White House Claims SNAP Funds Will Still Be Given Out As Ordered By The Court, Despite What Trump Said [VIDEO]

The Government shutdown continues and so has the drama that has fallen out of it.  American’s have been standing together to help Americans that aren’t receiving paychecks because of the shutdown as well as Americans that didn’t receive their SNAP benefits November 1st.  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.  The 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.

“The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke to the president about it,” Leavitt then said SNAP recipients “need to understand it’s going to take some time to receive this money,”

Leavitt clarified that the president’s comments threatening to withhold benefits were about future payments and future use of contingency funds, not the current partial payments. She added that the full and timely distribution of benefits is being delayed by the shutdown and suggested that Democrats should vote to reopen the government to resolve the issue.

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