deal, and end the longest government shutdown on record. That hasn't stopped the White House's efforts and the President's efforts to stop full food assistance benefits from going out."
"But as we talk about more families struggling to afford the cost of dinner, the President, for months, has been insisting that grocery prices are actually coming down. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Prices are way down. Everything's way down. Our groceries are down. Our energy prices are down. We have no inflation. Prices are down on just about everything. Prices are down. We have virtually no inflation. Everything's going good. Prices are down and inflation is dead. (END VIDEO CLIP)"
Lawmakers worked late to try to end a 42-day government shutdown, potentially ending the longest shutdown on record. The White House sought to withhold full SNAP food-assistance benefits for roughly 40 million Americans, and the Supreme Court granted the administration more time to delay those benefits. The President repeatedly proclaimed grocery and energy prices were falling, insisted inflation was virtually gone, cited retailers, and dismissed price concerns as a con. Video clips documented shifting presidential rhetoric and contrasted those claims with ongoing affordability struggles for families and the SNAP benefit dispute.
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