Mike Johnson’s Florida SNAP problem
House Republicans’ push to shrink the size of the country’s leading anti-hunger program would disproportionately hit their own Hispanic constituents, just as the GOP is trying to build on recent gains with the key voting bloc ahead of 2024.
Three GOP districts in South Florida, along with a handful of other key Hispanic-majority GOP seats, would be among the most hard-hit by new restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, according to a POLITICO analysis of the most recent census data. Unlike many of the Republicans who have spoken out against SNAP cuts this year, few of those Republicans are considered to genuinely at risk of losing their se...
