Gov. Tony Evers warned nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites could lose access to groceries with the state’s FoodShare program set to run out of funding at the end of the month due to the federal government shutdown.

The federal government has been shut down for three weeks as lawmakers in Washington have failed to reach an agreement to extend funding amid a fight over enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Evers in a statement yesterday said Wisconsin families are already struggling, pointing to rising costs and President Donald Trump’s “chaotic trade wars.” He criticized Republicans for the shutdown, which he called “reckless and harmful.”

“There’s no excuse for it. None. No person should ever go hungry—most especially not in the United States of America,” the guv said. “President Trump and

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