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Faith groups distribute USDA food boxes despite Trump s intrusion

Millions of boxes of USDA surplus food are being shipped with mandated letters from President Donald Trump asserting his concern to protect the well-being of Americans struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.

That this unprecedented action is taking place just before the November election is a fact critics decry as a cheap politicization of food and hunger.

Yet faith-based and secular food providers say they are distributing the boxes anyway—because hungry people need food.