Dem. Rep. Accuses GOP of 'Literally' Trying to 'Take Food Out of The Mouths of Hungry Babies

It looks like Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) has been taking lessons from Vice President Joe Biden. Either that or she has become extraordinarily ​comfortable with hyperbole.

"The Republicans, the disdain that I have seen for poor people, for people who are struggling, like senior citizens on Medicare and Social Security, for low income people and the Women Infant Children (WIC) program,”  Rep. Schakowsky said during a Friday broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show."

“We saw the Republicans, last week, vote [for] spending cuts that would literally take food out of the mouths of hungry babies,” she added, signaling that she has either a remarkably poor understanding of the word “literally” or that she's interested in a permanent spot on MSNBC:

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(H/T: WZ). The AP contributed to this report.