President Donald Trump just "said the quiet part out loud" when it comes to attacks on his own supporters, a Democratic lawmaker said over the weekend.
US House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, where he was asked about Trump's comments claiming that SNAP benefits expiring will mostly affect Democrats.
"They're hurting their own people," Trump claimed without citing evidence.
"Well, you know, Donald Trump revealed in that answer, he tends to say the quiet parts out loud, by the way. And this was another instance of that," Boyle said. "Donald Trump and other Republicans in congress genuinely believe that most poor people in this country live in urban areas, aren't white and vote democratic, when in reality two thirds of those states that are most dependent on SNAP are red states."
He added, "There are states that happen to have large rural areas, rural counties, by the way, that tended to vote by 2 to 1 margin for Donald Trump."
"So, you know, their malice toward poor people in this country is awful, but it's also ill informed because they're hurting a lot of poor folks who are both Democrats, Republicans as well as independents and nonvoters," Boyle said. "We have to stop looking at them based on partisanship and recognize these are our fellow Americans who are hurting, and they are being hurt by Donald Trump and the Republican majority."
