As US Midterms Near, Trump Administration Ramps up Rhetoric With Bigoted, Racist Memes

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on Saturday on social media a photo of the black man standing in front of stacks of what appear to be US currency with the headline, SNAP FRAUDSTER, an apparent reference to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, formerly known as food stamps.

He is holding aloft what appears to be a bill set aflame.

“Some costumes come with a price tag. This one comes with a prison sentence,” it says to the backdrop of fake spirit Halloween costume packaging.

Another photo posted by the White House on social media on Thursday showed a pumpkin with the shape of a sombrero carved across it and the words “Spooky szn is here”.

The post by Rollins, who was nominated by Trump to serve as the US secretary of agriculture in November 2024, appears to be taken from an online post from September 2025 by a social media account under the name Shawty Dred.

Earlier this month, Mercedes Reshard New, identified by the Justice Department as a social media personality also known as “Shawty Dred”, was arrested on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining more than US$4 million in Snap benefits in Georgia.

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