If Americans going hungry cannot force Republicans and Democrats back to the negotiating table to end the government shutdown, nothing will.
And it looks like no relief will be coming for hungry families.
On Wednesday, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) excoriated the Trump administration for removing the contingency plan for SNAP from its website.
"I know the difference of good soil and the bulls*** that goes in it," he said during a press conference. Later during floor debate, Senate Majority Leader John Thune raised his voice and accused Democrats of dishonesty.
"What Democrats are doing here, they're making plans to keep the shutdown going, and they realize all of a sudden, 29 days in, that this is a real consequence, real-life pain for American families," the usually mild-mannered Thune said on the floor.
Thune's saying this basically forecloses any chance that there will be any relief for people going hungry. House Speaker Mike Johnson keeping the House out of session makes it even less likely. People will go without food while everyone pretends to care about SNAP.
But this whole exchange reeks of manure and is only half as useful.
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