Noted racist and dark magic enthusiast Republican Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins thinks the thousands of active duty U.S. military families in America are smoking crack and don’t need the paltry $7 a day in SNAP food assistance funding that has lapsed thanks to the GOP’s month-long government shutdown.
Although nobody in Washington actually trusts Higgins with even the most basic of tasks, several of his close friends are leading the current government shutdown: most notably House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.
Despite the pro-soldier, patriotic rhetoric from both parties, for decades rank and file members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard have been paid substandard wages, and huge numbers of service members traditionally rely on programs like SNAP to feed themselves and their families.
Apparently, that’s not an issue for Higgins.
Higgins, who is also known for not paying child support and being a supporter of anti-constitutional insurrectionists, took to the hard-right social media platform X Oct. 30 to make his feelings about struggling Americans known.
In his post, the former police spokesman and full-time tough guy cosplayer argued Americans who receive SNAP benefits – a $7 a day subsidy for food the federal government provides – should “never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack” unless they have “at least one month of groceries stocked.”
Rep. Clay Higgins demonstrating how well he read the Gospels
Higgins added an AI photo of a “pantry” that includes cans of “Diced PLRHS” which appear to be an Elon Musk inspired AI fever dream of diced tomato cans.
These are not the cans you are looking for
But its not just active military members’ families Higgins thinks smoke too much crack and should starve. A recent military.com story noted that “About 1.2 million veterans are enrolled now [in SNAP], according to the National Council on Aging. More than 20,000 military families, 213,000 National Guard and Reserve members, and more than 1 million veterans, rely on such benefits.”
Cajun majority parishes in Louisiana also will be hit hard by suspension of SNAP benefits. Apparently, Higgins believes “Qu’ils mangent du gâteau” until his friends can agree to reopen the government.