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Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2025 in an X post “My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.” JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.” X posts stated on October 28, 2025 in X posts The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens. Social Media stated on October 22, 2025 in social media posts Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse. James Clyburn stated on October 8, 2025 in an X post “Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program. Rick Scott stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.” Amy Klobuchar stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.” Dan Koh stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast “If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.” Hakeem Jeffries stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters "Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America." Katherine Clark stated on September 12, 2025 in a post on X “Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. Howard Lutnick stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.” Gavin Newsom stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview “California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.” Jon Favreau stated on July 8, 2025 in Pod Save America “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.” Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.” Mike Johnson stated on May 25, 2025 in a "Face the Nation" episode “We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Donald Trump stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.” Karoline Leavitt stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.” Michael Lawler stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview “If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.” Harriet Hageman stated on March 16, 2025 in a podcast interview The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.” Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2025 in a post on Facebook The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’” Load more
Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2025 in an X post “My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.”
JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
X posts stated on October 28, 2025 in X posts The majority of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients are not U.S. citizens.
Social Media stated on October 22, 2025 in social media posts Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse.
James Clyburn stated on October 8, 2025 in an X post “Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.
Rick Scott stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
Amy Klobuchar stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”
Dan Koh stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast “If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”
Hakeem Jeffries stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters "Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
Katherine Clark stated on September 12, 2025 in a post on X “Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans” if they don’t extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Howard Lutnick stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
Gavin Newsom stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview “California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”
Jon Favreau stated on July 8, 2025 in Pod Save America “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”
Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”
Mike Johnson stated on May 25, 2025 in a "Face the Nation" episode “We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Donald Trump stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”
Karoline Leavitt stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
Michael Lawler stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview “If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
Harriet Hageman stated on March 16, 2025 in a podcast interview The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”
Facebook posts stated on March 7, 2025 in a post on Facebook The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”
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