President Donald Trump said Tuesday that SNAP benefits will not go to the nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the nutrition program until Democrats vote to open the federal government — despite an order from a federal judge that the administration must fund the program during the shutdown.
The administration chose the latter in a legal filing Monday, the Agriculture Department announced, saying officials will use the USDA’s emergency fund to cover 50 percent of November allotments for currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “several weeks to several months” to distribute the funds.
Trump’s statement appeared to represent a reversal of the USDA’s submission, but White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about this.” Levitt told reportersClaiming that Trump was talking about future conditions.
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge over the weekend ordered the administration to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two options: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The administration chose the latter in a legal filing Monday, the Agriculture Department announced, saying officials will use the USDA’s emergency fund to cover 50 percent of November allotments for currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “several weeks to several months” to distribute the funds.
Trump’s statement appeared to represent a reversal of the USDA’s submission, but White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about this.” Levitt told reportersClaiming that Trump was talking about future conditions.
“The president who threw a Gatsby-themed party the night before he cut SNAP benefits now vows to violate a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) he wrote on social media. “It’s disgusting. I won’t stand it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge over the weekend ordered the administration to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two options: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The administration chose the latter in a legal filing Monday, the Agriculture Department announced, saying officials will use the USDA’s emergency fund to cover 50 percent of November allotments for currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “several weeks to several months” to distribute the funds.
Trump’s statement appeared to represent a reversal of the USDA’s submission, but White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about this.” Levitt told reportersClaiming that Trump was talking about future conditions.
“I think it won’t last long, and if he continues to ignore the courts, we’ll be in a complete constitutional crisis,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters in the Senate basement. “The president does not get to pick and choose which court orders to comply 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 night before he cut SNAP benefits now vows to violate a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) he wrote on social media. “It’s disgusting. I won’t stand it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge over the weekend ordered the administration to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two options: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The administration chose the latter in a legal filing Monday, the Agriculture Department announced, saying officials will use the USDA’s emergency fund to cover 50 percent of November allotments for currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “several weeks to several months” to distribute the funds.
Trump’s statement appeared to represent a reversal of the USDA’s submission, but White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about this.” Levitt told reportersClaiming that Trump was talking about future conditions.
Senate Democrats quickly raised alarm over the president’s statement, saying he could not defy the court order.
“I think it won’t last long, and if he continues to ignore the courts, we’ll be in a complete constitutional crisis,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters in the Senate basement. “The president does not get to pick and choose which court orders to comply 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 night before he cut SNAP benefits now vows to violate a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) he wrote on social media. “It’s disgusting. I won’t stand it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge over the weekend ordered the administration to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two options: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The administration chose the latter in a legal filing Monday, the Agriculture Department announced, saying officials will use the USDA’s emergency fund to cover 50 percent of November allotments for currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “several weeks to several months” to distribute the funds.
Trump’s statement appeared to represent a reversal of the USDA’s submission, but White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about this.” Levitt told reportersClaiming that Trump was talking about future conditions.
“SNAP benefits, which increased by billions and billions of dollars (many times over!) during Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (due to the fact that they were randomly ‘handed out’ to anyone to ask for them, rather than just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will only be given when the Radical Left Democrats open the government, which they easily can do, and not before!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. last.
Senate Democrats quickly raised alarm over the president’s statement, saying he could not defy the court order.
“I think it won’t last long, and if he continues to ignore the courts, we’ll be in a complete constitutional crisis,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters in the Senate basement. “The president does not get to pick and choose which court orders to comply 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 night before he cut SNAP benefits now vows to violate a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) he wrote on social media. “It’s disgusting. I won’t stand it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge over the weekend ordered the administration to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two options: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The administration chose the latter in a legal filing Monday, the Agriculture Department announced, saying officials will use the USDA’s emergency fund to cover 50 percent of November allotments for currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “several weeks to several months” to distribute the funds.
Trump’s statement appeared to represent a reversal of the USDA’s submission, but White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about this.” Levitt told reportersClaiming that Trump was talking about future conditions.
“SNAP benefits, which increased by billions and billions of dollars (many times over!) during Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (due to the fact that they were randomly ‘handed out’ to anyone to ask for them, rather than just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will only be given when the Radical Left Democrats open the government, which they easily can do, and not before!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. last.
Senate Democrats quickly raised alarm over the president’s statement, saying he could not defy the court order.
“I think it won’t last long, and if he continues to ignore the courts, we’ll be in a complete constitutional crisis,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters in the Senate basement. “The president does not get to pick and choose which court orders to comply 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 night before he cut SNAP benefits now vows to violate a court order so he can force millions of children, seniors and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) he wrote on social media. “It’s disgusting. I won’t stand it.”
Trump’s statement comes after a federal judge over the weekend ordered the administration to maintain funding for the program during the shutdown, giving the Trump administration two options: either provide full SNAP benefits to recipients by Monday or partial benefits by Wednesday.
The administration chose the latter in a legal filing Monday, the Agriculture Department announced, saying officials will use the USDA’s emergency fund to cover 50 percent of November allotments for currently eligible households. The USDA added that it could take states “several weeks to several months” to distribute the funds.
Trump’s statement appeared to represent a reversal of the USDA’s submission, but White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt quickly walked back the president’s words on Tuesday.
“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke with the president about this.” Levitt told reportersClaiming that Trump was talking about future conditions.
