Why Did the NYT Tell Readers that Republicans “Distrust” Food Stamps?

It was a very bizarre choice of words. In a useful and lengthy article on Republican efforts to cut food stamp benefits, we are told:

The Republican distrust of food stamps has now collided with a monumental crisis. Cars outside food banks have lined up for miles in places as different as San Antonio, Pittsburgh and Miami Beach.

The piece gives no evidence whatsoever that Republicans distrust food stamps. It provides plenty of evidence that they dislike food stamps, just as they dislike...