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SNAP beneficiaries have expressed outrage on social media over the government shutdown that could affect their grocery benefits starting next month — with some even threatening to ransack stores if food stamp payments don’t go through starting Nov. 1.
"It is the taxpayer’s responsibility to take care of my kids," one emotional mother said in a video posted online. "It is the taxpayer's job to pay for my kids to eat and for my kids to be taken care of."
The same woman also complained about how none of her TikTok followers had sent her money, warning she would block anyone who viewed her videos without sending cash.
USDA CHIEF WARNS 'WE'RE RIGHT AT THE CLIFF' AS 40 MILLION AMERICANS BRACE FOR FOOD STAMP CUTOFF
SNAP beneficiaries have been outraged on social media by the government shutdown affecting their grocery perks starting next month, (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
"Because of the government shutdown, now I can’t get my SNAPs for next month," another user shared on social media.
The user went on to ask how she was supposed to feed her seven children.
The exterior of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Amir Odom, another conservative commentator, shared his thoughts on the controversy.
"We've got the people that genuinely rely and need this program that are actually using it for a hand up and to stay afloat. Then you, on the other side, you got people treating it like a side hustle, selling the stamps, [and] abusing the system," he shared.
"This whole shutdown has really started to expose both of those sides," Odom added.
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A sign reading "The U.S. Capitol Visiting Center is closed due to a lapse in appropriations" is displayed at the entrance of the Capitol Visiting Center, as the U.S. government shutdown drags on. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Other users joined the online debate with videos showing people confronting grocery store staff and threatening to steal food, saying, "I ain’t paying nothing, I’m walking out with it."
One man shared how "mad" he was in a video showing three carts filled to the brim with groceries at his place of work, with the bill totaling $1,013.73 — all charged to food stamps and later voided. Another Walmart employee shared he "had to go home" because people came into the store "bum-rushing [and] stealing" before "running out the store" amid changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in November.
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The policy update under the "Big Beautiful Bill" creates work requirements for able-bodied individuals benefiting from the program and "prohibits inclusion of internet costs in a household’s allowable shelter cost."
Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi is a freelance production assistant at Fox News Digital.
