Mnuchin Admits White House Held Back Food Assistance For Hungry Kids

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nationalmemo.com/mnuchin-admits-white-house-held-back-food-assistance-for-hungry-kids

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday admitted the coronavirus relief package Republicans released in late July as an initial offer to House Democrats did not include enough aid for food assistance programs, even as children go hungry in the United States.

Mnuchin made the comment on CNBC after host Jim Cramer asked whether there was any room for the Trump administration to increase their coronavirus aid offer to reach a deal with Democrats, as negotiations in Congress are currently stalled.

"I listened to the speaker over the weekend. She's right. We started low on food, we realized there's a lot of kids out there that — there's an issue," Mnuchin said, saying that adding more aid for food programs could be a "compromise" the Trump administration is willing to make.

The coronavirus relief package Democrats passed on May 15 includes a 15 percent increase in the maximum food stamp allowance in the midst of the devastating coronavirus-fueled economic crisis.

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[Thekaspervote]

1. Now there's something to be proud of!! What an ass

[C_U_L8R]

2. Compromising over children. That's sick.

No way our kids should ever be Trump's bargaining chips.

[Sherman A1]

3. You have to wonder

just why anyone would admit to something like that? Where is the prize?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. PRO-LIFE my ass!!

This hellish behavior is not Pro-Life at all. There is a place in hell for Steve Mnuchin and Donald Trump.

[Hortensis]

5. "I listened to the Speaker (Pelosi) over the weekend. She's right."

Of course. And you're equally of course on the side of wrong.

We started low on food, we realized there's a lot of kids out there that — there's an issue," Mnuchin said, saying that adding more aid for food programs could be a "compromise" the Trump administration is willing to make.

Feeding children a compromise.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Fucking pig

[chriscan64]

7. I guess they thought the kids could deduct their business lunches from their taxes.

They had no trouble working in help for Trump's hotel into the discussions.

[crickets]

9. And what are you going to do about that, Stevie?

Trump Tells States To Return To 'Normal' Operations, And Restrict Food Assistance
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213892516
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/08/trump-tells-states-return-normal

Back in May, Feeding America reported "record levels" of food insecurity, projecting 54 million Americans, including 1 in 4 children, would not have enough to eat throughout the duration of the crisis. That was May, but it's going to get worse because the Trump administration is ending the flexibility states were given back in March to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps to more people. The Department of Agriculture is now telling states they have to return to "normal operations," and put limits on food assistance. Normal. Operations. In a still-raging pandemic. In which tens of millions of people just lost the lifeline of extra unemployment benefits.

People can't dine out on the words, "more aid for food programs could be a compromise" ...but apparently you can.

Jackass.

[Make7]

10. I guess an Executive Order to help feed hungry children is not a priority.

Perhaps pretending to help some people with dubious EO's is not projected to help Trump's re-election chances.

What should one surmise from the Executive Actions Trump chose to take? And all the issues left unaddressed? (Since he seems to believe he has authority to implement things without congress.)

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