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“They cut five million people off food assistance, then wheel out the health secretary to say it won't have "that much effect" — one day after the numbers came out. That's not an opinion, that's a guy standing in front of a receipt with his back turned. 1.5 million of those five million are kids, and come September 30 they're cutting deeper.”
“Look, this is about program integrity — nobody's entitled to a benefit they don't qualify for, that's just fiscal responsibility. The Secretary said the only people who lost benefits were people who never should've been on the rolls in the first place, and — okay, the report he was citing says the opposite, but he probably meant it in spirit. Did I just defend a guy using a study that contradicts him? That's not usually my job but here we are.”
The receipts
The 2025 reconciliation law cut SNAP by $187 billion - the largest cut in the program's history. SNAP feeds one in five American children Congressional Budget Office estimate, via CBPP SNAP tracker
Millions dropped from SNAP food assistance as funding faces September uncertaintySNAP funding could face a major shake-up at the end of September unless Congress passes a resolution to delay major changes included in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
· ‘Obviously Going to Increase Hunger’: Trump SNAP Cuts Imperil Free School Meals for Millions of Kids from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· RFK Jr. Dismisses Impact of SNAP Cuts as Data Shows 5 Million People Have Lost Aid from the morgue, 27 Aug 2026
· Trump-GOP Budget Law Pushes SNAP Enrollment to 17-Year Low as Millions Lose Aid from the morgue, 26 Aug 2026
This page is a back-issue: the story as it ran, receipts as they were. The current edition is at the front.