Shortly before the pause on federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits was enacted on Nov. 1, the TikToks began cropping up: In one video, a Black woman is in a home full of crying babies, screaming, “Because of this government shutdown, they tellin’ me I can’t use my EBT in November. I got seven kids with seven men…and that’s the taxpayers’ responsibility.” In another, a Black woman rails at a food stand cashier while trying to buy a corn dog with food stamps. One account, which has “Exposing the Food Stampers and section8ers” in its bio, posted a Black woman eating crab legs while asking, “Why are taxpayers mad because we got a chance to enjoy free help and y’all didn’t? Thank you for your service!” Another depicted a march with Black attendees chanting, “We want

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