On Thursday's CNN This Morning, Audie Cornish left little doubt as to which party's approach to ending the government shutdown she favored.
She played clips of two senators commenting on the impending halt of SNAP [food stamp] benefits. First was Elizabeth Warren, claiming that President Trump "is telling 15 million hungry children: eat dirt."
Then there was a clip of Republican John Thune, the Senate Majority Leader, saying that "SNAP recipients shouldn't go without food. And we've tried to do that 13 times. You [Democrats] voted no 13 times."
Thune's point was that Senate Democrats have voted no 13 times on a continuing resolution that would have reopened the government, thereby funding the SNAP program.
Did Cornish criticize Warren for her slanderous assertion that President Trump is telling millions of hungry children to eat dirt? Or did the CNN host point out that Democrats voted 13 times for continuing resolutions during the Biden administration?
No. Cornish's suggestion was that Republicans drop their continuing resolution and "make a deal with the Democrats on the thing they want." And what the Democrats want above all are continued Obamacare subsidies -- something that would have the effect of providing free health care to illegal aliens.
And, like Warren, Cornish even tried to troll President Trump, saying that her solution is "literally the art of the deal."
Note: No one would want children to eat dirt. And when it comes to cuisine, Warren is quite the connoisseur. Back in her days as a Native American, two of the “special recipes passed down through the Five Tribes families” that she submitted to the " Pow Wow Chow" cookbook were identical to ones in the New York Times that came from came from Le Pavillon, a super-high-end French restaurant in Manhattan! Who knew that the Trail of Tears passed through Park Avenue?
Here's the transcript.
CNN This Morning
10/30/25
6:12 am EDTAUDIE CORNISH: In just two days, 42 million Americans could be facing a hunger crisis. That includes 16 million children who might wake up Saturday with little or no food on the table.
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ELIZABETH WARREN: Donald Trump has made the decision to let people across this country go hungry. Trump is telling 15 million hungry children: eat dirt.
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CORNISH: With the clock ticking on SNAP benefits, the stress level is rising in congress. Even the mild-mannered Senate majority leader is feeling the heat.
JOHN THUNE: SNAP recipients shouldn't go without food. People should be getting paid in this country. And we've tried to do that 13 times. You [pointing at Democrat side of Senate floor] voted no 13 times.
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CORNISH: It is worth saying, I know we are saying they could have passed a clean CR, there is a vote. There is also another alternative, just to say it out loud, which is you make a deal with the Democrats on the thing they want.
CARI CHAMPION: Yeah!
CORNISH: I'm only saying that because we're presenting the audience with just one option, clean CR or nothing. When it is literally the art of the deal to figure out what the other side might want and compromise. And maybe not everyone would be happy, ideally, frankly, but something would get done.
