"But then again, given what the Trump administration was actually up to last week, the language of the order is worth quoting back in their face: "We renew our national promise to stand firm against communism, to uphold the cause of liberty and human worth, and to affirm once more that no system of government can ever replace the will and conscience of a free people.""
"Let's talk about that will and conscience of a free people for a moment: Polling data shows that roughly four in five Americans are strongly supportive of SNAP and believe that the government should provide benefits to hungry Americans. Even 69 percent of Republican voters support the program. Fully 77 percent of those polled said they would be concerned by a cutoff in benefits as a side-effect of the government shutdown."
"So what did Trump, the voice of the 'will and conscience of a free people,' do? He ordered his Department of Agriculture to curtail the distribution of SNAP benefits. Then his administration appealed lower-court rulings ordering the benefits be paid. Then Trump told the states that chose to distribute benefits during the period after an appeals court denied the federal government's request to overturn a ruling ordering that food assistance be paid that they had to recoup the aid given out to hungry residents."
Donald Trump proclaimed November 2–8 as 'anti-communism week' invoking the 'will and conscience of a free people.' Polling shows roughly four in five Americans strongly support SNAP, with 69 percent of Republican voters backing the program and 77 percent saying they would be concerned by a cutoff in benefits during a government shutdown. The administration ordered the Department of Agriculture to curtail SNAP distributions, appealed lower-court rulings that required benefit payments, pressured states to recoup emergency payments, and persuaded the Supreme Court to temporarily allow benefits to be withheld. Millions of Americans have become more food insecure as a result.
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