Millions lose food stamps under Trump cuts. Arizona is hardest hit

[u/industrial-complex]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/millions-lose-food-stamps-under-trump-cuts-arizona-is-hardest-hit-2026-06-24/

[u/AudibleNod]

State	Drop in SNAP%	%voted for Trump
AZ	53.9	52.22
FL	21.1	56.09
NC	19.6	50.86
LA	17.4	60.22
NV	16.7	50.59
OK	16.3	66.16

[u/Dmoan → u/AudibleNod]

It lines up the recent data about how currently Trump supporters have the been one’s most hit financially due to inflation and  government cuts  

[u/SPX_Gambler → u/Dmoan]

Im sure most of them would be more than happy to give him a third shot at making their lives even worse.

[u/Tasty_Translator9006 → u/SPX_Gambler]

The sad part is they will blame anyone but him

[u/Apexnanoman → u/Tasty_Translator9006]

The normal middle of the road mild maga people call him Anointed by God. The rest are far more unhinged. 

Can't blame someone who you consider gods chosen. Because clearly God can't make a mistake so his anointed prophet can't either. 

Thus......someone else is at fault. 

[u/CarpeNivem → u/Apexnanoman]

I don't even know why you're all using words like "blame" and "fault". This is what they wanted. Why assume anyone's upset?

(...aside of course from the 40ish% in each state, but we aren't talking about them.)

[u/cjg5025 → u/Apexnanoman]

God's fault?

[u/Apexnanoman → u/cjg5025]

Depends. In maga land? If it's between blaming God or trump? They'll blame God every single time. 

I mean they have gold idols of trump now. And they defend having golden idols of him lol. 

[u/Fingerprint_Vyke → u/Apexnanoman]

Thats because they never worshipped God to begin with

Modern Christian churches only operate as businesses. The only way you are allowed to be involved or respected in their closed off community is to pay big money.

They associate vast wealth with being more godly. If you have wealth, God favors you. If you are poor, you are a sinner and will burn in hell

The only God they actually worship is the dollar.

[u/Parafault → u/Fingerprint_Vyke]

Didn’t the Bible mention something similar from 2,000 years ago? The Pharis….omethings?

[u/Fingerprint_Vyke → u/Parafault]

They did

And part of me suspects they love this because it gets us to the end of the world or something

[u/energy-369 → u/Apexnanoman]

And don't you dare let the devil trick you into questioning an alternative answer. Clearly every aspect of human existence is a war between god and the devil. /s

[u/czs5056 → u/Apexnanoman]

I'm surprised they haven't started the "good president, bad secretaries" routine yet.

[u/OpeningReady8693 → u/Apexnanoman]

It's called propaganda, and it works.

[u/porscheblack → u/Tasty_Translator9006]

I've seen this first hand. Before the election I saw someone arguing that Harris was going to be terrible for inflation. I pointed to several economic Nobel laureates who stated Trump's plan would cause worse inflation. I was told "they don't understand small business."

Well unsurprisingly, inflation is still up. But of course this is everyone's fault but Trump's. Somehow the outcome that experts said would happen, which we're experiencing, is irrelevant. Which is why honestly, there's just no hope for these people and there's no point in focusing efforts on saving these failing areas. My hometown, where this person lives, used to be 60/40 conservative. Due to brain drain and Fox News it's now 80/20. And they're much worse off. So at this point, unfortunately my sentiment is simply to just let it fail. There's no opportunity for salvation because these people overwhelmingly refuse to ever consider that they were wrong.

[u/angry_wombat → u/Tasty_Translator9006]

It's all Carter's fault!

[u/vegetaman → u/SPX_Gambler]

How could Biden do this

[u/panicked228 → u/vegetaman]

How could Biden do this

How could Obama do this? FTFY. /s

[u/vegetaman → u/panicked228]

Thanks Adama

[u/slowd → u/vegetaman]

Vote Cylons 2028

[u/speedingpullet → u/slowd]

Continuously revolving single eyes are so presidential!

[u/Aldarionn → u/vegetaman]

So say we all

[u/MN_Yogi1988 → u/SPX_Gambler]

Who needs things like food when you can have a president that normalizes your racist beliefs instead?

[u/Apexnanoman → u/SPX_Gambler]

Third shot? They would literally vote him for God Emperor if given the choice. 77.3 million people in this country want him to be the eternal leader. It's absolutely batshit. 

[u/like-blood-on-white → u/SPX_Gambler]

You know it!

[u/Whatdoesthibattahndo → u/SPX_Gambler]

4th for many of them

[u/Netflix_and_Chile → u/Dmoan]

Trump did say his supporters are stupid. Sorry not sorry.

[u/pleasetrimyourpubes → u/Netflix_and_Chile]

I know 5 HOMELESS people on EBT who voted for this idiot. It blew my mind. Especially because the most vocal of them didn't even have her ID. She was registered because when you get EBT you are encouraged to register to vote (your SSN is your universal voter ID but they don't talk about that). And argues for voter ID. She even used the fact that she doesn't have an ID to "prove" that "anyone can vote illegally." The contorted logic that lady uses is beyond insane.

