Tennessee lawmaker suggests banning food stamp recipients from buying high-calorie junk, sweets

A conservative Tennessee lawmaker wants more government oversight — for food stamp recipients’ diets.

State Rep. Sheila Butt introduced a bill Thursday that would ban shoppers from buying junk food, sweets and other high-calorie snacks with public assistance dollars.

“When you’re receiving taxpayer dollars, it’s not money that you’ve have earned. It’s money that other people have earned and is redistributed to you. Strings come along with that,” the Republican said in a statement announcing her bill.

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House candidate Rick Tyler wants to ‘Make America White Again’

U.S. House candidate Rick Tyler is facing backlash for a campaign billboard in Tennessee telling voters to “Make America White Again.”Rick Tyler

Mr. Tyler’s billboard, inspired by presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, was the first of many planned for the area in the months leading up to the November election. Other billboard ideas posted on his site included, “Fight federal tyranny, Stop the Muslim invasion,” and “Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be miscegenators,” according to WTVC.

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