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JD Vance: “What we’d like to do is for the Democrats to open up the government of course, then we can fund SNAP.”

On the recordNovember 7, 2025
What we’d like to do is for the Democrats to open up the government of course, then we can fund SNAP.
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JD Vance
Republican · Ohio
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apnews.com
Nov 7, 2025

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Vance's comments on the need for government reopening to fund SNAP during a shutdown.

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