White House defends SNAP delay, says Trump ‘fully complying’ with court ruling

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00:00The administration is fully complying with the court order. I just spoke to the

00:03president about it. The recipients of these SNAP benefits need to understand

00:07it's going to take some time to receive this money because the Democrats have

00:10forced the administration into a very untenable position. We are digging into

00:15a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes, for war.

00:20And the president does not want to have to tap into this fund in the future and

00:23that's what he was referring to in his true social posts. So the Department of

00:27Agriculture, as for the latest SNAP payment in the judge's order, put out

00:32guidance to states today on how to get that money to the recipients of SNAP, but

00:38it's going to take some time. The best way to get the full amount of SNAP benefits

00:43to those beneficiaries is for Democrats to reopen the government. So to anyone who

00:48is a SNAP beneficiary at home who needs that assistance, and the president was

00:53just saying, this is for people who are truly needy, who need food, who need this

00:58assistance from the United States government. Democrats are holding it up

01:01and making it difficult for the administration to get those payments out

01:04the door. So if you are at home and you want your SNAP benefits, call the

01:08Democrats and tell them to reopen the government.