The White House is clarifying comments from President Donald Trump about the future of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments during the ongoing government shutdown.

On Tuesday morning, Trump said benefits “will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government.”

That statement appeared to contradict what the government told a federal judge on Monday, when officials said they would begin using contingency funds to continue paying benefits after facing lawsuits from nonprofits and more than two dozen states.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president was referring to future payments, not the ones currently being processed.

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