"I don't think Trump's going to allow the leadership to let Chuck Schumer save face on this, Schmitt said of the shutdown. I think he's going to make them come back and say, Reopen it, or we're just going to continue this forever. You're going to have to own this SNAP mayhem and whatever the hell these people do if they don't get these benefits.' You're going to start having riots and looting. What do you think happens? he asked Johnson."
"This is a program that has exploded over the last 20 years, and we are just dumping 100 billion a year into a program that we all know is being so woefully corrupted and exploited. People are selling their benefits. People are using them to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. I mean, this is a this is a really ugly program."
SNAP is scheduled to expire on Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown, risking benefits for about 42 million Americans. Enrollment has increased from roughly 6–10% in the 1970s to about 12–15% in recent periods, totaling about 12.3% of the population. Allegations of exploitation include benefit sales and use for cosmetic services such as nails and hair weaves, and program costs are described as approaching $100 billion annually. Funding via a continuing resolution would extend benefits temporarily. Calls for dramatic reform and warnings about potential unrest if benefits lapse accompany the debate.
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