ATLANTA - There's an ongoing rally outside the Georgia State Capitol. Demonstrators are demanding that Gov. Brian Kemp release state funds to assist SNAP beneficiaries amid the shutdown.

SNAP rally at Georgia State Capitol

What we know:

The rally began at noon. It was organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation. They gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol to urge lawmakers on both sides to take a nonpartisan stand and "fund food stamps now."

"Republicans could end the shutdown today by dropping their attacks on Medicaid and ACA funding," the spokesperson for the Party for Socialism and Liberation said. "Democrats, meanwhile, offer only empty election promises, falsely shifting attention to 2026 midterms as the only path to defeat Trump. The only force that can defeat this

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