It’s been 30 days since the government shut down, and Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley slammed congressional Democrats for holding Americans hostage.
According to CBS News, senators returned to Capitol Hill today to resume talks aimed at ending the current government shutdown. While Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that “ a lot more conversions” are happening between members, the shutdown continues to loom with no end in sight.
Breitbart reported that on FNC’s “Hannity,” Hawley called out Democrats in Congress for holding America’s neediest people hostage. Hannity had asked Hawley, “Talk about holding the government hostage — that’s to close the government down and take money out of the mouths of poor people in the process?”
Hawley had replied, “It’s insane. And you just think about who’s being held hostage here — we’re talking about the neediest Americans.”
He referred to the fact that the funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are about to run dry this week. SNAP benefits would still be available if Democrats had voted yes to the GOP’s proposal to reopen the government.
The Hill reported that Thune called out the Democrats, “This isn’t a political game,” he added. “These are real people’s lives that we’re talking about. And you all just figured out 29 days in that, ‘Oh, there might be some consequences. There are people who’ll run out of money?”
The Senate voted 13 times on the Republican bill to reopen the government, and 13 times, Democrats voted no. Now, many Americans are facing the prospect of not being able to feed their families as the food aid program will stop distributing funds at the end of the month.
“Democrats want to give health care to illegals, they want to take health care away from Missourians in my state, they want to take food away from Missourians in my state and give it to illegals.” Exclaimed Hawley.
Hawley addresses Democrats in Congress, telling them, “Vote to reopen the government, vote to help the needy, and vote to pay these — we’ve made commitments to the military for heaven’s sake, and law enforcement. Now, you’re asking them to work for nothing?”
“They’re not going to be able to feed their families. We’re at a breaking point here, Sean, and I hope they realize that,” he warned.