Friend,
What’s happening right now isn’t some accident of politics. It’s a crisis born from deliberate cruelty and cowardice.
The government is shut down because of a failure of Republican leadership. Health insurance subsidies that millions rely on are expiring. Premiums are skyrocketing. And in just days, over 40 million people – many of whom are seniors, children, working families, and people with disabilities – will lose access to food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
And while families brace for hunger, the Trump regime is sitting on $5 billion in USDA emergency reserves that could be used today to fund SNAP. They just refuse to do it.
That’s not fiscal restraint – it’s moral rot.
Meanwhile, Trump is parading across Asia trying to clean up the global trade chaos he created (the first time a sitting president has EVER left the country during a government shutdown), and Speaker Mike Johnson continues to keep the House out on vacation. He’s refusing to bring lawmakers back to the Capitol, even as millions face hunger, higher premiums, and economic pain – all so he can delay the swearing in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, whose signature would be the last one needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
Think about that: while families in this country can’t afford their groceries or healthcare premiums, Republicans are more worried about keeping damning records sealed.
This is the GOP’s America – where billionaires get tax breaks and children go hungry. Where corporate profits are protected, but health care subsidies are left to expire. Where the Republicans who control the White House and Congress shrug as families line up at food banks that are already stretched to their limits.
Enough.
For the first time since the Great Depression, the SNAP program – the nation’s largest anti-hunger lifeline – is on the brink of collapse. The USDA has already told states to hold off distributing November benefits “until further notice.” That means millions of people could see their EBT cards stop working within days.
The Trump administration has the power and the funds to stop this crisis. They and the Republicans in Congress could end it tomorrow. Instead, they are holding our entire economy hostage to protect their billionaire donors and avoid political embarrassment.
This is what failed leadership looks like. And if we don’t speak out now, they’ll keep getting away with it.
Sign the petition and demand action now. >>
No family should go hungry because Republicans refuse to lead. Not now. Not ever.
Thank you for your advocacy,
Zach VanHouten
People For the American Way
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