Monday, June 15, 2020

On farmers as Trump supporters, or not

Here are two stories, the first from Politico and the second from the New York Times (front-page, no less). 

Here's an excerpt from the April 17 Politico story, by Ryan McCrimmin, "White House to give $19B in farmer aid." 
Trump has counted farmers and rural voters among his most solid supporters, and he directed Secretary Sonny Perdue last week to speed through assistance to the agriculture sector as producers increasingly bleed profits and start dumping goods like milk and fresh produce.
The second story, "Farmers Get Billions in Virus Aid, and Democrats are Wary," by Sharon LaFraniere, is more recent and features interviews with farmers who lean both ways, one a Trump supporter, the other not.  I appreciate that effort to make the point that not all farmers are in the Trump camp.  

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