Protestors gather with signs and flags in a late afternoon "No Kings" 2.0 protest against the Trump Administration near Roosevelt Park in Detroit, Oct. 18, 2025. (Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, SNAP benefits were slated to run out of funding Saturday, potentially impacting 42 million Americans on the program. The program supports non- or low-income individuals or families to purchase groceries on a debit card.
However, two federal judges issued orders Friday demanding that the Trump administration continue to provide funding for SNAP, and use emergency reserve funds to keep the program afloat. Still, it’s uncertain how the debit cards will be reloaded for beneficiaries following the rulings.
The Trump administration said Monday that it plans to pay half of its SNAP benefits in November. However, Trump said in a Tuesday post on social media that SNAP benefits would only be distributed "when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!"
Even so, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that while the Trump administration is following the court order, SNAP recipients should expect it to take "some time" for SNAP recipients to receive the contingency funds.
Meanwhile, Jones also said she is ready to take on Trump, and would back impeaching the president.
Jolanda Jones speaks during the 'All In For Equality Advocacy Day' demonstration in front of the Texas State Capitol on March 20, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Jones doubled down on her statements Friday, and said that she "did not stutter" in her previous interview.
Jones’ campaign defended her previous statements, and said that her remarks were metaphorical.
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"The interviewer asked about the phrase, ‘When they go low, we go high.’ Representative Jones responded with a simple fighting metaphor — nothing more, nothing less," a spokesperson for Jones’ campaign previously told Fox News Digital. "Anyone attempting to read more into it is mistaken."
Fox News’ Taylor Penley and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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