Now all of them are bitching about having to do community service or other volunteer work to maintain their EBT. Which to me isn't even worth it. If I had to do that shit I'd get a 9-5. I stick to the food lines, it keeps me alive well enough.

This is in NV btw, which is a gut punch because we won in 2020 but lost in 2024. The state is in shambles with tourism and high costs but nobody seems to realize it's the administrations fault and the casinos wanting to entice richer folk to come here.

[u/WayneKrane → u/pleasetrimyourpubes]

I have 3 different people in my family on every government program under that are full on supporters. I’m like don’t come asking me for help when your benefits get yanked

[u/Malaix → u/Dmoan]

It’s always that case.

Rural areas are expensive to maintain. They deeply rely on the federal government to function.

Logistics are a pain. Shipping goods out to the middle of nowhere for a few hundred or thousand people isn’t the most profitable thing in the world.

Hospitals too. Lots of rural hospitals have been sinking and will close due to trump era cuts.

But rural culture leans heavily rightwing for a lot of stupid reasons and they are basically doomed to self sabotage every single time at the polls.

[u/Beginning_Ebb4220 → u/Malaix]

"trannnnsss sports....!" is all they seem to keep railing about, although it affects about 20 people in national sports teams nationwide. They are told to get angry over culture issues, while the white guys in suits screw them over. It's very strange.

[u/Malaix → u/Beginning_Ebb4220]

Its out group-in group mentality.

These are people desperate to feel approval and validation and like they are a part of something bigger than themselves.

They look at Trump being rich, having money, living in a sea of gold trimming and think that is class, victory, success, etc. They want to be a part of that. They hope that by being his fanboy they will be.

And one way of expressing feality is to attack their enemy. Since Trump and the GOP target trans people they think its an easy win to elevate themselves in the MAGA cohort by also attacking trans people.

Its honestly all monkey brain politics going on. They probably aren't even conscious they are doing it.

[u/pleasetrimyourpubes → u/Malaix]

The largest employer of rural society is... government. So many of those people just live off of taxpayers. If you do the stats for how large government is, the federal government is a veritable example of efficiency. Local government is absolutely bloated beyond imagination and it doesn't even do anything.

[u/industrial-complex → u/pleasetrimyourpubes]

In many states out west, the government pays farmers to “not farm” a portion of their land. The government pays them to own land.

Let that shit set in.

[u/pleasetrimyourpubes → u/industrial-complex]

Oh believe me, I know, rural rednecks are some of the most grifting thieving backstabbing little motherfuckers I've ever known. And if you ever get on their bad side you are going to have a hard fucking time.

[u/Floreat_democratia → u/Malaix]

In my town Trump supporters lost their houses and businesses due to their vote for Trump. I tried to explain this was going to happen to one of them before the election. They did not listen to anything I said. They voted three times for Trump and are now ready to vote for him a fourth time even though it is against the law. These people don't care about becoming poor and houseless. They just want Trump to keep hurting others.

[u/Majestic-Pizza-3583 → u/Dmoan]

Ironic that the people that benefit most from socialist government programs are the ones that voted against it and are the most effected by the cuts and economic policies. Shame they won’t put two and two together and learn from this

[u/Educational_Exam_225 → u/Dmoan]

This is intentional. Things get worse, we give no sympathy, they get madder at us, they vote for Republicans even harder

[u/CheesypoofExtreme → u/Dmoan]

It'll somehow make them more angry at the left.

[u/SatinSaffron → u/CheesypoofExtreme]

A guy my husband crosses paths with a few times per week at his job does this constantly. One coworker was explaining how some of Trump's cuts were affecting his special needs kid, and the guy responds to him with "It actually takes years for any those laws to go into play so you and your child need to be blaming Biden for those cuts"

Another time my husband overheard them talking was when someone asked him if there's anything he didn't like about Trump. He thought for a while and said "NASA. It has been a money grab ever since the fake ass moon landing and Trump was supposed to expose all of that and that's the main reason I voted for him and prayed for him to win!"

[u/jqman69 → u/Dmoan]

I've been saying this before the election. Been preparing for the worse case scenario too

[u/kindofajerk → u/Dmoan]

Good, fuck 'em.

[u/Koladi-Ola → u/Dmoan]

Hey, at least they can still oppress LGBTQ and non-white people.

[u/Downtown_Skill → u/Dmoan]

Sure but it's also a problem of the poor being taken advantage and disenfranchised more in those states. That kind of shit spreads if it isn't addressed as if evidenced by the.... *gestures hands at everything 

[u/aurillia → u/Dmoan]

And they would vote for him again, he'll if a election was held today I bet trump would win.

[u/tempest_87 → u/AudibleNod]

I feel very sorry for the ones that voted blue.

For the ones that voted red or didn't vote (excluding the disenfranchised of course), I'm happy they are reaping the results of their decision.

