'Sponge off the government': CNN anchor gobsmacked as Republican gripes about hungry kids
CNN host Pamela Brown appeared stunned on Tuesday after Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) brushed off concerns about students being able to get lunches at school thanks to President Donald Trump's freeze of federal loans and grants.
Georgia Rep. McCormick Has A Problem With Kids Who ‘Sponge Off The Government’ For School Lunch
Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick says children can "have value" by working for their school lunches, as he did, before child labor laws.
Georgia Republican Says Kids in School Lunch Programs 'Sponge Off The Government'
McCormick also pivoted on Brown’s point that Trump has paused federal grants for childhood cancer research, pointing out that Trump proposed a $500 billion project on AI, which could help detect cancer.
Should kids have to work for their school lunches? One GOP Rep. thinks so
As a federal funding freeze threatens meal programs, Rep. Rich McCormick suggests children work in fast food to afford lunch. On Tuesday, Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), suggested that kids who benefit from federally funded free lunch programs,
Georgia Congressman faces backlash over comments about school lunch programs
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) is under fire for remarks he made regarding government assistance programs, specifically free school lunches, during an interview with CNN on Tuesday.
Georgia Republican Accuses Free Lunch Programs of Teaching Kids How to 'Sponge Off the Government': 'I Worked My Way Through School'
Rep. Rich McCormick said kids who are capable of working need to learn how to "have value" instead of "sponging off the government."
'Seek help': GOP rep buried for saying poor kids on free lunch 'sponge off of the government'
One House Republican appeared to suggest that the tens of millions of kids on free and reduced school lunch programs are moochers who should have to work to earn food. During a Tuesday interview on CNN,
GOP Lawmaker Says Free Lunch For Kids Is Sponging Off The Government
Rep..Rich McCormick wants to see young kids work at fast food joints to earn their lunch money instead of letting them "sponge off the government."
Rep. Rich McCormick Says Kids on School Lunch Programs “Sponge Off the Government” [Video]
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) is facing backlash after suggesting that children who rely on school lunch programs are “sponging off the government.” Speaking with CNN’s Pamela Brown on Tuesday from […] The post Rep.
Republican Calls Kids Freeloaders for Wanting Free School Lunch
A Republican representative thinks students shouldn’t rely on free school meals but instead work for them. Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick said President Donald Trump’s surprise order to freeze federal funding for grants and loans was an opportunity to conduct a “top-down” review of spending,
Republican suggests students work at McDonald's instead of getting free school lunches
Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested during a CNN interview that kids get jobs, including at fast food restaurants, to pay for school lunches.
A GOP lawmaker is defending Trump by describing poor kids as freeloaders
McCormick responded with the head-spinning suggestion that the country’s child labor laws are too restrictive and that plenty ...
Pamela Brown asks GOP lawmaker if he’d support cutting free lunches for vulnerable students
CNN’s Pamela Brown asks Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) about President Trump’s administration pausing aid for federal grants and loans that could affect millions of Americans. McCormick defended President ...