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Swede

(38,232 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:03 AM Oct 29

Governor Tim Walz post on SNAP

Every invested in SNAP generates .80 in economic activity.

It’s not about the money, Trump just wants Americans to go hungry.

Governor Tim Walz (@governorwalz.mn.gov) 2025-10-28T15:32:45.495Z
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Governor Tim Walz post on SNAP (Original Post) Swede Oct 29 OP
The cruelty of this republican party is over the top............... Lovie777 Oct 29 #1
Gov Walz is absolutely right as usual. Jbraybarten Oct 29 #2
Welcome to DU. Swede Oct 29 #3
Thank you! Jbraybarten Oct 29 #4
I'm convinced he wants to punish America. CaptainTruth Oct 29 #5
Destroying us from within for putin questionseverything Oct 29 #29
How would Pol Potbelly know he's powerful... -misanthroptimist Oct 29 #6
Trump is a BULLY some_of_us_are_sane Oct 29 #23
That he is -misanthroptimist Oct 29 #24
Hope you're right Deuxcents Oct 29 #26
Good for you, -misanthroptimist! some_of_us_are_sane Oct 29 #33
I wasn't a coward...or particularly brave -misanthroptimist Oct 29 #36
Don't Forget Banks Mr.Bee Oct 29 #7
Tim should be our VP right now! Americans are being cheated, stolen from, lied to by economic royalists. Clouds Passing Oct 29 #8
Trump will now blame the Democrats ashredux Oct 29 #9
I hope Walz runs for president. I really like this guy! Emile Oct 29 #10
Yes ... the next ticket should be Pritzker and Walz FakeNoose Oct 29 #14
Or Newsom/Pritzger BonnieJW Oct 29 #20
WOO WOO!!!!! some_of_us_are_sane Oct 29 #34
Works for me!! wordstroken Oct 29 #28
It's like the tariffs. They're more for Trump's personal reasons than for legitimate economic or trade reasons ChicagoTeamster Oct 29 #11
It's revenge against voters, foreign nations that Ilsa Oct 29 #13
he wants us to go away and die . AllaN01Bear Oct 29 #12
Exactly popsdenver Oct 29 #30
MAGA voters want Americans to go hungry. The orange one is a reflection of his voters, mean, nasty, cruel voters. nt Hotler Oct 29 #15
And yet BonnieJW Oct 29 #21
The Trumphumping Voters popsdenver Oct 29 #31
Rump wants me to go hungry and i have cancer. .... Thyroid cancer. Trueblue1968 Oct 29 #16
He should lay blame on the Republican Party, not just Trump. They brought him to the dance. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 29 #17
ABSOLUTELY! some_of_us_are_sane Oct 29 #22
Yes!!! calimary Oct 29 #38
AND popsdenver Oct 29 #32
And yes to THIS, TOO!!! calimary Oct 29 #39
Yes! calimary Oct 29 #37
...while he dines (and dances) in gilded splendor. A_Steel_Magnolia Oct 29 #18
NO. That's LIBRUL math. progressoid Oct 29 #19
This is what I have been saying, snap is great for GDP questionseverything Oct 29 #25
Yes, Gov Walz is Correct.. Cha Oct 29 #27
Trump doesn't care. Beacool Oct 29 #35
Don't forget GOP base has wanted this for generations JCMach1 Oct 30 #40

-misanthroptimist

(1,564 posts)
6. How would Pol Potbelly know he's powerful...
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:49 AM
Oct 29

...if he can't make others suffer? (I'd bet good money that that is pretty close to his mind set.)

-misanthroptimist

(1,564 posts)
24. That he is
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:44 PM
Oct 29

I, myself, started out as a bully when I was young. Somewhere along the line, I decided that there was no sport in it. For reasons I won't bore you with, I decided that there was (a lot of) fun in bullying the bullies. If I saw a kid getting bullied, I'd wade right in and have a go at the bully. Usually, it was verbal -but not always.

I say all this for two reasons:

1. Bullies can change. If they don't, then they like being bullies because they (bullies) are inherently weak.

2. We are entering a target rich environment for people who like to fight against bullies.

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,687 posts)
33. Good for you, -misanthroptimist!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:46 PM
Oct 29

You saw the light and CHANGED! Bravo! (I've always found that bullies are cowards underneath and so they hit first to protect themselves... or their IMAGE of themselves.)

And yes, the REAL HEROES are stepping to the fore. THAT'S EXCITING!

Mr.Bee

(1,621 posts)
7. Don't Forget Banks
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:55 AM
Oct 29
and merchant and credit card transfers
They get their cut too, Walmart!