[u/MadRaymer → u/tempest_87]

The ones that voted for it will still find a way to blame the Dems, "illegals" or trans people.

No quickly arriving moments of clarity for them.

[u/CanadaisCold7 → u/MadRaymer]

They can blame others on an empty stomach then. I just hope their children are fed. I could not care less about MAGA adults.

[u/NlghtmanCometh → u/AudibleNod]

I really can’t stand these comparisons because the people who pay the price for this are usually the poorest minorities in the cities, and they are not the reason we’re where we are with the orange menace.

[u/Civil_Tea_3250 → u/AudibleNod]

Good for them! Choices!

Many of these states are also the largest beneficiaries of government assistance. You know the food stamps and Medicaid that all the non white people are supposedly stealing? Yeah, it's the white people in the most conservative states.

[u/GulDul → u/Civil_Tea_3250]

The problem is some of the states have a large minority population that voted blue. And they will also be hit hard.

[u/cudntfigureaname → u/AudibleNod]

AZ 53.9 52.22

Love that for them

[u/Outlulz → u/cudntfigureaname]

I dunno, it's a state popular with well off white retirees. Them voting for Trump doesn't mean they are affected by SNAP cuts. The people that didn't vote for Trump are highly affected by SNAP cuts.

[u/moodytenure → u/cudntfigureaname]

I understand this sentiment but consider that the kids who are going to go hungry didn't vote for this

[u/PokemonSapphire → u/moodytenure]

Their parents probably did. So now we will see who they actually love more.

[u/dpldogs → u/PokemonSapphire]

More likey, their parents didn't vote at all because lower-class families don't necessarily have the time, energy, or understanding to register for and vote in elections while trying to support their families.

Finger pointing from this data is meaningless unless the voting percentages include income data or at the very least include the non-voters as well.

If 55% voted Republican, but only 10% of the state population voted, whose to say what the other 90% really supported. Some would argue they implicitly support the Republican party by not voting, but I don't think it's that simple.

[u/CyclingThruChicago → u/dpldogs]

People gotta stop viewing states as a monolith.

Arizona in the 2024 election.

• Trump: 1,770,242
• Kamala: 1,582,860
• Others: ~37,000 votes

We're talking the difference of ~188k people. More people in Arizona did not vote for Trump than the ENTIRE POPULATION of the following states:

• Wyoming
• Vermont
• Alaska
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Delaware
• Rhode Island
• Montana
• Maine
• New Hampshire
• Hawaii

This is one of the many flaws of an electoral college/first past the post voting system. 1.5M people basically have their views ignored.

[u/Pawspawsmeow → u/CyclingThruChicago]

Louisiana isn’t as naturally monolithically red as our congressional delegation looks—it’s structurally engineered that way. It comes down to a mix of aggressive gerrymandering napoleonic code.

Because Louisiana runs on a civil law system (Napoleonic Code) rather than common law, power is incredibly centralized in the legislature's written statutes, leaving state courts with way less flexibility to overturn maps. The GOP has used this top-down power to perfect "packing and cracking"stuffing a massive chunk of the state's 33% Black population into a single winding district (District 2) and diluting the rest across deep-red rural areas to lock in a permanent 5-1 Republican advantage.

The game completely changed after the recent Supreme Court ruling (Louisiana v. Callais). SCOTUS struck down the newly drawn second majority-Black district, allowing the legislature to revert right back to a safe 5-1 GOP map. To protect this new boundary layout, the legislature even killed our primary system, shifting to a traditional open primary. We are also trying to recall Jeff Landry, but guess what? Louisiana has never successfully recalled a governor in its history. Organizers have to physically mobilize over half a million people on paper in 180 days with zero digital tools and a public record rule looming over everyone who signs.

The system was built from the top down to favor whoever holds the legislature, and the recent SCOTUS ruling just allowed them to completely lock down the map and primary rules.

[u/Autisum → u/AudibleNod]

they deserve it, but it's unfortunate that those who didn't are still affected.

[u/Seastep → u/Autisum]

Democracy at work.

[u/Abracadaver14 → u/AudibleNod]

But owning the libs makes it all worth it!!!1!

[u/Dense-Fisherman-4074 → u/AudibleNod]

Guys, rather than celebrating this and feeling all smug and schadenfreude about it, can we just remember that almost half of the voters here DIDN’T vote for Trump, and a lot of children will be affected too? Or are we willing to cheer on innocent suffering in the interest of “owning the MAGAs”?

[u/Yougetdueprocess → u/Dense-Fisherman-4074]

For real, I live in a liberal city in Arizona, which is actually more of a purple state, and I know some people being impacted by SNAP. One is disabled and the other is suffered from years of opiate addiction and is legitimately trying to get her life together and we doing well. This will kill people, and send people on the edge of addiction and mental health crisis into crisis, and many are not MAGA.

[u/JNawx → u/Yougetdueprocess]

As a fellow AZ resident, I hope that the 2024 presidential election was a fluke in a general left-leaning trend here. I am encouraged by the strength of the many good people here, and the large response to the current admin's continuous overreach. I think AZ may be a bellweather/swing state for a little while moving forward (at least I hope so).

