Wisconsin lawmaker asks residents to 'keep an eye on' what customers using food stamps buy

At a town hall meeting in his district last week, Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) reportedly said that citizens should watch customers paying with food stamps to see what they're buying.

Oshkosh Northwestern Media reports that at the meeting, Grothman "told the people in attendance to keep an eye on the types of things people on Food Share buy at the grocery store." Food Share is Wisconsin's name for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

"I would argue some people are arranging their life to be on Food Share," Grothman said. "You just look at them and kind of wonder."

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Grothman added that if people "boast about being on disability," citizens should ask them more about their situation.