White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was forced to walk back President Donald Trump‘s shutdown rhetoric on Tuesday.

The president said that SNAP benefits would not be distributed until the “Radical Left Democrats open up government,” an apparent contradiction of court orders that required the federal government to use emergency funds to keep the assistance program operational.

“SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly ‘handed’ to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!” he wrote on Truth

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