| Nearly five million Americans have already lost food assistance after House Republicans slashed SNAP benefits in their Big, Ugly Bill. Read below for the disastrous impacts Americans are facing, all thanks to Republicans.
Washington Post: Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has cut food assistance for millions of Americans
- The number of Arizonans on food stamps has plummeted by half — a loss of nearly 500,000 people, including about 200,000 children, according to the latest available state data.
- Flowers, the mother of four who struggled to get benefits, said she didn’t vote in 2024, dissatisfied with her options. But this year she plans to cast a ballot and predicted that SNAP “definitely will factor into it.”
CNBC: At least 3.5 million people have lost food stamp access as Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ cuts take effect, analysis finds
- Arizona resident Rhonda Keene, 60, told CNBC that she applied for SNAP benefits for the first time in February, since her declining health means she can no longer work full-time.
- Since then, she said, she has responded to multiple requests from the state for more documentation to support her application. Yet she still has not received any SNAP support.
- “I’ve never been in this situation,” Keene said. “It’s pretty humiliating.”
The Hill: SNAP recipient’s benefits slashed: ‘Who lives on $24 a month?’
- Shiela Boyd, an 81-year-old New York resident who spoke with Nexstar’s WPIX, wasn’t kicked off the program, but said her benefits were suddenly cut from $298 a month to just $24.
- “I can’t buy nutritious food. Who lives on $24 a month?” Boyd said. “I need more money to eat.”
Ohio Capital Journal: One year after biggest SNAP cuts ever, 100,000 Ohioans without help, state bracing for costs
- Not only did the spending law cause major damage, but the longest-ever federal shutdown that followed it meant even those who were able to get benefits couldn’t get them in a timely fashion, according to Gina Plata-Nino.
- “It means that kids are going to have less to eat,” Plata-Nino said. “For families, it might mean that there’s just no food on the table, and they may not be able to pay rent because they have to pay for this.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvanians feel the impact of Trump’s tax law one year later
- As for SNAP, the number of enrollees in Pennsylvania declined from 1.9 million last July, when Trump signed the legislation, to 1.7 million in March, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.
- States for the first time will have to share the costs of providing benefits to their residents. That would cost Pennsylvania $410 million a year, according to CBPP.
REMINDER: Overall, 53% of Americans oppose the Big, Ugly Bill, with the bill underwater by nine points among independents.
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