House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) had to make amends when Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested that Republicans were as much to blame for the government shutdown as Democrats.
At a press conference on Thursday , Rollins spoke candidly to the American people about the ongoing government shutdown and the fear that millions could soon lose their food assistance.
Rollins, whose department oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), said:
“My message to America is this — your government is failing you right now.”
He continued his talk about bipartisan responsibility, saying, “Poverty is neither red nor blue, it is neither a Republican nor a Democrat issue,” and finally concluded his message with these words: “If you are in a position where you cannot feed your family … then we have failed you.”
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