As a looming deadline threatens to turn tens of millions of Americans against them, Democrats seeking to impose their will have fallen back on lawfare.
Just as they have turned to judicial activists in their efforts to obstruct President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, and again in repeated attempts at preventing mass deportations and the restoration of national sovereignty, elected officials from the Democratic Party are now seeking legal intervention on food stamps.
With the November 1 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments expected not to go out as a result of the Democrat government shutdown, impacting more than 40 million Americans, Politico has confirmed that blue state governors and attorneys general intend to take the issue to court.
“Dozens of Democratic attorneys general and governors are planning to sue President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday over its decision to not tap emergency funds amid the government shutdown to keep food aid flowing to 42 million Americans next month,” the outlet reported, “according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the matter ahead of a public announcement.”
Getting ahead of his peers, on Monday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) announced during an event at the Milwaukee Public Library’s Martin Luther King Branch that his state would be joining the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the department had concluded $5 billion from a contingency fund was “not legally available” for release.
Late last week, the USDA firmly set responsibility for the shutdown on Senate Democrats as a message on its website read, “Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program … Bottom line, the well has run dry.”
The statement continued, “We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They can continue to hold out for healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive critical nutrition assistance.”
USDA says SNAP benefits to be cut off due to Democrat shutdown: ‘The well has run dry’ https://t.co/iao3B24Db2
— BPR (@BIZPACReview) October 27, 2025
Meanwhile, the threats from the litigious left were voiced in a letter co-signed by 23 attorneys general sent to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday that warned of legal action if questions regarding funds were not answered.
In addition to Wisconsin’s attorney general, top cops from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, D.C. signed off on the letter.
On the Republican side of the aisle, some appeared ready to save Democrats from the self-imposed pressure they are feeling by offering up a carve-out on SNAP, even after they had already voted against paying the U.S. military with a similar standalone bill.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R) is expected to discuss ways to fund SNAP during a Tuesday policy lunch after noting the best path was for Democrats to end the shutdown.
As CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju reported, Thune was on record regarding the possibility of intervention from the White House, stating, “But again, the answer is very simple: paying SNAP recipients, paying military, paying all federal workers, ATC, TSA, border patrol. It’s all real simple, just open the government.”
Thune added: “But again, the answer is very simple: paying SNAP recipients, paying military, paying all federal workers, ATC, TSA, border patrol. It’s all real simple, just open the government.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 27, 2025
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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