Why did you cut SNAP and healthcare research?

We do not have unlimited money in the United States.

In 2019, our country spent $60 billion on SNAP.

During COVID, that number went to $100 billion.

Going from $60 billion one year to $100 billion the next year, that was not, that was the COVID pandemic.

The pandemic is gone.

People have gone back to work.

We are now with the 2019 levels, which I think are acceptable.

Republican Congressman Mike Flood of Nebraska defending his vote on President Trump's so-called one big, beautiful bill last night at a town hall. Despite that hustle crowd, Flood is in a safe,

red district having won his last two elections, two elections by 16 and 20 points. Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It is Tuesday, August 5th. And Joe, that town hall definitely was quite loud and rowdy.

There could be some questions that Republicans have to face about this bill.

Yeah, it was fascinating from the clips that I saw from it last night.

Some fascinating moments there.

I think a lot of takeaways that you could bring away from that.

We have Annie Carney.

He's going to be with us at 7 a.m.

In an hour this morning, she was there, and she's going to be talking about it.

There were some things that he said that I think many Americans would agree with. Like, for instance, when they said

he was a fascist, he said, well, fascists actually wouldn't be standing up here holding these

town hall meetings and standing for election. There was another part where he asked the audience

if they thought that 28-year-olds who were healthy and had

nothing wrong with them. If they decided not to work voluntarily, should they get free

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