Many times in the past few years we have seen how hypocritical members of the Republican Party behave. Many leaders strongly denounced the Jan 6 riot as being Trump’s doing only to have them back off and deny their statements later. This type of flip-flop is usually comical and simply displays a total dismissal of country over selfish interests. But now it isn’t funny any more because its affects children. Recently 16 GOP Governors (all of whom ban abortion) have announced that they will not accept FREE Federal money for the summer food program for children. This program provides $10/week/child in lower income families and is totally FREE to the states. The GOP justifies its deccision by saying it’s their effort to control childhood obesity. If you don’t think that’s a copout–STOP READING…YOU ARE CRAZY AND CANNOT SEE THE REALITY OF WHAT FOLLOWS. The average food insecurity rate in this country (the richest in the world) is 11.2%–meaning that 11.2% of citizens wake up each morning without the certainty that they will have enough to eat that day. ALL TEN OF THE TOP FOOD INSECURITY STATES ARE GOP-CONTROLLED. TEXAS HAS A 15.5% FOOD INSECURITY RATE AS THE HIGHEST BUT HERE ARE THE OTHERS: MISS- 15.3%; LOUISIANA- 15.2%; SOUTH CAROLINA- 14.5%; OKLAHOMA- 14.3%; ALABAMA- 12.4%; NEBRASKA- 12.1%; FLORIDA- 11.4%; WYOMING- 11.4%; AND GEORGIA- 11.3%. So what are the ironies/hypocrisies here: these states ban abortions so they forcle the child to be born but don’t want to feed it after its birth; the state of Florida has a special “Feed the Child” program advertised repeatedly on TV with Jeff Bridges as spokesman but will not accept free Federal money; the national center for the FEED THE CHILDREN program is headquartered in Oklahoma (food insecurity rate of 14.3%–the fifth highest in the US). It is clear that the GOP expects to get votes for their stand on abortion and wants to create chaos by turning down food for children–EVEN WHEN IT’S FREE. Is this the kind of government you want?
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