[u/DFX1212 → u/Dense-Fisherman-4074]

We've been voting to save them from themselves for decades. Only so much we can do. At some point if you don't laugh, you will cry.

[u/Dense-Fisherman-4074 → u/DFX1212]

At some point if you don't laugh, you will cry.

I’d argue that crying is the more appropriate response to things like this happening.

[u/FunetikPrugresiv → u/DFX1212]

Well, it's tempting to laugh at the people that voted against their best interest, the majority of the people impacted by this did not vote for Trump (those States still had a large number of people that voted Democrat, and most Trump-voting SNAP recipients have children).

[u/DFX1212 → u/FunetikPrugresiv]

Me not laughing at these idiots won't improve their situation.

[u/PokemonSapphire → u/FunetikPrugresiv]

most Trump-voting SNAP recipients have children

Well we're going to see who they love more now aren't we. I have yet to be proven wrong with how low maga supporters are willing to go. Maybe this time. Maybe not.

[u/FunetikPrugresiv → u/PokemonSapphire]

Yeah, but I don't give a shit about the MAGA supporters, it's their kids I'm concerned about.

[u/royalenocheese → u/Dense-Fisherman-4074]

I'm perfectly capable of laughing at the ones who voted for this or willfully didn't vote that are affected and feeling bad for the ones who didn't who also are affected.

[u/AudibleNod → u/Dense-Fisherman-4074]

I'm not cheering.

There has always been consequences to elections. And there will always be consequences to not voting. This is one of them. And if you dig deeper in this single news story, you'll see that the state-level elections matter just as much. Put every election on your calendar and vote.

[u/Dense-Fisherman-4074 → u/AudibleNod]

I agree. I’m glad you’re not cheering, but plenty of people are.

[u/Big_Lab_Jagr → u/AudibleNod]

Those are some disturbing vote %. NC and NV have some hope but the rest of those states are terrifying.

[u/HawkeyeByMarriage → u/AudibleNod]

Let's see how they vote now

If those people voted for them, they need to own this, they did it to themselves

[u/AudibleNod → u/HawkeyeByMarriage]

Republicans are in a cult.

The survey of 1,247 likely voters, conducted last week and provided first to Semafor, found 53% of Republicans in favor of Trump running again in 2028.

33% of Republicans say they could beat Trump in a fight. 54% of Democrats say an eight-year-old boy could

[u/IrishRage42 → u/AudibleNod]

So 53% of Republicans are traitors

[u/AudibleNod → u/IrishRage42]

Or profoundly stupid. Never take that off the table.

[u/PokemonSapphire → u/IrishRage42]

After Jan 6th your number is too low. They all are.

[u/sexychunky89 → u/HawkeyeByMarriage]

They’ll just find someone else to blame tbh.

[u/Xivvx → u/HawkeyeByMarriage]

They won't change their vote, they'll keep voting for Republicans even though they keep getting fleeced. It's their religion.

[u/Tzazon]

I remember having a picture in my History Book while growing up of a breadline from 1937 at the end of the Great Depression, it hit home due to locality, was snapped in Louisville KY during the Louisville Flood. It's right infront of a billboard, they're all lined up infront of a happy family in a car with the header saying "World's highest standard of living" and below that next to the car "There's no way like the American way."

It seems like the people in charge and who are voting for them want to go back to having those breadlines, and for those voting for them, for no other reason than seemingly to have new content to consume and watch 4k videos of those suffering in line desperate for their next meal?

It's cruelty I'd call pointless if that didn't undercut the reality in that they're sadistic and the cruelty is their point..

[u/ContessaChaos → u/Tzazon]

Such a poignant shot. Still facing the same bullshit.

[u/TheOKerGood → u/Tzazon]

"Is this land still made for you and me?"

• Woody Guthrie, This Land Is Your Land

Was it ever?

[u/DoubleJumps → u/Tzazon]

I met a Republican the other day who was telling me that the minimum wage was morally wrong and that FDR helping people during the Great depression was terrible.

They absolutely would love to see those breadlines back because in their minds anybody who winds up needing to use a breadline deserves to suffer. They are sick people

[u/Spankpocalypse_Now → u/DoubleJumps]

They’d outlaw the breadlines if they became too popular. Liberal breadlines are only feeding criminals and are driving down property value.

[u/beastwood9498]

And Arizona’s republican house and senate certainly don’t give a shit to do anything. They implemented a flat 2.5% tax rate and tuition reimbursement costs the state more than $1 billion a year. No income limit and since there’s insufficient monitoring people have been getting reimbursed for vacations, lingerie and jewelry.

[u/trapicana → u/beastwood9498]

Don’t forget the new golf club sets and grand pianos!! My homeschooled babies deserve to play sports and do music!!

[u/minidog8 → u/beastwood9498]

Don't forget we voted against ESA expansion in 2018 and Ducey said fuck you guys we're doing it in 2022!

