Reference News, November 3 report: According to AFP, November 2 report, a senior U.S. Congress Democratic official accused President Trump and his Republican colleagues of "using hunger as a weapon" due to the long-term shutdown of the U.S. government, which has disrupted vital food benefits for millions of low-income Americans.
The report said that the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, warned that the Republicans "have no intention" of restarting the shutdown government. This deadlock has caused billions of dollars in economic losses and triggered fierce mutual accusations between the two parties.
He accused the Republicans of Trump's party of creating a crisis, including causing the interruption of funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides food assistance to more than 42 million Americans.
Jeffries said on a CNN program: "We want to restart the government, we want to develop a bipartisan spending agreement that genuinely improves the daily lives of Americans. Unfortunately, Trump and the Republicans have decided to use hunger as a weapon, withholding SNAP benefits, and even violating rulings from two federal courts. These two courts have clearly ruled that no American citizen should be deprived of the right to access nutritional assistance."
A federal judge recently ruled that the government should use emergency funds to ensure the continuation of SNAP. Trump expressed willingness to comply, but claimed that further clarification is needed on how the government can legally advance the plan. (Translated by Lu Di)
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