As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk REPUBLICANS SILENT!
REPUBLICAN SILENT AS KIDS GO HUNGRY! BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER DESTROYED HEALTHCARE TO FUND TAX CUTS FOR WEALTHY AND EXPLODED DEBT AND DEFICIT! $40 TRILLION DEBT THAT YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY! TRUMP'S ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION! As millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at risk Juliana Kim September 03, 2026 Seventh-graders sit together in the cafeteria during their lunch break at a public school in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 2023. (AP) When Republican lawmakers secured cuts to the United States' largest food assistance program last year, Paige Shoemaker DeMio wasn't worried about children going hungry just at home — but at school. "Anytime we're hearing about cuts to SNAP or Medicaid, we're worried about what's going to be the domino effect of this," she says. Shoemaker DeMio is a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank. She usually focuses on K-12 education, b...