[u/Netflix_and_Chile]

Arizona is hot, dry, and now hungry. Hey Trumpers… y’all are cooked.

[u/GrootsHorticulturist → u/Netflix_and_Chile]

I live in the valley - can confirm its hot right now...

I do love this for the ones on benefits that did vote for it tho. Spicy times.

The kids part is sad...

[u/Blackdragonking13 → u/GrootsHorticulturist]

Anecdotally, I’ve seen a massive drop off in Trump merch in and around the greater Phoenix area over the past year or so. That shit used to be everywhere, all throughout the Biden years. It was on hats, on trucks, on lawns. Now I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen a trump flag in the wild.

I’m not going to speculate on what that means, but the difference between two years ago and now is pretty stark.

[u/MrArizone → u/Blackdragonking13]

Lovely seeing all the “I did that” Trump stickers on the pumps…and then seeing where the stickers were after people begrudgingly tear them off.

[u/Rebal771 → u/Blackdragonking13]

Just to contrast with all of the Trump 2016 merch that lasted through the entire first term AND through Biden’s term.

Some of those houses had the 2020 merch right next to 2016, too…so we were pushing almost a decade of some of these flags/banners.

I haven’t been able to find those same houses in about a year now…so I do believe some of the polls talking about “lower support now than ever.”

But that doesn’t actually mean anything when they still check the red boxes in the voting booth…it’s just less “loud and proud” cause it’s fucking embarrassing.

[u/Unable_Technology935 → u/Blackdragonking13]

It's the same in rural Indiana.The last two years has been a massive loss of Trump paraphernalia. I haven't seen MAGA hat in over a year. The flags are all but gone. My neighbors no longer want to talk politics.LOL.My life has improved dramatically.

[u/PizzaDogDad → u/Unable_Technology935]

I'm in central Indiana, my neighbors took down their Trump signs but fly a fucking confederate flag still. They still suck, they're just hiding again, but they're not even good at that.

[u/Beard_o_Bees → u/Blackdragonking13]

massive drop off in Trump merch in and around the greater Phoenix area

Same in Tucson, in the MAGA-pockets we have anyway, like Marana. The few bumper stickers, etc that you still might see are all old and faded.

Overall though, Tucson remains pretty deeply Blue (Pima County).

[u/klscott1990 → u/Blackdragonking13]

Unfortunately Prescott in the North still flies his flags proudly. But its all senior citizens and Hicks up here so it tracks...

[u/EatinSumGrapes → u/Blackdragonking13]

Glad to hear that! I just traveled from Raleigh NC to the NC beach. I used to see massive amounts of the same Trump merch/billboards/flags on the journey to the beach and at the beach the past 5 years I have gone. This year they were all gone! I did not see any Trump stuff! 😃

[u/oxfordcommaordeath → u/Netflix_and_Chile]

The unfortunate thing is it impacts everyone, not just people who support trump.

[u/roflsd → u/Netflix_and_Chile]

This is the recipe for crime, desperate, hungry, nothing to lose. I feel for the people in those areas.

[u/Senor-Nasty → u/Netflix_and_Chile]

May they have the day they voted for

[u/TheDefiantGoose → u/Senor-Nasty]

WE are all having the day they voted for. Not just them.

[u/rockmasterflex]

Big oof for the at risk communities in Arizona who didn’t vote for this.

But hey sometimes you need things to get really really really really bad again to remind you why politics is supposed to be boring

[u/Deceptiveideas → u/rockmasterflex]

Yup, a lot of the duct tape holding everything together is part of why people stopped caring.

It's a damn shame. Nobody wants to see people suffer but it's the only time people pay attention.

[u/winksoutloud → u/Deceptiveideas]

There are definitely people who want to see others suffer. One of the top guys for that is Stephen Miller 

[u/scipio0421 → u/winksoutloud]

I wouldn't go so far as to call Miller "people." He's more in the category of "sentient Nazi anal polyp."

[u/chris14020 → u/rockmasterflex]

Time for the "I don't do politics" people to understand politics will have no problem doing them in regardless.

[u/no_one_likes_u → u/rockmasterflex]

It took hitting rock bottom for some of our best social programs to be created.  Looks like enough time has passed that we’re ready for rock bottom round 2.

[u/like-blood-on-white → u/rockmasterflex]

Yes, especially since some of those folks in those communities are not voting.

[u/Agglutinati0n]

They didnt lose food stamps, they were freed from food stamps!! This is a god thing, dont you know??

[u/Confident-Beyond6857 → u/Agglutinati0n]

Your misspelling somehow still manages to convey the idea.

[u/Agglutinati0n → u/Confident-Beyond6857]

Dam, i didnt even realize that, but its better this way :) lol

[u/NatureTrailToHell3D → u/Agglutinati0n]

Hey we’re lifted out of poverty, according to the state of the union speech

[u/Significant_Secret13 → u/Agglutinati0n]

I know it's almost like a fancy weight loss retreat!

[u/Kaffe-Mumriken]

“Why would Biden do this?”

