Starving Kids to Make a Point? The MAGA Playbook Is Cruelty First.
Tonight, America spoke. Loudly. Voters in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia sent a clear message: cruelty isn’t policy, and starving children to score political points is not leadership. Donald Trump’s refusal to release SNAP benefits during the government shutdown—even after a federal judge ordered him to—wasn’t just a bureaucratic delay. It was a deliberate act of harm.
At a recent press briefing, Karoline Leavitt (or The MAGA mouth Levitt,” as she’s earned in some circles) claimed she spoke with the president and assured reporters he would “surely comply” with the judge’s order. Meanwhile, MAGA Mike Johnson chimed in with a chilling admission: “Even if we release some SNAP benefits, it’s going to take time, because, ya know, we like to make people we don’t care about wait for things. Like food.”
Let that sink in.
This isn’t about policy differences. This is about basic human decency. Families living paycheck to paycheck don’t have the luxury of waiting. Missing a day means missing a meal. For millions of children, that’s not a metaphor—it’s their reality.
Have any of these political hacks ever missed a meal? Not for lack of money, but because the system failed them? Because a shutdown turned their dinner into a political bargaining chip? Unless they’re dabbling in some trendy fasting cleanse, I doubt it.
Trump’s SNAP blockade marks the first time in the program’s 61-year history that benefits were halted due to a shutdown. Even with court orders in place, only partial payments would trickle out. The USDA is draining emergency reserves just to comply, while confusion and hunger spread like wildfire.
This isn’t governance. It’s punishment.
And tonight, voters responded. Trump’s politics of hate and deprivation were rejected at the ballot box. You can’t bully and starve people into agreeing with you in America. Not anymore. The people said “No thanks, Mr. President.” They said it with votes, with outrage, and with a demand for compassion.
It’s time to feed the kids.
