House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday admitted that President Donald Trump and the Republican congressional majority are withholding food assistance to more than 40 million Americans as a bargaining chip in the government funding negotiations—a cruel move that will lead scores of people to go hungry.

Johnson made the comment during an appearance on CNN, in which host Dana Bash said that even some Republicans wanted the Trump administration to continue to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, and asked why Johnson and Republicans were not working to ensure those benefits continue.

"Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire government, [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer and the radicals over there will continue to play games with people’s paychecks

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