Kudos to Gov. Josh Shapiro for calling out Vice President JD Vance on pulling SNAP benefits from hungry Pennsylvanians. (A masterful takedown that is worth a watch.)

The federal government shutdown that has caused a lapse in funding for SNAP is dragging on because Republicans are determined to defund health insurance for the same working families that need SNAP program food assistance.

Vance, the Trump administration, and the Republican Congress apparently prefer to spend the federal budget on tax breaks for billionaires instead of helping needy families survive the punishing cost of living crisis brought on by Trump 2.0’s bungling.

As part of a family with roots in the Appalachia that Vance has abandoned, I second Gov. Shapiro’s rebuke: shame on you, JD Vance.

Kevin McKeon, Camp Hill,

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