Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) told CNN that children should get jobs, including working at Burger King and McDonald’s, to pay for their school lunches.



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GOP Lawmaker Wants Kids to Work for School Lunches

‘You’re telling me that kids who stay at home instead of going to work at Burger King or McDonald’s during the summer should stay at home and get their free lunch instead of going to work?’ Congressman Rich McCormick said

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Republican Rep suggests children should get jobs to pay for school lunches

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested during a CNN interview that kids get jobs, including at fast food restaurants, to pay for school lunches.

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Republican suggests students work at McDonald's instead of getting free school lunches

CNN’s Pamela Brown asks Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) about President Trump’s administration pausing aid for federal grants and loans that could affect millions of Americans. McCormick defended President Trump’s move and argues that aid programs, including ones that help vulnerable students eat lunch at school, should be evaluated.

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Pamela Brown asks GOP lawmaker if he’d support cutting free lunches for vulnerable students

Republican Congressman Rich McCormick suggested that free lunch allows school children to "sponge off the government."

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Republican suggests kids work at McDonald's instead of getting free lunch

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested that students receiving free meals at school get jobs instead, arguing that such programs are another means for children “to sponge off the government” in response to the fallout from President Trump’s federal aid freeze. “When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school,” said McCormick during an interview with CNN on Tuesday. “I don’t know about you, but I worked since I was, be…

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Ga. lawmaker says kids getting free school lunches should get fast food jobs

Rep. Rich McCormick told CNN that he worked his way through high school.

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Republican Says Kids in School Lunch Programs 'Sponge Off The Government'

CNN host Pamela Brown appeared stunned on Tuesday after Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) brushed off concerns about students being able to get lunches at school thanks to President Donald Trump's freeze of federal loans and grants.During the interview, Brown asked McCormick if he was really comfortable wi...

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'Sponge off the government': CNN anchor gobsmacked as Republican gripes about hungry kids

Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., on Tuesday defended the impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some children should be working instead of receiving free lunch.

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Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) told CNN that children get jobs, including working at Burger King and McDonald’s, to pay for their school lunches. He added that children should be “thinking about their future instead of thinking about how they’re going to sponge out the government when they don’t need to.”

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(The Hill) - Republican Rep. Ritch McCormick (R-Ga.) suggested that students should get jobs to pay for their lunches as the federal funding freeze proposed by President Trump threatens nutrition support for children across the country. McCormick joined CNN’s Pamela Brown for an interview, conducted Tuesday after the announcement, and he highlighted how he worked his way through high school. Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) speaks during a news confe…

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