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She said her alimony was low enough to make her eligible for food stamps.

Those benefits were put at risk during the shutdown as funding for the federal program commonly called food stamps was caught up in legal disputes.

The shutdown, which began on 1 October, has left a million federal workers unpaid, halted food stamps for low-income Americans, and delayed air travel for flyers ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The last few weeks have been particularly hurtful, she said, when she sees commenters on social media deriding food stamp recipients as “lazy.”

SNAP, a program formerly known as food stamps, helps millions of poor and disabled people buy food.