Did Hakeem Jeffries overstate share of veterans using food stamps? | Food News

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Evidence shows Jeffries’s statement that about 20 percent of veteran households rely on food stamps is mostly false.

The leader of the Democrats in the United States House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, has slammed House Republicans for considering cuts to federal safety net programmes, pointing out that they would impact veterans.

“About 20 percent of households with veterans rely upon supplemental…