Ahead of the Holidays, Donald Trump’s Administration Wants to Cut SNAP Benefits for Blue States Arrow

Yesterday, Trump's Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins threatened to withhold SNAP benefits funding from blue states ahead of the holidays, jeopardizing nutrition assistance for millions of hungry kids and families.

This comes on the heels of Trump and Republicans' Big Ugly Bill, which already made the largest cut to food assistance in history.

Unlike Republicans, who continue to choose billionaires over working families and kids, Democrats are fighting back hard to ensure kids don't go hungry as a consequence of Trump's political games.

In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:

"After ripping food away from Americans with the biggest cut to SNAP in history, Donald Trump is now threatening to let millions of kids and families go hungry during the holidays. It's cruel. It's inhumane. And it's wrong. Democrats will continue to fight like hell to stop Trump's attacks on working families. Nobody in America should go hungry."

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Trump administration threatens to withhold funds to run SNAP in Wisconsin, other states

By Molly Beck

• Wisconsin could lose federal funding to administer the nation's anti-hunger program known as SNAP, the Trump administration signaled Tuesday.

• U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Trump administration plans to halt funding for states whose governors have not responded to the agency's request for data on recipients of the program known in Wisconsin as FoodShare.

• In 2023, Wisconsin received around $81 million to administer FoodShare-related programs, according to the USDA. The threatened cut doesn't include benefits for food aid recipients, which total about $110 million per month in Wisconsin.

• So far, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has rejected their request, and Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined a multi-state lawsuit to block the data seeking.

• The Trump administration is signaling its plans even as a federal judge overseeing the lawsuit has issued an injunction that blocks the administration from taking such action.

• "That system is analyzed every single year and we feel confident in it," Evers said in a recent interview with WISN 12. "They're looking for ways to get out of doing it, frankly. That is inappropriate."

• "We have people in the state of Wisconsin that need help making sure they're having nutritious meals. We feel the program right now is working just fine."