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Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/10/republican-governors-summer-lunch-program/
By Annie Gowen
Updated January 10, 2024 at 2:07 p.m. EST|Published January 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EST

Republican governors in 15 states are rejecting a new federally funded program to give food assistance to hungry children during the summer months, denying benefits to 8 million children across the country.

The program is expected to serve 21 million youngsters starting around June, providing $2.5 billion in relief across the country....

Republicans are saying hungry kids are getting too fat. Maybe the kids are consuming too much lead, don't really need real food.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths “when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.”

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