President Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal food benefits won't go out until the government reopens, a statement at odds with what his administration has said publicly and told federal judges who ordered the government to use emergency funds to keep benefits flowing.

With the country nearing the record for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the stalemate over federal funding has continued.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance benefits for the poor will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, despite a court order requiring his administration to make payments by Wednesday.

Get live updates and the latest news as the government shutdown hits the one month mark, with Trump administration promising military paychecks but not SNAP funds.

“The President who threw a Gatsby-themed party the night before he cut off SNAP benefits is now vowing to break a court order so that he can force millions of children, seniors, and veterans to go hungry,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) wrote on social media. “It’s sickening. I won’t stand for it.”

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said SNAP benefits will only resume in full when Democrats end the government shutdown, which has entered its second month.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a vocal Democratic critic of President Donald Trump during the federal government shutdown, mischaracterized the Trump administration’s actions related to food aid for low-income families.

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.