Georgia Congressman faces backlash over comments about school lunch programs
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) is under fire for remarks he made regarding government assistance programs, specifically free school lunches, during an interview with CNN on Tuesday.
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.
Georgia Republican Accuses Free Lunch Programs of Teaching Kids How to 'Sponge Off the Government': 'I Worked My Way Through School'
Rep. Rich McCormick said kids who are capable of working need to learn how to "have value" instead of "sponging off the government."
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.
‘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.
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 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,
Georgia Republican Says Kids in School Lunch Programs 'Sponge Off The Government'
McCormick also pivoted on Brown’s point that Trump has paused federal grants for childhood cancer research, pointing out that Trump proposed a $500 billion project on AI, which could help detect cancer.
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 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
Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead
Ga., on Tuesday defended the impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some children should be working instead of receiving free lunch.
GOP lawmaker suggests high school students should work for lunch instead of relying on government aid, stirring controversy
Rep. Rich McCormick, a Republican congressman from Georgia, stirred controversy with remarks suggesting that high school ...
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GOP lawmaker proposes students should 'earn' school meals instead of receiving them free
Georgia Representative Rich McCormick suggested students should work for their meals rather than receiving them for free, citing national financial wo ...
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 ...