Published July 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM ET · Updated July 25, 2026 at 12:09 AM ET
Ben Carson defends proposed SNAP junk-food ban as common sense
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Ben Carson defended a proposed ban on junk food purchases under the SNAP program as a matter of common sense. The Washington Post weighed in on the proposal in an opinion piece titled a junk bill to fight junk food.
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