What does it say about our political system when in middle of a pandemic and depression the White House can declare war on food and health care for the poor and the opposition party has nothing to say about it?
19 million poor children are at risk of homelessness or going hungry or both. In response to this crisis the Trump administration has conducted a full scale attack on what is left of the social safety net.

Republicans have been going after food stamps for a long time but this is the first time they've done it during a depression.

Amid a global pandemic that has rattled the United States economy and led to record-breaking job losses, the Trump Administration is continuing to push to restrict access to the nation’s largest food assistance program.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture quietly issued a notice that it was appealing a judge’s injunction that blocked the cabinet agency from proceeding with cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), colloquially known as food stamps.

If the USDA wins its appeal, the new requirements would strip 688,000 Americans of their food benefits, according to Department’s own estimates.

Nothing drives Republicans more insane with fury and outrage that the idea of hungry poor people getting free food. They simply can't stand it. They seem to believe that poor children should go hungry for the crime of being poor.
The demographic most dependent on food stamps is children.
On the off chance that you doubt my claim that Republicans are intentionally targeting poor children, check this out.

Since the start of the Covid-19 closures, school districts have served millions of packaged meals at no cost and without eligibility requirements to all children at food distribution sites made possible by a series of federal waivers, the latest being the “Seamless Summer Option.” Some districts, such as Los Angeles and Fresno Unified, even kicked in money from their general funds to also feed adults.

But the U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the start of the new school year returned to its pre-Covid rules — only reimbursing districts for meals served to children who qualify for free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch.

The other thing that drives Republicans bonkers is poor people being able to see a doctor. They hate the very concept of it so much that they are willing to sacrifice their own health in order to make sure that poor people can't get health care.
Of course much of this anger comes from the need to own the libs.
But mostly it comes from the belief that no one should be exempt from going bankrupt if they get sick.

So far Republicans have been thwarted by the courts, but Trump is appealing this all the way to the USSC.

In a related note, the number of jobless remains near 80-year highs.

27.02 million people (not seasonally adjusted) continued to claim unemployment insurance under all state and federal programs, down by 1.04 million from the prior week, according to the Department of Labor this morning.

This means that 16.9% of the civilian labor force (160 million) continues to claim unemployment benefits.

While UI payments just fell off a cliff.