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The partial government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. For 26 days, about 800,000 workers have experienced the impact of the shutdown firsthand. Many of the people live in the Washington D.C. area, so Kraft, part of food conglomerate Kraft Heinz, picked the nation's capital to launch this pop-up.
The company could be making a statement by giving away its products to government employees during this stalemate between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats. Politics and food is a controversial partnership. Studies have shown that consumers don't always like their food to be served with a side of political speech. But regardless, companies have become more political recently, like when Ben & Jerry's released a new flavor to fight Trump's agenda.
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