Clouds Passing

(6,860 posts)
8. Tim should be our VP right now! Americans are being cheated, stolen from, lied to by economic royalists.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:14 AM
Oct 29

Tim has no problem stating out loud to the public the obvious.

ChicagoTeamster

(385 posts)
11. It's like the tariffs. They're more for Trump's personal reasons than for legitimate economic or trade reasons
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:27 AM
Oct 29

Last edited Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:07 AM - Edit history (1)

If the reasons were economic, the tariffs wouldn't be applied, then rescinded, then applied again after an argument. And the Fentanyl excuse? More drugs cross the border going north into Canada than south into the US. Plus, the Fentanyl is a supply and demand issue. In all businesses, including illegal ones, supply meats demand. The US has not done anything about the huge demand for drugs in the US or about the unlicensed firearms dealers in places like Louisiana and Texas selling arsenals to buyers knowing they're probably going to drive across the border to Mexico.

Ilsa

(63,790 posts)
13. It's revenge against voters, foreign nations that
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:59 AM
Oct 29

didn't heap ridiculously excessive, untruthful praise on him. And it's busy-work, so he looks to his base like he's accomplishing something while he's tearing down the US economy.

popsdenver

(1,456 posts)
30. Exactly
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 06:41 PM
Oct 29

it has been a Republican Mantra for decades and decades.......If you get sick.....Die

With all they are doing to destroy health care and medications for the masses, it is clearly their wish.

Trump declared through action/in-action that Covid was a farce....Due to that at least 500,000 additional U.S citizens died who shouldn't have....FACT

I doubt that the Physicians at Walter Reed, who treated Trump when he caught Covid, shoved a light stick up his ass, injected lysol into his veins and lungs, or gave him some horse medicine....

Ivanka and Jared were making a literal fortune off commandeering and selling off the entire Protective Personal Equipment in the U.S. reserves, and confiscating all shipments coming into the U.S. to sell........ Trump didn't want that to end, saying Covid was nothing to worry about as it ravaged the population of the United States and world....

Hotler

(13,720 posts)
15. MAGA voters want Americans to go hungry. The orange one is a reflection of his voters, mean, nasty, cruel voters. nt
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:38 AM
Oct 29

BonnieJW

(3,077 posts)
21. And yet
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:40 AM
Oct 29

It's Maga voters who will comprise the majority of those who go hungry and lose Healthcare

popsdenver

(1,456 posts)
31. The Trumphumping Voters
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 06:44 PM
Oct 29

have outgrown their usefulness, I suspect that Trump's CABAL has realized they no longer need their votes since the Repubs have corrupted the voting to an extent when they no longer will need their votes.....

Like Hitler's henchman said: It matters not how the people vote, but WHO COUNTS THE VOTES......

Trueblue1968

(19,059 posts)
16. Rump wants me to go hungry and i have cancer. .... Thyroid cancer.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:56 AM
Oct 29

I just went through chemo and radiation treatments for uterine cancer.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,731 posts)
17. He should lay blame on the Republican Party, not just Trump. They brought him to the dance.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:03 AM
Oct 29

The Republican Party is Project 2025.

popsdenver

(1,456 posts)
32. AND
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 06:48 PM
Oct 29

STEPHEN MILLER INC........

AND it truly is the Republican Party, not just Trump.....Without the Republican Senators, Republican House Members, and the Republican U.S. Supreme court justices, he wouldn't have lasted ten minutes into his first term, and certainly not in his second term.....

questionseverything

(11,529 posts)
25. This is what I have been saying, snap is great for GDP
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 04:37 PM
Oct 29

We should be enlarging the tent that receive snap not shrinking it!

Beacool

(30,500 posts)
35. Trump doesn't care.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:18 PM
Oct 29

"Miles Taylor, who was a deputy chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during the first Trump administration, went after President Trump as the government shutdown endangers the distribution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits this weekend.

I was part of the internal Trump administration team trying to convince the president to end the shutdown in 2018 – 2019 — for 35 days — before people went hungry, workers lost pay, and government services collapsed, Taylor said in a post on the social platform X Wednesday. Here’s what I learned: he doesn’t give a s‑‑‑, he added."

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5579871-government-shutdown-snap-benefits-trump-miles-taylor/?tbref=hp


JCMach1

(29,073 posts)
40. Don't forget GOP base has wanted this for generations
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:25 AM
Oct 30

They caught the damn car, but this car might literally eat them.

If this becomes long term, the wealth distribution is going to skew worse very quickly parallel to hunger.

Wealth distribution in the country was already approaching revolution levels (historically) even before this.

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