Chris Murphy was out on his annual Walk Across Connecticut, which is the political equivalent of a farmer’s market for anecdotes, and he came back with a pair named Jason and Keri who, he says, lost SNAP and now spend an entire workday on a bus just to eat at a New Haven soup kitchen.
A WHOLE DAY FOR A SINGLE MEAL.
Cute contrast, until you remember Waterbury to New Haven is about 22 miles — a one-hour bus, half an hour in a car — not a transcontinental pilgrimage.
Then he tied the whole thing to Elon Musk “just” becoming a trillionaire, which happened in June off the SpaceX IPO and has already slipped back under that line. Connecticut even stood up a $300 grocery-card program for people who lost SNAP under the new work rules. A sitting U.S. senator could have bought lunch, pointed them to that card, or called a constituent with a job. He posted the parable instead.
I just met Jason and Keri on my walk across the state. They lost their food stamps bc of Trump’s cuts.
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 3, 2026
They are taking a bus back and forth to New Haven today for a meal from a soup kitchen there.
A 6 hour commute for a meal.
And Elon Musk just became a trillionaire.
Not to be THAT person but if they have the energy to get on a bus and go get food surely they can work or volunteer for 20 hours a week so they can once again qualify for Food Stamps.
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Of course, he left that part out.
Elon becoming a trillionaire didn't stop the SNAP that they're either ineligible or won't work for, Chris.
— Tom (@BoreGuru) September 3, 2026
6 hr commute for a a meal? - LoL Bullshit.
The politics of anger and envy, that's really all Democrats have left these days.
Why do Jason & Keri have free 6 hours for a daily commute to a soup kitchen but not 20 hours/week they can volunteer in order to keep their benefits, Chris? And what does their laziness have to do with Elon Musk?
— Lili von Shtupp (@LvS_Redux) September 3, 2026
And they have money for bus fare but not for food? What?
Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most.
— Absolut Boston 🍀 (@Absolut_Boston) September 3, 2026
Shame on the woman who whispered presidential aspirations in your ear.
That would be his fancy new MUCH YOUNGER girlfriend who he left his wife and kids for.
But there’s 3 soup kitchens right there in New Haven. pic.twitter.com/CDVFloKh81
— MediumDuckDong (@MediumDuckDong) September 3, 2026
Seems his sob story just keeps falling apart more and more.
You left out the part where this never happened.
— Samuel Culper 722 (@politiwars) September 3, 2026
BU-BU-BU-BINGO.
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