Democrats in both the House and the Senate are growing terrified about what Joe Biden
might do to secure a debt ceiling deal, to avoid default, and of course a massive government
shutdown.
Earlier this week, I talked about the fact that Joe Biden signaled his willingness apparently,
to cut SNAP benefits by imposing even more strict work requirements, work requirements
that would kick about 10 million people, including 3 million children off the Snap benefit program.
As the week has gone on, things have not gotten better.
So let me read you what several high profile Democrats have to say about how scared they
are that Joe Biden is gonna screw over low income people to secure a deal.
This is Democratic representative Jamal Bowman.
He says, quote, I'm concerned because the president has every now and then move to the
right, if you will, to acquiesce to a so-called independent voter.
And the American people want us to be bold and to stand firm and to make sure we're following
through on our promises.
Debbie Staal said this, I'm deeply concerned about it, and we're just going to have to
see.
Hopefully they're not going to get to that point where Biden cuts the food stamps.
I remain very concerned about anything that hurts people that get a small amount of food
assistance.
John Federman said, no one I've ever met wants to stay on Snap for Life.
They need it to make ends meet.
I sure didn't come to Washington to take vital assistance away from working people.
At the same time, big bank CEOs nearly crash the economy and get to jet off to Hawaii SCO
free.
I cannot in good conscience support a debt ceiling proposal that pushes people into poverty.
Now, there were plenty of people when I talked about this earlier this week, who said, fair
and Biden's not gonna do that.
You're being overly harsh on the guy.
All right, fair enough.
What do y'all have to say to the people who actually working with Biden who say the exact
same thing that I said?
Suddenly things just got real quiet.
Didn't they got real quiet real fast?
I'm not saying these things because I hate President Biden.
I am saying these things as a warning alarm to let everyone know that these things are
on the table.
And now we have the actual people, some of whom have been involved in negotiations and
talks and their respective bodies about what could happen.
They're terrified of the prospect of taking assistance away from low income Americans
who need it to survive.
And I've actually seen a lot of people on social media talking about the fact that why
don't they just work?
Why don't they just get a job?
Well, I actually explained that the other day too.
In some of these areas where these people live across the United States, the only jobs
available to them are not
Jobs that would work with their lives.
If you've got young children at home or young children in school, right?
The only time you as a single parent would be able to work would be during the school
day while your children are at school and have a place to be.
If you have children younger than school age and you have to pay for childcare, but the
only job that you can get is a minimum wage job that technically won't even cover the
expenses of childcare, it is not financially a viable option for you to take that only
job if you're gonna lose all that money to have to send your kids to childcare.
Furthermore, if you have young kids that are school age, but not old enough to be able
to spend the night at home alone, and the only job you can have is working from 9:00
PM to 4:00 AM that job also will not work for you.
There are many different scenarios throughout this country right now why people who are
receiving federal benefits are unable to take available jobs.
Those able-bodied people, why aren't they working?
Because you don't know their individual circumstances Now, do you?
But you're making snap judgements on these people just because you want to think that
anybody that doesn't have a job is somehow lazy.
That is not what is happening in this country.
And punishing those people for doing nothing more than trying to take care of their family
is a horribly disgusting thing that the Republicans are trying to do, and Democrats are terrified
that Biden may go along with it.