If you go to the USDA website, you will see that the democrats are being blamed for the withholding of SNAP benefits due to them holding out for “healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation.”
This is a false premise on several fronts.
1. The US has a $6 billion dollar fund specifically to cover SNAP benefits in the event of a government shutdown. The money is earmarked for this purpose so why have they not been released?
2. Illegal aliens do not qualify for Medicare, Medicaid, Chip, or ACA benefits. Hospitals that receive Medicare are required by law to provide stabilizing services to anyone regardless of insurance or immigration status. (This keeps people from dying in the streets).
Illegal aliens are not making your health care costs go up.
Insurance companies are what make your costs go up.
3. The partisan commentary on this federal website is a violation of the Hatch Act.
4. The Republicans have majority control over the House, the Senate, and the presidency. They took a three week paid vacation during the shutdown. The Democrats are outnumbered.
5. Using words like gender mutilation attempts to criminalize an already marginalized people group. Whether gender affirming care is covered by Medicaid is a state level decision with no federal mandate.
However, it should be recognized that the rhetoric being used on the USDA website is inflammatory regardless of which side of the aisle you reside. It is entirely possible to hold to your political beliefs without cruelty or demoralizing language.