Judge Orders Trump Admin. To Fully Fund SNAP Benefits For November NOW, Trump Is Seeking An Emergency Stay To Block

Donald Trump recently spoke about what a difference a year made with America thriving while other Americans are worrying about how they are going to feed their family.
Although federal judges ruled that the Trump administration must provide partial benefits to recipients, Trump was reportedly perplexed about where the funds would come from following the longest government shutdown in history.  

President Donald Trump allegedly had changed his mind about releasing SNAP benefits for November although judges ruling said he had to. The Trump administration on Monday agreed to move billions of emergency dollars to partially pay for food aid this month in response to a federal judge’s order, though some families may not receive benefits for weeks.  Officials were to use $4.65 billion from USDA’s contingency fund to support roughly half of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants. 

Then breaking news hit, President Donald Trump in a statement via his Truth social media platform said he isn’t releasing nothing until Democrats vote to open the government.  Clearly the White House and Donald Trump are not on the same page, as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says SNAP funds will still be given out despite a recent statement from Trump.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to provide full federal food benefits to states by Friday and admonished the government for what he said is its defiance of an earlier order, stating that what’s happening is “simply unacceptable”

“Without SNAP funding for the month of November, 16 million children are immediately at risk of going hungry,”  “This should never happen in America.”

Don’t clap just yet….

The Trump Administration is now countering the move by Judge McConnell filing a motion seeking an immediate stay of a federal judge’s order directing the Agriculture Department to use emergency funding to pay full food stamp benefits for November.  Justice Department lawyers argued that the judge’s decision was misguided and that it is likely to be overturned on appeal at the First Circuit.

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