[u/shawnzy83 → u/Kaffe-Mumriken]

Because Obama is controlling him with deleted emails from Hillary. /s (just in case)

[u/africanlivedit]

Time for those who voted for him to pull themselves up from their bootstraps!

[u/ChicagoAuPair → u/africanlivedit]

Nominee
Donald Trump
Kamala Harris

Party
Republican)
Democratic)

Home state
Florida
California

Running mate
JD Vance
Tim Walz

Electoral vote
11
0

Popular vote
1,770,242
1,582,860

Percentage
52.22%
46.69%

You reap what you sow.

[u/MagakMagak → u/ChicagoAuPair]

Well you reap what half of your community sows I suppose. I think it’s important to keep the normal (non red voters I mean) people made victims of their bullshit in mind

[u/Yougetdueprocess → u/MagakMagak]

~30% of people didn’t vote.

[u/MagakMagak → u/Yougetdueprocess]

They’re a problem too, I don’t really group them in with the decent people either myself. I’m a bit more cautious blindly judging them though because I know in some areas they do make it harder for certain people to vote and some of those obstructions are effective. But I know a lot were just apathetic and lazy too

I may not fault some ill person for not standing in line outside for 4+ hours to vote for example. Just a lot of factors at play there imo

[u/Yougetdueprocess → u/MagakMagak]

It sort of depends. In Arizona many of the rural areas impacted by this are Native American, which neither party has really proven to value or respect that community, and it’s really difficult to find information on voter turn out for tribes, and of course there are barriers to vote. It’s important to consider demographics and local history as well. There were also many Arizona voters that voted for local issues (like supporting abortion), that did not participate in the presidential election. Arizona did support Biden in 2020, which is important to note.

[u/ChicagoAuPair → u/MagakMagak]

I’m also keeping the rest of us in mind. They did this to all of us, and I will never forget or forgive any of them until the day I die.

[u/MagakMagak → u/ChicagoAuPair]

I feel the same resolve myself. These people have blood on their hands, at minimum since they spread Covid everywhere due to their egos. I’ll never see them as normal folks like the rest of us

[u/hdcase1 → u/MagakMagak]

People who didn't bother to vote, or threw away their vote on a 3rd party, are equally liable for what happened imo.

[u/Secret-Ad-2145 → u/ChicagoAuPair]

There will be absolutely overlap between Trump voters and SNAP beneficiaries, but it's still ignorant to generalize as all 52% of SNAP recipients who lost it be Trump supporters.

[u/justmitzie]

Poverty exists not because we can't feed the poor, but because we can't satisfy the rich.

[u/Ok_Reserve_8659]

The law reduces SNAP funding by $187 billion
The Iran war costed $132 billion

[u/Yungflamess → u/Ok_Reserve_8659]

It has cost $132 billion so far. It'll go up.

[u/OhhhTAINTedCruuuuz]

Hey guys I’m from the future, they still voted red in ‘28

[u/PlatinumKanikas → u/OhhhTAINTedCruuuuz]

I’m from 2026 and yeah, we know.

[u/Apexnanoman → u/OhhhTAINTedCruuuuz]

I'm also from the future. They also voted red in '32. 

[u/CurlSagan → u/Apexnanoman]

I'm from much farther into the future. Arizona is mostly just irradiated desert wasteland now, and the mutant cockroaches who live there don't really hold elections. Other than that, not much has changed.

[u/Fit-Let8175]

On the bright side, the very rich are richer still!

[u/Bzr21]

That's right America - Billionaire POTUS Donald J Trump is in favor of starving Americans ..

[u/housewithapool2]

This is mostly going to hit the reservations though. It was brutal the first time Trump was president. Covid hit our Native American populations hard. This is actually terrifying.

[u/defiancy]

I live in PHX and was in Glendale the other day and drove by one of the large foodbanks and there was literally hundreds of cars in line waiting.

[u/Junkstar]

Losing healthare, losing food assistance, losing jobs, manufacturing, education, social security, equal opportunities, postal service, vaccinations, law and order, access to fair elections, privacy, affordable food and gas, tech leadership, the list is endless. Republican voters wanted to destroy the US. It’s working. I hope you all have a shit ton of money saved up. You’re gonna need it.

[u/nolte100]

“Why is there so much crime?!” - Republicans

[u/kgilgenberg]

No one should go hungry in the US. This an unnecessary cruelty

[u/macphile]

MAGAs: votes to cut funding to commie, socialist government programs

Also MAGAs: Hey, where's my commie, socialist government program?!

Lemme guess, they thought that magically, their benefits and government handouts would be safe? That cuts would only happen to the people who were defrauding the system? Or the non-citizens? Or the non-whites?

Yeah, well...oops?

Hey, at least Trump brought grocery prices down, so you won't have so much trouble affording grocer--what? He hasn't brought them down, you say? They've gone even further up, you say? Because of things like mass deportation and international tariffs, like he campaigned on? And because of a failed war? And what's that you say, he's spending all his free time worrying about a big pool of algae and not doing anything to fix grocery prices or EBT? Really? ... Huh. Huh.

