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'Roseanne' Star Urges 'Compassion' With Wake-Up Call Video About Who Actually Uses SNAP Benefits
Fishman captioned his posts:
"If we are to be a great nation, we must be steadfast in our commitment in basic needs for children and families."
The actor noted that for most of Roseanne's original TV run, from 1988-1997, working class family the Connors struggled financially. Living paycheck to paycheck with one bad event separating them from extreme hardship, they were exactly the kind of family that benefited from SNAP after one or both parents lose their job or become unable to work due to injury or illness.
You can watch Fishman's comments here:
Fishman said:
"I grew up playing DJ on 'Roseanne.' It’s a struggling working-class family, the exact kind of people who would be on SNAP."
He added:
"And off set, I went to a public school in a suburban neighborhood. And my best friend came from a single-mother household and lived in a trailer park."
In his time away from the camera, Fishman was a successful baseball player turned coach from youth sports to the professional leagues. He also worked as a teacher, scuba instructor, and rescue diver.
Fishman shared:
"When I was a rescue diver, I was shocked that the EMTs that I knew were on SNAP..."
"When I worked in education, a lot of my students survived on SNAP..."
Fishman added that a lot of education support staff and daycare providers also rely on SNAP for food security.
He then added:
"...approximately 22,000 active duty military families, 213,000 National Guard and Reserve members, and 1.1 million veterans rely on SNAP benefits."
A few people in the comments chose to parrot the White House's talking points about why the administration—namely the Department of Agriculture, which has an emergency fund to continue SNAP during government shutdowns—of MAGA Republican President Donald Trump chose to not fund SNAP benefits.
The last time Trump and a Republican controlled Congress shuttered the government to force Democrats to support unpopular budget items, December 2018, SNAP benefits were issued by the USDA.
Most trotted out the false claims of widespread abuse that Republicans have used as an excuse to cut programs for the poor, while giving handouts to the rich, for decades.
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But they were quickly fact checked.
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Some pointed out that there are people in the MAGA GOP that actively oppose feeding children.
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In addition to not funding SNAP during the Republican government shutdown, the GOP has fought against free school lunches for all children.
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People also pointed there's a far more costly abuse happening that Republicans fully support.
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Others just appreciated Fishman's call for empathy and understanding.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits during the Republican government shutdown.
Several states moved to use their own funds to adhere to the judges order. However, since SNAP is being withheld to coerce Democrats to comply with Republican demands, the Trump administration ordered states to stop.
Trump's USDA demanded states “immediately undo” any steps taken to send full November payments to SNAP recipients or there would be financial consequences for their state.
The White House appealed the ruling, but lost again in a federal appeals court. So the Trump team pushed the matter before the United States Supreme Court where a 48-hour stay on the ruling was issued.
Late Sunday, the Senate passed a bill that moves the Republican government shutdown closer to ending.
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Tomi Lahren Just Warned Democrats Not To Flee To 'Great Red Cities'—And Everyone Had The Same Question
Democrats won the governorship in Virginia and New Jersey, California successfully passed a redistricting effort to counter GOP gerrymandering in Texas, and Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, won the mayor's race in New York City, sending shockwaves around the world.
Lahren wrote:
"After yall finish totally screwing up your blue cities and states you’ll decide to flee to our great red cities and states with your “coexist” and “no human is illegal” yard signs. Please don’t come. You made your bed. Stay there."
You can see her post below.
Those words sure were funny coming from someone whose social media profile advertises they live in Nashville, Tennessee—a blue city in one of the reddest of states.
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Everyone was wondering the same thing... what "great red cities"?
It's worth noting that blue states tend to be wealthier than red states and pay more money to the federal government than they receive so they effectively subsidize low-tax red states.
An Associated Press fact-check notes that high-tax blue states "send far more tax dollars to Washington than residents in low-tax states," and the majority of low-tax states "make a profit from the federal government’s system of taxing and spending."
Data from MoneyGeek shows that seven of the ten states most reliant on federal dollars lean Republican, receiving an average of $1.24 for every dollar they contribute.
In contrast, blue states typically see a slightly lower return, averaging $1.14 per dollar paid in federal taxes. New Mexico, a Democratic-leaning state, receives the highest return at $3.42 per dollar contributed, while Delaware, another blue state, gets the least at $0.46.
However, aside from these exceptions, wealthier blue states generally pay more in federal taxes than they receive, due to their higher tax revenues and lower reliance on government aid.
