Arfin,
Just a week into his second term as president, Donald Trump's administration tried to snatch away trillions of federal dollars from their rightful recipients. Money for healthcare, medical research, housing, child care, food for the hungry, and even disaster relief efforts — Trump's freeze on federal aid tried to stop it all.
In an interview on CNN, Republican Congressman Rich McCormick of Georgia had the audacity to not only defend the dangerous move, but to also suggest the most morbid idea for the children who would go hungry without the school lunches provided by federal aid.
"You're telling me that kids who stay at home instead of going to work at Burger King, McDonald's, during the summer, should stay at home and get their free lunch instead of going to work? I think we need to have a top-down review."
McCormick's idea to make hungry children work for food is neither backed by compassion nor science. We know from research that hungry kids do worse in school; they struggle to pay attention, retain information, and solve problems. Why, then, would we assume they would be happy and successful if, on top of all of that, they had to start working an adult job?
Children should be able to focus on their childhood, not on working so that they don't go hungry. While the federal aid freeze has been blocked, we cannot let up the pressure even for a moment. Trump and his followers like McCormick will continue to try to test their limits of power and attack the most vulnerable of our society, but this block proves that when we fight back, we win.
Sign the petition for all of the hungry children who need our support under this administration, and tell Trump and his supporters to stay away from their funding!
