State senator shuts down session to ‘send a message’ about shutdown blame game

Republican Sen Ryan Fattman shut down the Senate s session after just a limited minutes Monday morning saying he hoped to send a message about the Healey administration pointedly blaming President Donald Trump for a lapse in SNAP benefits in official state communications With SNAP benefits at peril of lapsing lapsing for about million Bay Staters starting Saturday as a outcome of the federal regime shutdown the DTA website says that President Trump is now choosing to not issue November SNAP benefits that help you and a great number of families put food on the table and the same language went out in emails and text messages to SNAP recipients After the abbreviated session Fattman described the News Arrangement that he has been trying to help constituents access SNAP benefits and started seeing the department s messaging over the weekend as state-funded emails and text messages started going out The message has been you know blame the president blame the Congress It s very specific about who they re blaming And to me that type of deposit when it s paid for by taxpayer money shouldn t happen Fattman reported To be fair it s happened on the federal level The president has put out that message It s wrong it s not mature it necessities to end And I m very disheartened with the fact that we re doing it here in Massachusetts It s wrong it s immature it demands to end Related Articles Massachusetts Air Force veteran guns episode Funds raised to release Kyle Culotta from jail Air Force veteran imprisoned in Massachusetts for possessing guns offered bail I had no hope Massachusetts Gov Healey s gas pipeline stance reverse fires up critics Gaslighting us Massachusetts Auditor DiZoglio to AG Campbell in audit fight Sue me Boston skyline s iconic CITGO sign is moving on up Fattman brought about an early end to Monday s Senate session by doubting the presence of a quorum Because a quorum of senators was not on hand and could not be rallied in about minutes the branch adjourned until Thursday Sen Sal DiDomenico of Everett was presiding over Monday s session and Millbury Sen Michael Moore arrived in the chamber about minutes after Fattman s motion Republicans and Democrats in Washington have been unable to agree on bills to fund ruling body operations for the last four weeks and leaders of the two major parties have blamed each other for the shutdown