Fact-check: “@USDA has NEVER had access to State SNAP data. Not until this Administration demanded it. That's why every figure from years past is meaningless.”
Verdict: Unverifiable (0% confidence)
The core claim — that USDA never had access to state SNAP data before the Trump administration demanded it — is directly contradicted by the documented federal-state SNAP reporting structure. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service has administered SNAP nationally for over 60 years and has long required states to submit participation, quality control, and administrative data as a condition of program operation. What the Trump administration demanded starting in May 2025 was something genuinely new: s…
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