Mike Johnson CORRECTS Dana Bash on SNAP funding amid shutdown

You all have found ways to pay members of the military, which people understand, and wick, which people also understand. But why are you drawing the line now on 40 million Americans who literally will not be able to eat? I reject the premise of the question. I’m not drawing the line. The Democrats are drawing the line. If we had a contingency fund that we could use, that would be done. That ability is not available for SNAP because a contingency fund had to be prior authorized by Congress. Well, they they say that that’s not what the law shows. No, that’s ridiculous. Certainly certainly the administration has shown that they are money around without Congress saying yes. No, Dan, they’re just simply not true. It’s already been adjudicated. When they tried to do that in the first Trump administration, the GAO, for example, determined it was illegal. And the Democrats, when they voted against the clean CR, they voted down that possibility. So, it is not legally available to do that. The Democrats have put the American people in this crisis and they are the ones that have the power to end

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  1. The Republicans are so desperate to try and make this the Democrats fault the fact of the matter is if you look at what the Republicans put forward and you actually read what it does to the American people you would have to be a complete and total moron to not understand why the Democrats aren't giving into this

  2. The Democrats are drawing a line but the Republicans are always getting done what they want to. So since have they followed the “Law” I will wait. When it is convenient it is the Democrats to blame when it is something they want to have they have all branches now they playing follow the LAW come November farmers better vote in the best interest of their farms Mexican and foreigners better vote in their best interest.

  3. Wouldn't a real journalist know how SNAP is funded before asking Johnson to explain how it's funded and then arguing with him over his answer?
    The answer is "Yes", a real journalist would already know the answer to that question and wouldn't waste viewer's time.
    That journalist would ask Johnson why democrats are accusing Trump of acting outside his authority…. and ask Schumer to go on CNN to tell voters why he's not voting to open the government.

  4. Alaska senator Lisa mukoski should never 👎 have given the last vote 🗳️ to pass the big beautiful bill. She need to share some of the blame for the shutdown. Where’s Lisa ? She needs to answer for the American 🇺🇸 people

  5. But it’s legal to pay the military from donated funds? It’s not! It’s legal for trump to cut aide already appropriated? It’s not! It’s legal for trump to take a plane from a foreign country? It’s not! Republicans don’t care about following the law. Cruelty and lying about it is the point. Republicans are vile and disgusting.

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