Dear Obama Judge John McConnell:
Read the Constitution.
You don’t have the power of the purse.
Mike Davis
More than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits, and the $5 billion emergency fund was not enough to cover the program for November.
Unions and nonprofit groups filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture last week ahead of the November 1 cutoff.
Last Friday, Judge McConnell ordered Trump to use the emergency funds for the SNAP program; at the same time, a separate Obama-appointed judge ruled the USDA has the power to fund SNAP benefits.
President Trump was then prompted to ask the court to clarify the ruling.
The Trump Administration vowed to partially cover SNAP benefits, but Judge McConnell ordered the government to fully fund SNAP by tomorrow.
The judge ordered the Trump Admin to take funding for child nutrition programs and redirect it to the overwhelmingly lazy SNAP recipients.
Read the Constitution.
You don’t have the power of the purse.
Mike Davis
… “The evidence shows that people will go hungry, food pantries will be overburdened and needless suffering will occur,” Judge McConnell said to the DOJ lawyer. “Last weekend, SNAP benefits lapsed for the first time in our nation’s history. This is a problem that could have and should have been avoided.”Obama Judge Scolds DOJ Lawyers, Orders Trump Admin to Fully Fund SNAP Benefits by Tomorrow – Trump Appeals! https://t.co/S9D2gz0TGc
— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) November 6, 2025
More than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits, and the $5 billion emergency fund was not enough to cover the program for November.
Unions and nonprofit groups filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture last week ahead of the November 1 cutoff.
Last Friday, Judge McConnell ordered Trump to use the emergency funds for the SNAP program; at the same time, a separate Obama-appointed judge ruled the USDA has the power to fund SNAP benefits.
President Trump was then prompted to ask the court to clarify the ruling.
The Trump Administration vowed to partially cover SNAP benefits, but Judge McConnell ordered the government to fully fund SNAP by tomorrow.
The judge ordered the Trump Admin to take funding for child nutrition programs and redirect it to the overwhelmingly lazy SNAP recipients.
At a hearing Thursday, the Trump administration said it had complied with the judge’s order and argued that the reason people have not received their SNAP benefits is that states have not distributed them. Tyler Becker, counsel to the assistant attorney general, said the partial benefits were released to states on Monday, adding that “this is a state problem.”Update: The Trump Administration appealed the judge’s order.
But McConnell said the Trump administration “did nothing to ensure” that SNAP benefits would be delivered this week. He ordered the administration to use the funding for child nutrition programs, known as Section 32 funding, in addition to the contingency funds to make sure payments are delivered in full. [NBC News]
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