Overview
- At a Philadelphia news conference, Josh Shapiro criticized Vice President JD Vance after Vance called a court-ordered release of SNAP funds “absurd.”
- Shapiro labeled Vance a “total phony,” accusing him of profiting from Appalachian stories before opposing policies that help those communities.
- Invoking faith, Shapiro said feeding the hungry is a moral duty and charged that Vance is trying to stop people from eating.
- Shapiro said Pennsylvania has gone to court, is funding Share, and is putting dollars back on residents’ SNAP cards to offset disruptions.
- The governor became emotional as he argued the current national leadership does not care about all Americans and wants to keep people hungry.