“Fully complying”: White House walks back Trump comments on SNAP freeze

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was forced to walk back President Donald Trump s shutdown rhetoric on Tuesday The president revealed that SNAP benefits would not be distributed until the Radical Left Democrats open up ruling body an apparent contradiction of court orders that required the federal governing body to use exigency funds to keep the assistance effort operational SNAP BENEFITS which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars MULTIPLE FOLD during Crooked Joe Biden s disastrous term in office Due to the fact that they were haphazardly handed to anyone for the asking as opposed to just those in need which is the purpose of SNAP will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up regime which they can easily do and not before he wrote on Truth Social Pressed about the outburst by White House reporters Leavitt mentioned the administration was fully complying with court orders I just spoke to the president about it Leavitt noted It s going to take specific time to receive this money because the Democrats have forced the administration into a very untenable position Related Trump s America is governed by necropolitics Leavitt noted that Trump was referring to the further distribution of benefits at several unspecified future point We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies she disclosed The president does not want to have to tap into this fund in the future so that s what he was referring to Leavitt added that there would be delays in distributing SNAP payments It s gonna take specific time she noted The best way to get the full amount of SNAP benefits to those beneficiaries is for Democrats to reopen the administration Watch the exchange below Weijia Did the administration distribute that SNAP money or defy that court order Leavitt No The administration is fully complying with the court order pic twitter com nsUaNZ VNs Acyn Acyn November Read more about SNAP A taste of their own medicine Blue states go digital against Trump s shutdown Champagne sequins SNAP cuts A real-life Gatsby party Trump s SNAP shutoff is vicious political theater The post Fully complying White House walks back Trump comments on SNAP freeze appeared first on Salon com