1. La Negación de Fondos de Contingencia y Acusaciones de Mentira.
La principal controversia gira en torno a la afirmación de Mike Johnson y la administración Trump de que no existen fondos legales disponibles para financiar SNAP durante el cierre. Sin embargo, múltiples fuentes y demócratas insisten en que el USDA posee un fondo de contingencia multimillonario (5-6 mil millones de dólares) destinado precisamente a estas emergencias, y que su uso está siendo bloqueado intencionalmente.
- Mike johnson is lying snap has a 5 billion contingency fund for emergencies that could be tapped into so people do not go hungry.
- The truth usda has a contingency fund with a balance of 5-6 billion to ensure snap benefits continue during a govt shutdown or emergency.
- Mike johnson lies that there is no way to provide funds. All the gop makes the same claim. Their goal is to throw everyone off of snap forever.
- Mike johnson is a liar. Not that this is news, but we need to say it. Usda is sitting on billions of dollars of contingency funds for snap that they are refusing to use.
2. Uso de SNAP como Palanca Política y "Crueldad".
Mike Johnson admitió públicamente que retener los beneficios de SNAP era una estrategia deliberada para aumentar la presión sobre los demócratas y forzarlos a ceder en las negociaciones presupuestarias, especialmente en temas relacionados con los subsidios de atención médica (ACA). Esta táctica fue calificada repetidamente como "cruel" y "chantaje" por sus oponentes.
- Admitting the gop is using funding for snap benefits as leverage in trumps ongoing shutdown, johnson said he wont fund the program because it would reduce the pressure on democrats.
- Mike johnson fucked up on cnn just now and admitted theyre defunding snap as leverage to get democrats to fold on the shutdown.
- So according to mike johnson he thinks inflicting pain on american citizens by not giving them snap benefits is going to make the democrats cave? what kind of monsters are they that will take food from kids.
- Letting 40m americans go hungry just to try to win a political fight is disturbing.
3. Recortes Previos y el Impacto en la Población Vulnerable.
La interrupción de los beneficios de SNAP afecta a más de 40 millones de estadounidenses, incluyendo una alta proporción de niños, ancianos y veteranos. Además, se destaca la hipocresía de Johnson, quien previamente votó a favor de un proyecto de ley que proyectaba recortes masivos (alrededor de 186 mil millones de dólares) al programa SNAP, socavando su credibilidad al culpar a los demócratas por la falta de fondos.
- Over half of snap recipients are children or the elderly gop cruelty is staggering.
- In july 2025, speaker johnson voted in favor of a bill with a projected 186 billion in cuts to the snap, and he is no rush to support usdas use of contingency funds for snap.
- Mike johnson is freezing snap funds for 40m childrenwhen did feeding children become a political weapon for republicans.
- Fact check false. Liar mike johnson voted for and championed passage of trumps so-called one big beautiful bill, which cut snap funding by 186 billion.