GRIFF: THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS ATTEMPTING
TO OVERHAUL THE NATION'S
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM BY
EXPANDING WORK REQUIREMENTS
FOR RECIPIENTS.
KATIE: GEORGIA ONE OF THE
FIRST STATES TO ENFORCE
KICKING 8,000 PEOPLE OFF
FOOD STAMPS AFTER
DETERMINING THOSE RECIPIENTS
AS UNEMPLOYED ABLE-BODIED
ADULTS CAPABLE OF WORKING.
PETE: SOME IN THE LEFT WING
MEDIA SLAMMING THE MOVE WITH
HEADLINES LIKE THESE.
TRUMP PLANS TO MAKE PEOPLE
WORK FOR FOOD STAMPS.
NOVEL IDEA.
HERE TO REACT FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR AND EDITOR IN
CHIEF LAWRENCE JONES.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATS.
>> THANK YOU.
PETE: THE NOVEL IDEA IF YOU
ARE ABLE-BODIED YOU SHOULD
WORK BEFORE YOU RECEIVE
GOVERNMENT BENEFITS.
>> THIS WAS A LAW ALREADY IN
PLACE.
IT CAME BACK WAY BEFORE THE
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION.
BUT DURING THE CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION TOOK THAT
AWAY THEY NEVER IMPLEMENTED
IT BACK.
WHAT THIS LAW REQUIRES YOU
TO DO IS AT LEAST WORK 20
HOURS, GET SOME FORM OF
EDUCATION OR AT LEAST SHOW
THAT YOU CAN WORK, THAT
YOU -- ALL THESE PEOPLE GET
ON THE SYSTEM AND THEY STAY
ON IT.
THIS WAS THE DISCOURAGE THAT
GET THEM INVOLVED IN THE
PROCESS.
ACTUALLY LOOK FOR A JOB SO
THEY DON'T BE DEPENDENT ON
THIS PROGRAM.
KATIE: ISN'T HAVING WORK
REQUIREMENTS FOR WELFARE OR
FOOD STAMPS, HOWEVER YOU
WANT TO BENEFIT FROM IT
WHETHER IT'S HOUSING OR
SOMETHING ELSE, DOESN'T THAT
ENABLE PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF
POVERTY RATHER THAN STAY IN
IT?
>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
THE LEFT WANT TO TRAP PEOPLE
IN THIS BECAUSE THEY WILL
HAVE THEIR VOTING BASE AND
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK TO
ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THE ISSUES
THAT EFFECT AVERAGE DAY
AMERICANS.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS.
THIS A LOT OF THE POLICY
THAT AFFECTED MY COMMUNITY
PERSONALLY MANY OF THE
PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY END
UP STAYING ON THESE PROGRAMS
BECAUSE IT'S A TRAP.
IT'S A GOVERNMENT TRAP TO
KEEP THEM IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY THE ORIGINAL
PROGRAM WAS TO ALLOW PEOPLE
TO HAVE SOME FORM OF
ASSISTANCE.
GET A LEG UP AND NOT BE
TRAPPED ON IT FOREVER.
GRIFF: THAT'S THE FACTS OF
IT AS PETE MENTIONED IN HIS
HEADLINES EARLIER.
WHAT IS THE MEDIA DOING?
WHY ARE THEY GETTING IT
WRONG?
>> THEY ARE PLAYING
ANTI-TRUMP GAME.
IT CAME BEFORE TRUMP.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
THE PRESIDENT JUST NOW
ENFORCING THE LAW.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- CHICAGO
ILLINOIS, LOUISIANA IS ONE
OF THOSE MAIN -- SOME OF
THOSE STATES ARE STILL
FIGHTING AGAINST IT AND
GEORGIA WAS AS WELL.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE FIRST
STATES TO START THIS, AT THE
END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A
FEDERAL LAW THAT WAS IN
PLACE WAY BEFORE TRUMP WAS
THERE.
KATIE: IS IT INSULTING
PEOPLE TO TELL PEOPLE THEY
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK FOR
FOOD STAMPS.
>> INSULTING AND YOU HAVE TO
QUESTION THE MOTIVE.
WHY DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
STAY ON A FEDERAL SYSTEM?
THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE
SOMETIMES AT MINIMUM WAGE IN
POVERTY LEVEL OR BELOW THE
POVERTY LEVEL.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
STAY ON THE SYSTEM?
MANY PEOPLE ON THOSE
PROGRAMS HAVE TO QUESTION
THOSE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
WHO HAVE ADVOCATING.
PETE: IF I'M RIGHT, YOU USED
TO BE A DEMOCRAT.
>> I DID.
I WAS POOR, TOO.
PETE: YOU SAW IT
DIFFERENTLY.
WHY DID YOU CHANGE THE WAY
YOU SEE THE WORLD.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
WANTED TO BE HELPFUL AS A
DEMOCRAT.
WHEN YOU START SEEING THE
TRAPS OF THE LEFT WHERE THEY
TRY TO KEEP YOU DOWN NEVER
ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE.
THEY FEEL LIKE JUST BECAUSE
OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN OR
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS THAT
YOU CAN'T SUCCEED AND YOU
NEED GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT
THAT GETS FRUSTRATING AS
SOMEBODY THAT CAME FROM A
MOTHER THAT HAD HIM AT 16
AND TAUGHT HARD WORK BY HIS
MOTHER AND FATHER I COULDN'T
BE A LEFTIST ANYMORE.
IT DIDN'T ALIGN WITH THE
VALUES I WAS TAUGHT IN MY
HOME.
GRIFF: IS THE LEFT PLAYING
POLITICS WITH NOT ONLY LOW
INCOME PEOPLE BUT ALSO
ELDERLY PEOPLE.
>> YEAH.
THEY ARE PLAYING POLITICS
BUT THEY ALSO ARE PLAYING A
FINANCIAL GAME THIS IS NOT
TYPICAL POLITICS YOU SEE DAY
TO DAY.
THIS IS SAYING I'M GOING TO
KEEP YOU DOWN.
EVERY AMERICAN THAT ARE ON
THESE PROGRAMS.
I'M NOT SAYING SHOULD GET
RID OF THEM.
CONGRESS WOULD NEVER PASS
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
SHOULDN'T BE PERMANENT.
