MN Rep Votes Against Free Lunches For Poor Students Since He’s “Yet To Meet A Hungry Minnesotan” [VIDEO]

NBC News reports:

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 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,” added Drazkowski, 58. “I had a cereal bar for breakfast. I guess I’m hungry now.”

Read the full article. Drazkowski last appeared on JMG in December 2020 when he joined a lawsuit to invalidate the result of Minnesota’s presidential election.

A Republican state senator in Minnesota said 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. https://t.co/d5NHdsp2cc

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 15, 2023

Drazkowski called the bill “pure socialism,” adding, “This is about the government dictating to kids what they’re going to eat and how much they’re going to eat.”https://t.co/KLgvE2FEg2

— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) March 15, 2023

Minnesota Republican state Sen. Steve Drazkowski on bill providing free school breakfast and lunch: “I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry. Yet today. I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don’t have access to enough food to eat.” #mnleg pic.twitter.com/H7JsyfsGWw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 14, 2023