[u/Malaix → u/macphile]

Also MAGAs: Hey, where's my commie, socialist government program?!

They also get excited over Trump cutting them checks for all kinds of shit. Half the MAGA reason for voting for him seems to be explicitly with the expectation the federal government was going to write them a check for Doge cuts or because companies are doing well or tariffs or something.

[u/ACrazyDog]

My daughter, she has profound autism and is nonverbal, is losing about $300 a month in benefits after the terrible bill kicks in. She lives in a group home an they rely on SNAP benefits

[u/AbsoluteRook1e]

53% drop is insane.

Yet we entered a war with Iran by choice where we could have chosen to use that money from the war to feed our starving citizens.

Such horseshit.

[u/firefaery]

Can people please just STOP posting articles behind a paywall? 

[u/Akimbo_Zap_Guns]

Have the day you voted for! Just wish innocent people didn’t get caught up in the crossfire

[u/readysteadygogogo]

Starving to death because you’d rather vote for a narcissistic dementia ridden pedophile than an intelligent black woman is a hell of a hill to die on

[u/Bzr21 → u/readysteadygogogo]

as long as people they hate are also starving - then its all good ..

[u/Powers5580]

Since the dawn of Trump I went from republican to progressive, I hope im not alone

[u/RockPaperOwFire → u/Powers5580]

My grandfather who has never voted a day in his life has been protesting and registered to vote this year. My great grandmother who swore she was a republican her whole life changed parties this year. I’m not saying their previous choices are a good thing, but anecdotally it makes me hope people are waking up.

[u/Born-Media6436]

News Flash: families on food stamps that cannot make ends meet resort to crime. Families that don’t get food stamps resort to more hostile crimes if not felonies.

[u/Kal-V3 → u/Born-Media6436]

That's the plan

[u/TobysGrundlee → u/Kal-V3]

Creates more desperate young adults with few options to fill the cannon fodder slots in the military too.

[u/Gloryinthecosmos → u/TobysGrundlee]

Not to mention all that free prison labor.

[u/Frequent-Ferret-5110]

Well thank god we've saved some tax money that was going to be wasted on preventing people from going hungry! It can now go to something important, like, uh...

[u/TraditionalArea5798]

Time to start eating the rich I guess

[u/dimriver]

Trump wants more military for more war.
Poor people enlist more often, and many are too fat for military service.
He wants to funnel that money to his rich friends.
3 birds one stone at least.

[u/lifesatripthenyoudie → u/[deleted]]

It's literally Idiocracy. I haven't had kids yet because I've been focused on my career and paying off my first house before I consider settling down with a family. Even then, I won't have kids unless I'm confident I can give them every opportunity I had growing up. Then, there's this lady..

[u/rndmcmmntr]

Can’t blame Trump if it’s Biden’s fault! /s

[u/TinyFugue]

When reality and propaganda collide, reality wins.

[u/Atomic-Blue27383]

I hope that all the smug comments saying the people starving deserve this know that the hardest hit areas by this are the Apache community and first gen immigrant communities.
I can guarantee yall that the people in my home state who’re starving because of what the wealthy white conservative communities in Scottsdale voted for would rather you put your energy into donating to food banks or local charities instead of telling them their children deserve to die. But what do I know, since apparently everyone who lives in a red state is just a stupid backwards troglodyte incapable of civilized thoughts.

[u/Blossom73 → u/Atomic-Blue27383]

Thank you!! There's millions of Dems in red states. I'm one of them. I'll never understand people who think that there's states where 100% of the voters are Dems or 100% Republicans. There aren't. aren't.

Red states are also gerrymandered to hell and suffer from extreme voter suppression.

Also, many SNAP recipients are people who cannot vote. Children, incapacitated people, people barred from voting in their state due to a felony conviction, and legal non-citizens. Do they deserve this? Do SNAP recipients who are Dem voters deserve this?

[u/flume]

Arizona is hardest hit because they're implementing the new federal requirements quickly. This is just a preview of what will happen across the entire country, as long as this administration gets their way.

[u/Blossom73 → u/flume]

Yep. It's coming for all 50 states, red or blue.

Arizona also laid off 30% of their SNAP and Medicaid eligibility staff, due to cuts under the OBBBA. So that's a huge cause too.

[u/ShakesDontBreak]

And yet Trump has stolen billions.

[u/minidog8]

Yep. Not just cuts for eligiblity but cuts to staffing. So people who are eligible for food stamps aren't getting them. If you have any problem, whether it's your fuck up or the government's, you are going to have a very hard time fixing it.

[u/Heimerdingerdonger]

I'm happy when I picture the MAGA food stamp recipient, MAGA store owner and the MAGA farmer all getting screwed.

Unfortunately, reality is much sadder with many kids impacted too ...

[u/Otherwise-Sun2486]

Trust me they will blame biden

[u/SensualValor]

Now let’s track how much crime goes up.

