"Let me just point out, if I might, that we are 29 days into a Democrat shutdown. And the senator from New Mexico [Ben Ray Lujan] is absolutely right. SNAP recipients shouldn't go without food. People should be getting paid in this country. And we've tried to do that thirteen times! You voted no thirteen times! This isn't a political game, these are real people's lives that we're talking about!"
"And you all just figured out, 29 days in, that, Oh, there might be some consequences? There are people running out of money! Yeah, we're 29 days in. And they've done their best to make sure that a lot of these programs are funded. But at some point, the government runs out of money. Thirteen times people over here voted to fund SNAP! Thirteen times they voted to find WIC! My aching back! Finally realized this thing has consequences."
"Well, you know what? 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. Something that results from their shutdown, so are they making plans to end the shutdown and reopen the government? Nope! They're gonna propose a bill to fund food stamps during their shutdown."
Republicans accused Democrats of causing a 29-day government shutdown by voting down thirteen clean short-term continuing resolutions to fund the government. Republicans emphasized repeated attempts to fund SNAP and WIC that Democrats allegedly rejected and warned Americans are experiencing real financial strain and food insecurity. Republicans argued that targeted legislation to continue SNAP funding without reopening the broader government represents a plan to sustain the shutdown and provide political cover for continuing it. Republicans framed the Democratic approach as cynical and insufficient to end the shutdown and restore full government operations.
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