KS congressman: Farmers are 'such great patriots' they'll ride out Trump trade woes

[Seedersandleechers]

Source: KansasCityStar

Despite the “short-term pain” they’re experiencing because of President Donald Trump’s efforts to renegotiate trade deals and add tariffs to some imports, farmers are still supportive, U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall said Thursday.

Marshall, a Republican representing Kansas’ 1st District, was in Kansas City on Thursday and offered his support to Trump despite concerns that the president’s trade policy has had an adverse effect on farmers. The issue is something Marshall said he hears about constantly when he’s in his district.

“It’s been a long summer, I’ve got to tell you,” Marshall said. “And this has really impacted not just my agriculture producers but a lot of people in manufacturing. It’s impacting every consumer for many reasons.”

Despite that, Marshall said, farmers in his district haven’t abandoned Trump. He said they understand Trump’s perspective when Marshall talks about problems the U.S. has with trading partners’ respect for intellectual property and tariff imbalances.

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[marble falls]

1. Did he take a vote or is that his gut estimate. Jack ass.

[RainCaster]

2. Those farmers are Trump's bitch

He said he would only put it in a little way

[elmac]

3. corporate farmers general aways vote fascists in

they get huge government subsidies and are the worst polluters. of coarse they love tRump.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. AS IF....ANY corporation would take one in the chops for don ivan, but farmers are supposed

to sacrifice their savings on the alter of "patriotism" ala the Iraq war years w every single American who questioned the war...If you did, you werent a Patriot. Fuck these people and their mantras. Stay tuned for words like..."values" "christian country" "fiscal responsibility" "austerity" "budget pay-fors" and every other GD thing they throw up when theyre done raiding the budget and are afraid someone else will benefit from the tax revenue while they aren't in power. They need to be nailed down from 'jump' when they try to start leaning on us with those words. Right from the beginning they need to be called out and demonized for trying to ramp up the piety bit.

[Roy Rolling]

5. "Ride it Out"

Ride it out on a comfortable saddle of taxpayer cash.

[RockRaven]

6. Translation "I think these rubes are so brainwashed they don't know where to turn for a better deal"

Well... he might be right, or he might get thrown out on his ass. I'm not holding my breath for the latter.

[msongs]

7. and take socialist welfare out of our pockets in compensation too nt

[SergeStorms]

15. It's not "socialist welfare" if they do it.....

it a "patriot dividend". They'll come up with some half-assed term like that should anyone accuse the farmers of taking government welfare. Why is it always the fascist right that gets to frame the debate on these things? I guess it's because Democrats don't hit hard enough, or at all.

[Xipe Totec]

8. The road to hell is paved with Trump supporters. nt

[dembotoz]

11. With the price of soybeans pave that road with tofu

[ck4829]

9. Translation: "Yes, many will lose their farms, but they'll just blame the Jews and Muslims...

That's what a patriot does!"

This is what far right nationalism does, this is not a bug, but a feature.

[UCmeNdc]

10. Farmers are getting 5 billion in welfare bailout money from the government.

I guess I could ride out that “hardship” easily too.

[SCVDem]

12. Patriot

It now means idiot and sucker!

[Spartacus101]

13. Farmers have one of the highest suicide rates...

...in the country. "Ride it out"? If they have a lick of sense, they'll ride HIM out on a rail!

Time to get the pitchforks and torches, boys!

What a banana-brained utterance!!

[JohnnyRingo]

14. Send them to Jerry Springer.

"I know he beats me and cheats... but I love him." *sob*

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Farmer Patriotic Wave to Support Russian Asset

These guys are in a serious state of denial. They can't recognize Putin's Bitch when they see him.

[duforsure]

17. Using key words like patriots

Shows their contempt for the intelligence of the American farmers, especially after they realized trump has been conning them all along, and lying is ass off now to them, again.

[Vinca]

18. Sez the Congressman who pulls in $174,000 a year plus perks.

[Warren_Pointe]

19. Luckily, they won't be farmers for long

if they can't pay their bills. Then they can sell their farms to giant corporations. Everybody wins!

[Nitram]

20. I wonder how long that will last? The suicide rate for farmers is very high...

When they start going bankrupt and lose the farm patriotism might take a back seat to rage.

[paleotn]

21. You're kidding.

American ag organizations have worked over decades to develop these overseas markets, just to see all that hard work get blown up. Either this idiot has no idea how the ag economy works or he's a fucking liar. Maybe both. The only ones who will benefit from this idiocy are farmers in Brazil, Argentina, etc. etc. Winning a customer is hard. Losing a customer is easy. Winning back a customer is even harder if not impossible.