Georgia Rep. McCormick Has A Problem With Kids Who ‘Sponge Off The Government’ For School Lunch
Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick says children can "have value" by working for their school lunches, as he did, before child labor laws.
'Sponge off the government': CNN anchor gobsmacked as Republican gripes about hungry kids
CNN host Pamela Brown appeared stunned on Tuesday after Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) brushed off concerns about students being able to get lunches at school thanks to President Donald Trump's freeze of federal loans and grants.
Georgia Republican Says Kids in School Lunch Programs 'Sponge Off The Government'
Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) suggested kids who participate in school lunch programs “sponge off the government.” “How many people got their start in fast food restaurants when they were kids?” McCormick told CNN’s Pamela Brown.
GOP Lawmaker Says Free Lunch For Kids Is Sponging Off The Government
Rep..Rich McCormick wants to see young kids work at fast food joints to earn their lunch money instead of letting them "sponge off the government."
‘Sponge off the government’: MAGA Republicans believe American children are undeserving of free lunches
A Georgia congressman genuinely thinks that children, as in literal children, should work their way through school to pay for their lunches so that American taxpayer dollars can go towards “important” things like mass deportations and fossil fuels.
Backing Trump’s funding cuts, Georgia Republican says children should work instead of getting free school meals
Republican Congressman Rich McCormick proposed in an interview that free school lunches be removed from schools and children be sent to work for low wages. Bans on child labor were hard-fought battles of the American labor movement.
Republican Calls Kids Freeloaders for Wanting Free School Lunch
A Republican representative thinks students shouldn’t rely on free school meals but instead work for them. Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick said President Donald Trump’s surprise order to freeze federal funding for grants and loans was an opportunity to conduct a “top-down” review of spending,
Republican suggests students work at McDonald's instead of getting free school lunches
Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested during a CNN interview that kids get jobs, including at fast food restaurants, to pay for school lunches.
Should kids have to work for their school lunches? One GOP Rep. thinks so
As a federal funding freeze threatens meal programs, Rep. Rich McCormick suggests children work in fast food to afford lunch.
Republican Suggests Kids Work at McDonald's Instead of Getting Free Lunch
GOP Representative Rich McCormick suggested that free lunch allows schoolchildren to "sponge off the government."
Republican Rep suggests children should get jobs to pay for school lunches
You’re telling me that kids who stay at home instead of going to work at Burger King or McDonald’s during the summer should stay at home and get their free lunch instead of going to work?’ Congressman
Kids need to learn to 'have value and work skills for the future'
Rep. Rich McCormick said kids who are capable of working need to learn how to "have value" instead of "sponging off the ...
Ga. lawmaker says kids getting free school lunches should get fast food jobs
Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested that students receiving free meals at school get jobs instead, arguing that free lunch ...
A GOP lawmaker is defending Trump by describing poor kids as freeloaders
McCormick responded with the head-spinning suggestion that the country’s child labor laws are too restrictive and that plenty ...