Trump administration to withhold SNAP funding from 21 blue states if they don’t provide data

Rollins issued the warning during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting after the 21 states and the District of Columbia refused to hand over data she requested in February.

“In February of this year, we asked all the states for the first time to turn over their data to the federal government to let the USDA partner with them to make sure the American taxpayers are protected,” Rollins said.

“Twenty-nine states said yes, not surprisingly, the red states,” Rollins added. “But 21 states, including California, New York, and Minnesota, continued to say no. So, as of next week, we will begin to stop moving federal funds into those states until they comply and they allow us to partner with them to root out this fraud and to protect

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