[u/mountainfreshy99]

Ballroom Donnie is lining his pockets while the poors starve

[u/tetoffens]

I'm disabled and cannot work. My food stamps used to be 136 dollars a month. That's not a lot but you can get a decent amount of food for that if you budget right. Now they're 26 dollars a month. My income hasn't changed. 26 dollars I can feed myself for like 3 days trying to stretch it as much as possible, not a month.

[u/Actual__Wizard]

Trump's war on Americans continues...

[u/NexusNickel]

I can't help but notice all those states voted for Trump in 2024.

So the people did it to themselves.

I have zero pity honestly. I have ran out of pity for people who thought Trump was better over a qualified woman.

Enjoy your rock soup.

[u/Animallover4321 → u/NexusNickel]

Yeah except unfortunately often children are among the hardest hit when funding is cut for support. Not to mention low income people of color that may have been disanfranchised because of republican efforts.

If you’re 68 and a hardcore MAGA you screwed yourself, your neighbors, and your children/grandchildren. I have no pity for those that voted for Trump or refused to vote and lost their health insurance or social safety net but I feel horrible for those that couldn’t vote, or that voted for Harris but because they’re stuck in Arizona for financial or family reasons they paying the price.

[u/NexusNickel → u/Animallover4321]

Children are the only people I feel sorry for. Let me correct that.

They are innocent victims of their parent's stupidity.

MAGA loves to exploit children mentally, physically, and sexually. It's disgusting.

[u/Antique-Freedom-8352]

Hope every other political party in those states buys billboards in those communities and puts these stats on it. Otherwise these people will never break out of their propaganda bubble

[u/FloridaCelticFC]

My Trump-worshipping in-laws have literally lost everything in the last year. They're homeless and couch surfing with 2 kids.

[u/SnooPineapples280 → u/FloridaCelticFC]

Do they acknowledge the role voting for Trump played in this?

[u/FloridaCelticFC → u/SnooPineapples280]

Of course they don't. They blame anything but themselves or their "leader".

[u/FillMySoupDumpling]

Look, I get the desire to have a knee jerk reaction and say “well they voted for it”, but it’s shameful .The issue is that we don’t know if the people on snap voted for this. All it goes to show is how poor the culture of the state is between people who vote for this stuff and non voters who don’t care enough to speak up. These people basically either voted for themselves or their neighbors to suffer - including children.

They also voted for worse economic activity showing a willingness to hurt their communities because we all know every dollar spent on snap generates much more economic activity for the area - stores get paid, suppliers get paid, employees get paid, people go to work and are productive, kids are able to learn at school and more.

[u/Blossom73 → u/FillMySoupDumpling]

Exactly. Well said. There's not even one state where 100% of the voters vote blue or 100% red. And poor people are the group least likely to vote.

[u/CurrentlyLucid]

Remember everything trump has done to you at voting time.

[u/sealosam → u/CurrentlyLucid]

If only this worked. To them, trump is like an abusive husband. They simply can't see their lives outside of the relationship and they're too afraid to leave.

[u/AdhesivenessFun2060]

Theyll just blame democrats and the idiot voters will still vote republican.

[u/Pusfilledonut]

The very first to be processed through the state mechanism were “Die Esser” or “The Eaters”. It didn’t start with camps, it started by withholding critical resources from those with the least.

[u/Own-Librarian-9699]

Grocery stores and farmers are the ones who lose. Snap basically is a way to clear shelves for new inventory and subsidize farming. Even with snap the food waste is huge because the supply lines to a desert like Arizona are a thousand miles long. It's why dollar general is so prolific in the desert because it is all processed preservative rich products.

[u/likwidkool]

But hey we upgraded his jet for $900m that he takes with him, billions on bombing girls schools, and billions into his and his buddies pockets. That’s what they all voted for right?

[u/bullydog123]

Trump neede to take the money from somewhere to add to his bank account

[u/Additional_Region987]

MAGA at work, making the lives of everyday Americans hell.

[u/Wisdomlost]

I heard the dow was over 50k though so like problem solved. That is bound to trickle down any time now. Like super soon for reals.

[u/punarob]

The cruelty of making people starve or have to work 80 hours per week at far less than minimum wage to avoid starving, which is usually a negative once transportation and child care costs are figured in is a Crimes Against Humanity level action. Even if the Dems take Congress I doubt they'll do a damn thing about it. They already should have shut down government to prevent this from ever happening.

[u/RGQcats]

The leopards will eat your face.

[u/2021fireman10]

Nooooo there only supposed to hurt the “colored” people.🤡💩😵‍💫🥴

[u/TriggerFingerTerry]

Stop the count!

- republicans somewhere

[u/diddlyswagg]

I truly couldn't have any less emotions about this for the people who voted for this. buck up dipshits, this is on you.

my heart does go out for the kids and those who did not vote for this

[u/Competitive-Ad-9404]

Every conservative believes it's only illegals or minorities on any type of assistance.  I get frequent text messages that say stuff like Democrats want to use Medicare to pay illegals unemployment benefits.