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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,031 posts)
Tue Mar 14, 2023, 08:57 PM Mar 2023

State lawmaker opposed to free school lunch proposal says he's never met a hungry Minnesotan

A Republican state senator in Minnesota said Tuesday he was voting against a bill to provide free breakfast and lunch for school students in part because he'd never encountered anyone in the state who was hungry.

“I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry,” Sen. Steve Drazkowski said in remarks on the floor of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul before voting on the legislation. "I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don’t have access to enough food to eat.”

"Now, I should say that hunger is a relative term," the 58-year-old legislator added. "I had a cereal bar for breakfast. I guess I'm hungry now."

Drazkowski was first elected to the state Senate in 2022 after serving for about 15 years in the state House. He represents a district in the southeast part of the state, along the Mississippi River.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/state-lawmaker-opposed-to-free-school-lunch-proposal-says-he-s-never-met-a-hungry-minnesotan/ar-AA18DcMi

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State lawmaker opposed to free school lunch proposal says he's never met a hungry Minnesotan (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP
Fortunately, he was outvoted. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #1
What a tone deaf nitwit. Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #2
The bill passed 38-26 dflprincess Mar 2023 #3
more proof they live in a fucking bubble Skittles Mar 2023 #4
Prick geardaddy Mar 2023 #5

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)
3. The bill passed 38-26
Tue Mar 14, 2023, 09:17 PM
Mar 2023

apparently a few Republicans realized there are hungry kids in the state or at least figured out that letting kids go hungry wasn't a good look for them.

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