Democratic Senator Tears Up Over ‘Cruelty’ of Shutdown on MSNBC

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 3rd, 2025, 2:23 pm

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) teared up while talking about the pain Americans are feeling over food insecurities and high health care costs, as the Trump administration announced that SNAP will be “ partially funded ” in November.

Warner told MSNBC’s Chris Jansing on Monday, “What just kind of blows me away, you know, literally, one out of every eight Americans rely on food assistance. And this administration knew these funds were there. They could have said last week we’re not going to put people through the mental, emotional, and every other kind of stress..And it’s heartbreaking. There’s a level of cruelty and, you know, chaos here that– it’s just unprecedented.”

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