USDA head says ‘everyone’ on SNAP
will now have to reapply
The Hill,
by
Ashleigh Fields
Original Article
Posted By: Mercedes44,
11/16/2025 6:36:26 AM
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said the Trump administration is planning to have all Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries reapply for the program due to alleged fraud.
The secretary said after receiving data on SNAP recipients from 29 red states that “186,000 deceased men and women and children in this country are receiving a check. “Can you imagine when we get our hands on the blue state data what we’re going to find?” she asked during a Thursday appearance on Newsmax’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 11/16/2025 6:39:04 AM (No. 2030414)
All those fat people with fancy nails will have to waddle down to the office and prove their 'need.'
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mr Clean 11/16/2025 6:54:34 AM (No. 2030419)
Lawsuits begin in 5... 4... 3...
24 people like this.
How about having to reapply every two years in person?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Amoeba 11/16/2025 7:29:49 AM (No. 2030437)
#1 is totally correct. all the fake eyelashes, tats, braids, etc cost a lot of money that should have been spent of children.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
smak90 11/16/2025 7:30:02 AM (No. 2030438)
Elderly drivers have to go to the DMV every 2 years to get their license renewed, so why shouldn't people wanting free stuff have to do the same?
57 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Muguy 11/16/2025 7:50:25 AM (No. 2030445)
How about putting the honus on the BLUE STATES to actually report their food stamp figures or have their federal funds held back until they do?
The federal government is inefficient and LAZY-- there must be transparent reporting and accountability on behalf of the American People to STOP the Fraud and Waste as good stewards entrusted to make sure that those who need a hand up are not scamming the system and plundering the corrupt system.
If there is one lesson DOGE taught U.S. it is that DC is broken and corrupt. How about letting those "non-essential" employees have to actually provide meaningful service rather that ride on the federal "gravy train' while the rest of the country has to foot the bill???
The National Debt was $36 TRILLION in January, and now has crossed the $38 TRILLION mark-- unless more is done to account for the money spent, the Republic is going to be completely ruined SOON!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bpl40 11/16/2025 8:02:37 AM (No. 2030450)
I would say the same thing should be done with ALL voter rolls. Register from scratch with valid ID or don't get to vote.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Kafka2 11/16/2025 8:03:27 AM (No. 2030453)
If this is the amount of fraud taking place in red states, I hate to think about of fraud taking place in blue states. Go look in getting accurate data in the blue states or for that matter an data in blue states.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/16/2025 8:11:31 AM (No. 2030456)
This is the best possible move they could have made, other than halting the SNAP charity altogether. Now let's have everybody reregister to vote while holding the proper identification. We might make an honest country out of this yet. There are going to be millions of tears shed over this correction.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Venturer 11/16/2025 8:14:05 AM (No. 2030459)
The fraud is not alleged, it is real.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
singermom9 11/16/2025 8:19:45 AM (No. 2030463)
Once - you get to reapply 1 time. In 29 states (blue states will not respond) there are 500,000 that are collecting twice and 5,000 dead people are collecting.
So EBT Started loading again - Now all those who SCAM the system can get their nails, toes, windshield eyelashes, pay this month's car payment for your NEW car, get your weed while your kids will eat at SCHOOL - where they eat B'fast, lunch, snacks and sometimes supper while mom ENJOYS HER DAY NOT WORKING.
So I have to work for MY health ins AND theirs. My house payment AND theirs. MY daycare AND theirs, MY food AND theirs etc. I am abt done with this nonsense. And NOT 1 says TY.
In Trumps first term Snap benefits were 4 Billion/year. Now it is 11 Billion/year
In 8 years medicare/medicaid is broke and in 10 years SS is broke and in 15 years the dollar collapses. So America we have a choice - pay the world or take care of AM FIRST. Stop paying for illegals and ungrateful lazy bums.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
cor-vet 11/16/2025 8:37:54 AM (No. 2030476)
Which Obama/Clinton/Biden black robed 'king wanna-be' is going to declare this as racist?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
planetgeo 11/16/2025 8:41:09 AM (No. 2030481)
Now do the same thing with Social Security...and it will suddenly get totally solvent.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 11/16/2025 9:01:08 AM (No. 2030491)
All the technology, computers, data processing and now AI - and we are surprised at the selective fraud they never seem to know about until caught red-handed. And what happened to the limits supposedly put in place under Clinton? (He was forced into it)
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 11/16/2025 9:59:46 AM (No. 2030518)
This is a good start to help root out fraud and abuse
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
paral04 11/16/2025 10:05:34 AM (No. 2030522)
They should do this. e taxpayers are being ripped off right and left by cheaters.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
nelsonted1 11/16/2025 10:11:10 AM (No. 2030524)
I was visiting my daughter at University of Boulder for graduation. She was walking around filling her cart with party food. A lot of chips. I asked what she was doing. She said she had money on her card to spend. Turns out it was an EBT card. I asked how she got it. She said the university runs the financials on students. They get EBT automatically. Most students have them!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 11/16/2025 10:15:48 AM (No. 2030527)
This thing has been a scam since it was started - by LBJ. It needs to be ELIMINATED. Go back to the days when people lined up for surplus flour, cheese and Spam.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
DVC 11/16/2025 10:39:18 AM (No. 2030548)
A good start. Detailed checks on all of these applicants is necessary.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
hershey 11/16/2025 11:12:02 AM (No. 2030575)
Good...way past time...clean out the fraud...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
dwa 11/16/2025 1:41:22 PM (No. 2030642)
"USDA head says ‘everyone’ on SNAP will now have to reapply"
Leftist judge says that isn't fair and the government can't do that -- in 3, 2, 1
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
anniebc 11/16/2025 3:28:20 PM (No. 2030665)
Reapplying after two years is too much time to get used to free food. They should be made to apply weekly (or even monthly) similar to what they do with unemployment. There are way too many unemployed (never getting a job) mamas out there who are getting SNAP, free childcare and housing.
There has to be a comprehensive plan to get folks off the taxpayer dole. It's offensive that my daughter and her husband (and yours) have to work and get someone else to care for their child because of their choices (student loans and two mortgages), while they support others far more irresponsible with their choices. My children are, at least, being responsible and paying their own way. And, they pay through the nose for my grand baby's care. My daughter (like her mother) does not get her hair and nails done regularly. Not now. We did when she was single (nails, only cuts for hair), but she now has priorities. Other people don't have to be responsible and prioritize because their dysfunctional lives are subsidized. Not fair. Not right.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mifla 11/17/2025 6:17:56 AM (No. 2030816)
The government could stop this fraud if they chose to.
Look at the other end of this - the tax collection end. An army of people exist (IRS) to ensure you pay your taxes, Compare that to the mechanisms in place to ensure that collected taxes are not wasted or stolen.
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