REMINDER: Sununu Would’ve Voted for Trump’s Drastic SNAP Cuts

REMINDER: Sununu Would've Voted for Trump's Drastic SNAP Cuts

As Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill slashes $11 million in SNAP funding for New Hampshire, here’s a reminder that John Sununu said he would’ve voted for Trump’s cuts that ripped food assistance away from thousands of Granite Staters. 

“Starting in 2027,” Trump’s SNAP cuts — which Sununu would’ve voted for — could cost New Hampshire “up to $27 million” over a two-year period. 

Watch Sununu say he would’ve voted for Trump’s SNAP cuts, and read more about their impacts on New Hampshire below:

• MODERATOR: So this question’s for John [Sununu.] It comes from the Republican Committee of Kensington. The One Big Beautiful Bill added trillions to the national debt. Would you have voted for it? Why or why not?
   
• JOHN SUNUNU: One, I would’ve voted for it. 

Union Leader: New Hampshire faces $11 million SNAP hit as federal cost shift begins

• New Hampshire faces an $11 million hit due to Trump administration changes to the food stamps program, which pushed more administrative costs of the program on to states.
• Every year on Oct. 1, the federal government adjusts its monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to account for inflation.
• [...] But a provision of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act changed the share of administrative costs that all states must shoulder.
• As of Oct. 1, the state share is 75% up from 50% in the past and that translates to an additional $11 million cost to New Hampshire’s state budget over the next two years.
• Another major change is to make able-bodied, older SNAP recipients have to comply with work requirements.
• Most of those age 18 to 64 who are physically able to must work or volunteer at least 80 hours a month.
• The previous age cap for the work requirement applied to those up to 54 years old.
• Since Trump signed that law, an estimated 2,100 individuals have lost SNAP benefits in New Hampshire with 5 million getting knocked off the rolls nationwide, including 1 million children.
• [...] Democrats criticized Ayotte, a first-term Republican governor, for failing to join counterparts in 25 states that sued the Trump administration, which threatened to cut SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.
• “When Donald Trump tried to withhold SNAP benefits from hungry families during a government shutdown, Kelly Ayotte was too spineless to stand up and fight back,” Democratic nominee for governor Cinde Warmington said.
• “And as Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill has ripped food out of the hands of the most vulnerable, Kelly has stayed silent. New Hampshire is long-overdue for a governor who puts Granite Staters first — not Donald Trump.”
• [...] “With state legislative sessions right around the corner, Congress must act soon to reverse these cuts, or at the very least pass a two-year delay to the benefit cost share,” said Laura Rice, manager of media and public affairs with the No Kid Hungry campaign.
• House Democratic Leader Alexis Simpson said the higher cost is coming at a difficult time.
• "The Trump administration is taking groceries away from New Hampshire kids to fund tax breaks for billionaires. More than 2,000 Granite Staters have already lost food assistance, and starting today Washington is sticking our state with millions more in costs while grocery prices remain high,” Simpson said.
• Starting in 2027, the state faces an even bigger hit.
• That’s when another provision of Trump’s omnibus budget/tax package kicks in, putting states that have a benefit error rate above 6% on the hook for paying a portion of SNAP benefits themselves.
• Currently, federal grants pay 100% of the benefits.
• New Hampshire is currently over the 6% mark, and estimates are this change could cost the state up to $27 million over a two-year period after Oct. 1, 2027.
• [...]