President Donald Trump’s former White House spokesperson defended GOP cuts made earlier this year to a federal food program for millions of Americans, despite some of his family members relying on it.
Harrison Field made his comments Monday on CNN during a discussion about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (SNAP), which are expected to not be distributed this weekend due to the long-running government shutdown.
The Department of Agriculture said that it can’t pay the roughly $8 billion needed to fund November’s SNAP benefits unless Congress, which is out of legislative session during the shutdown, approves it.
Democrats and Republicans are blaming one another for the shutdown, caused by a standstill over extending the Affordable Care Act tax credit which expires by the end of the year. If Congress does not extend the program’s tax credit, millions of Americans will see their health care premiums spike.
During Monday night’s episode of “News Night With Abby Phillip,” Fields asked, “Who cares about health care when you cannot put food on the table?”
