CLEVELAND, Ohio — Mayor Justin Bibb joined Democratic mayors from across the country Thursday to deliver a message to Washington D.C.: Fund SNAP.

Perhaps the strongest words came from Mayor Randall Woodfin of Birmingham, Alabama, who said “We hope, but we demand, that those in D.C. get their act together and do right by the American people and make sure Americans do not starve.”

The mayors are joining a chorus of public officials who are lobbying to keep SNAP benefits from being cutoff, starting this weekend.

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