President Joe Biden’s re-election prospects seem to get tougher with possible defections from traditional Democratic supporters.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says summer meal programs for kids from low-income families in Iowa will go away this year.
Meanwhile, in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker faces a real challenge to keep the state budget surplus from turning into a deficit.
Host Jim Niedelman gets into all of that with Democratic political consultant Kevin Perkins and former Iowa State Rep. David Millage, a Republican.
“This is a $40-a-month debit card essentially given … to kids, basically,” Millage said. “They can use it to purchase junk food, snack food, and it’s not nutritious food.”
“I just think it’s a reprehensible decision,” Perkins said. “Take care of childhood obesity in another way.”
To hear more from our panelists, click on the video.
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