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- U.S. President Donald Trump claimed during the State of the Union that his administration lifted 2.4 million people off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- Critics say his administration cut over $186 billion from SNAP, which aids more than 41 million Americans, and emphasize SNAP as an investment, not charity.
- Democratic leaders mocked the claim on social media and urged repeal of the funding cuts.
