1. La Decisión Política y la Negativa a Usar Fondos de Reserva.
La narrativa dominante en el archivo es que la interrupción de los beneficios de SNAP no fue una consecuencia inevitable del cierre gubernamental, sino una elección deliberada de la administración Trump, que se negó a liberar los miles de millones de dólares disponibles en el fondo de contingencia.
- If snap benefits dont go out november 1, its not because of the shutdown or because snap ran out of money. Its because the trump admin is illegally refusing to use the money in the snap contingency fund.
- Snap has a contingency reserve, and it has been used in these situations before. Its the trump administration thats refusing to use the funds during the republican shutdown.
- Snap benefits werent stopped by the shutdown, they were stopped by trumps lawbreaking. Under us law there is a dedicated snap fund for shutdowns, trump refused to spend it, lost in court, defied the court order, took the issue to the supreme court.
- There are in fact six billion dollars in contingency funds specifically to pay snap benefits during a shutdown. Trump is just being evil again.
2. Precedentes Históricos y la Crueldad Intencional.
Históricamente, el programa SNAP nunca había sido interrumpido durante cierres gubernamentales anteriores, incluyendo el más largo durante el primer mandato de Trump. Los críticos señalan que la retención de los fondos es una táctica intencional para usar a los beneficiarios como rehenes políticos.
- Snap has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now. Make no mistake the money is available to fund snap during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it. Dont forget this.
- Snap benefits have never been cut during a shutdown. Thats on trump and the gop. Trumpshutdown gopliesabouteverything.
- The cruelty is the point.
- Trump wants to hurt them. Snap has a contingency reserve, and it has always been used in these situations before.
- The trump administration is choosing to hold back reserve funds to hurt americans while democrats push for healthcare subsidies.
3. Implicaciones Legales y Reacciones de los Actores Políticos.
La administración enfrentó demandas y órdenes judiciales para liberar los fondos de SNAP, las cuales fueron desafiadas. La situación se utilizó como palanca política, con la administración buscando culpar a los demócratas por el cierre mientras se negaba a utilizar los recursos disponibles.
- This is trumps shutdown. Trump deliberately ended snap funding. He was ordered twice to fund snap and is absolutely refusing.
- The courts have ruled that trump needs to get november snap benefits out the door for americans in need.
- Trump is illegally withholding funds already designated for snap and has removed the information from the website that shows there is funding available even during a government shutdown.
- Trump is choosing which projects to fund what to withhold to make americans hurt trump is straight up lying about snap funding just to blame democrats.
- The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.