HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to ma [View all]
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-11-06T20:53:36.539Z
McCONNELL said Trump's Truth Social post was essentially an admission of his "intent to defy the court order when he said 'SNAP payments will be given only when the government opens.' As a result "people will go hungry, food pantries will be burdened and … suffering will occur."
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-11-06T20:55:14.690Z
"It’s likely that SNAP recipients are hungry as we sit here," McConnell says.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-11-06T21:01:13.674Z
He also says Trump and his allies have admitted to withholding SNAP benefits for "political reasons" rather than to preserve child nutrition programs, which the judge said was a pretext."
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