Statement·other·said 2025-10-27
“The best way for SNAP benefits to be paid on time is for the Democrats to end their shutdown.”
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Mixed
2025-10-31Reasoning
Johnson framed the shutdown as the sole obstacle to SNAP benefits, but USDA's own September 2025 lapse plan said contingency funds could be tapped for SNAP — a position the administration later reversed. Federal judges later ordered SNAP benefits be paid from the contingency reserve.
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