{"id":12502,"date":"2023-05-29T03:57:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T08:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=12502"},"modified":"2023-05-29T03:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T08:57:13","slug":"republicans-work-requirements-obsession-is-offensive-to-poor-people-cnn-commentator-complains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=12502","title":{"rendered":"Republicans’ work requirements ‘obsession’ is ‘offensive’ to poor people,’ CNN commentator complains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Republicans\u2019 “obsession”\u00a0with work requirements\u00a0are “offensive” to poor people and could produce a backlash, CNN political commentator Ashley Allison said on Sunday..
She appeared on a panel discussion during “State of the Union” to react to the news that Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling after months of debate.
McCarthy has argued that while some Republicans were unhappy with the concessions in the agreement, there is “not one thing in the bill for Democrats.” One of the Republicans\u2019 concessions, however, included removing work requirements for social programs like Medicaid and SNAP, something \u00a0that Allison insisted is “offensive.
“I think it\u2019s important to also note that Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, all staying safe, not being touched at all. I think the Republican\u2019s obsession with work requirements are offensive to poor people, assuming that people want to be poor and don\u2019t have the fight inside of them to work hard. It\u2019s offensive, and I think it will ultimately come a backlash. But the way that they were able to negotiate and protect veterans, people who are homeless is really important,” Allison said.
Members of the Freedom Caucus\u00a0such as Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas,\u00a0have voiced their displeasure over the agreement, particularly its lack of work requirements for social programs as well as a lack of significant budget cuts.
Allison also showed concerns about House Republicans turning against the bill and whether McCarthy can successfully rally his party.
“I also think though is Kevin McCarthy going to be able to get it done in his caucus? I mean we were all sitting here at two in the morning seeing if he could get speaker votes. We weren\u2019t sure what concessions he made. Can he hold his caucus together, or will he have to rely on Democrats yet again, so our country doesn\u2019t default?” Allison said.
Allison’s comments echo, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who criticized the idea of work requirements in another segment of th show, saying that it would actually “hurt poor people.”
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