Massachusetts governor on SNAP benefits and government shutdown

(CBS, KYMA) - Gov. Maura Healey (D-Mass.) spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday to speak about the government shutdown and SNAP.

Although a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to continue full SNAP payments by Monday or partial SNAP payments by Wednesday, Gov. Healey explained that this still poses a problem because it can take "between two and five days" to load SNAP cards.

"We cannot continue along this path, which is why [President Donald Trump] needs to release those funds, as at least one court told him to do, right now, as soon as possible, because it takes us time to load up those cards," Healey explained.

Gov. Healey pushed back on President Trump's claims that SNAP recipients are mostly Democrats.

"To be clear, you want to know who SNAP beneficiaries are in the country? They are seniors, they're kids, and they're people with disabilities. They live in every state and every city and town around the country. For the president to even suggest something like that or say something like that is insulting," she expressed.

To watch more of Brennan's interview with Healey, click here.