Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids

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Moving beyond efforts to block expansion of health care for the poor and disabled, Republican governors in 15 states are now rejecting a new, federally funded summer program to give food assistance to hungry children.

The program is expected to serve 21 million youngsters starting around June, providing $2.5 billion in relief across the country.

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths “when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.”

What is wrong with these people? I just can't even.

If these Republican governors were the villains in a book or movie or something, people would say they're too over the top evil and not believable.

Oklahoma of course won't join just Governor Shit is okay with 1 in 4 kids going hungry in our state. I Fucking hate Republicans.

Clearly the solution to the childhood obesity problem is to just stop feeding them!

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