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Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) on Thursday acknowledged that federal food benefits are set to expire as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, but he didn’t sympathize with the millions of impacted ...

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A MAGA congressman has gone on a finger-pointing rant aimed at food stamp recipients, accusing them of “smoking crack” ahead of a lapse in benefit funding. Rep. Clay Higgins, 64, hit out at ...

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