I’m in New Mexico so Google sent me a story about New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s statement on SNAP (food stamps):
The federal government’s refusal to pay for SNAP benefits in November is unconscionable — and the absurdity doesn’t end there. For New Mexico that’s 460,000 people in our state — 21 percent of our population, the highest participation rate in the nation. The federal government has abandoned its responsibility to feed families.
My administration is immediately evaluating every available legal and administrative option under this guidance, working closely with our Health Care Authority, food banks, and community partners to protect vulnerable families — including children, seniors, and people with disabilities — and we are expediting the $8 million we allocated for food banks, though that’s only a fraction of the $80 to $90 million in monthly SNAP benefits New Mexicans rely on.
People used to care about starving kids, but now I guess the Republican position is that they’re moochers born to looters, so they can just go hungry. Didn’t faux hillbilly Vance’s mother have to use food stamps once in a while? Is a five-year-old kid supposed to pull him or herself up by their bootstraps?
As Joe wrote yesterday, this is a very target-rich environment, and kids missing meals because of Trump and the Republicans is something Democrats need to message about. If we don’t blame loss of SNAP benefits on Republicans, they’re surely going to blame it on us, and they’re already doing it.
