Ruger is on notice. They know, we know, and criminals know that their RXM pistol can be easily converted to an illegal, lethal fully automatic weapon. They can modify their product to be safer, or they can continue to profit from crime and violence and answer to a lawsuit.

Trump’s actions have been unconscionable, unlawful and erratic, and states like ours had a moral imperative and legal right to act quickly to get funds out the door. Trump never had the authority to deny SNAP, and he doesn’t have the authority now to retaliate against states for doing our job.

Donald Trump wants us to take food off the plates of Connecticut families who finally just now got the chance to eat. Undo food stamps? Those funds were out the door on Saturday, and families were in the grocery stores all weekend. We’re fighting this one to the bitter end.

This is cruel, this is wrong, and we’re asking the court to end this chaos and force Trump to what he should have done from day one—fully fund SNAP and get American families the help they need immediately.

He has the funds and the authority to fully fund SNAP today. He can do this right now. But he is choosing to bog this down in needless red tape and overly complicated calculations because he wrongly believes maximizing pain is good for his politics.

American families are bankrolling Trump’s irrational and erratic tariff war and can't afford this lawless overreach. Trump lost in the Court of International Trade. He lost in the Court of Appeals. He’s wasting our money and inflicting lasting damage by continuing to push this fight.

We have a court order that states Trump must use available contingency dollars to fund SNAP benefits. Should these cruel online rants develop into actual government action to violate a court order, we will return to court with the full weight of the law at our backs.

These are teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters, and others on the front lines of our communities who would have the promise of aid reversed after years of following the rules and doing the right thing.

Engage in protest? Loan forgiveness yanked. Care about immigrant families? No loan forgiveness for you. Believe in the promise of diversity or support LGBTQ+ kids? Yanked.

Donald Trump is weaponizing hunger and intentionally inflicting pain on American families. He can end this cruelty right now. He can make sure SNAP is fully funded right now. We are evaluating all legal options to fully free these funds.

We sued to force him to release these contingency funds. Because of our lawsuit, these dollars now will make their way to EBT cards, and that is important relief for the 366,000 people in Connecticut relying on these funds to eat. But this is not close to good enough.

Donald Trump has a stark legal and moral choice before him— he can keep fighting this losing battle, he can insist on starving American families for political leverage, or he can release the funds now.