How the trade war is changing minds in a Senate battleground
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Jimmy Toshs sprawling hog farm in rural Tennessee is an unlikely battleground in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate.
Yet his 15,000 acres (6,000 hectares) two hours west of Nashville showcase the practical risks of President Donald Trumps trade policies and the political threat to red-state Republican Senate candidates such as Tennessees Marsha Blackburn.
Tosh, a third-generation farmer who almost always votes Republican, said hes voting this fall for Blackburns Democratic opponent, former Gov. Phil Bredesen, in part because Trumps trade wars are hurting his family business a sizable one with some 400 employees and 30,000 pigs. The cost of steel needed for new barns is up, Tosh said, and the expanding pork market stands to suffer under new tariffs.
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Similar concerns are roiling high-profile Senate contests in Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania and North Dakota and forcing GOP candidates to answer for the trade policies of a Republican president they have backed on almost every other major issue.
https://apnews.com/9e5a5c74b8b84ada8a676eb3ac7eebb6/How-the-trade-war-is-changing-minds-in-a-Senate-battleground
secondwind
(16,903 posts)I hope he does what is right for the country
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)F**k the little guys!!!!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)Nor does a farmer being smart and successful make them evil either.
He's a better business person than tRump.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)The way I read that wasn't that wasupaloopa was talking about the real small, family farmer like the gentleman in the article.
I read it as wasupaloopa being right that "farmers" in the GOP dictionary means huge corporations like Smithfields, Tysons, and Cargill. Those are the "farmers" who will get the big breaks from anything the GOP does.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)farmers who need financial relief.
They are corporations sucking off the government teat while they cut money for poor families.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)out while social programs are cut.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)I'm less enthusiastic about subsidies for farmers (including corporations that have farm workers) but I'm persuadable about some forms of policy.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)I owned a business.
These folks voted for trump most likely because they thought he would enrich them. Now that his policies hurt them we should bail them out? No fucking way! Voting has consequences.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)"In blow to GOP, House fails to pass massive farm bill in face of conservative Republican showdown"
May 18, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/18/house-moves-toward-vote-on-farm-bill-with-outcome-uncertain-in-dispute-over-immigration/?utm_term=.b9ac55274761
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)And why democrats can take back the senate.
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)... parlayed her Home Economics degree and beauty pageant chops into the House, where she has become a regular joke on Cable News shows. I'm guessing Phil tromps her this Fall!